Merve Arioglu

Merve Arioglu is a PhD candidate in Business Administration and Management at Istanbul Technical University, actively engaged in research since September 2016. Alongside academic pursuits, Merve holds positions as a Marketing Specialist at Riders.ai and as a Sales and Marketing Specialist at Acrome since February 2019. Prior experience includes serving as an Operations and Project Specialist at İTÜ ARI Teknokent from September 2014 to February 2016, where Merve monitored the entrepreneurial ecosystem and prepared reports for the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology. Previous roles also include Sales and Marketing Responsible at GENMED LTD., where Merve introduced a new healthcare product line, and a Student Consultant at Statkraft, contributing to a feasibility report on the solar power market in Turkey. Merve's educational background includes a Master's degree in International Management from Koç University and a Bachelor's degree in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning from Istanbul Technical University, complemented by studies in Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen.