Pinar Yelkikanat

Pinar Yelkikanat has over 17 years of experience in project and program management. Pinar served as a Senior Program Manager and Team Lead at Conviva, where they led a high-performing team and managed implementation services for top-tiered accounts. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Project Manager at Conviva. Pinar also worked as an Agile Project Manager at ZINIO, managing cross-functional software engineering programs. Pinar has experience in product management as well, having worked as a Product Manager at both EcoVadis and Arçelik Global. Additionally, they have held roles as a Technical Product Manager at Northstar Travel Group and a Mobile Project Manager at Turk Telekom. Pinar's educational background includes a position as a Graduate Research Assistant at Montclair State University.

Pinar Yelkikanat graduated from Istanbul Technical University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering. Pinar then attended Trabzon Science High School from 1996 to 1999, focusing on Mathematics and Science. Pinar later pursued an MBA at Montclair State University from 2011 to 2013, concentrating in Marketing and Management Information Systems (MIS). In 2011, they also obtained a degree in Marketing from the Zicklin School of Business. Additionally, Pinar has acquired various certifications throughout their career, including the Certified Scrum Master in 2018 and the Project Management Professional (PMP) in 2012.