Ayse Kaya

Ayse Kaya has had a varied and impressive work experience. In 2002, they began their career as a Project Leader at Ernst & Young. Ayse then moved on to become a Research/Teaching Assistant at Texas A&M University in 2004. In 2007, they took on the role of Adjunct Faculty Member at the Sawyer Business School. In 2008, they became a Research Assistant at the MIT Sloan School of Management. In 2010, they were a Senior Analyst at Keystone Strategy. From 2012 to 2016, they were the Director of Customer Insights and Analytics and Director of Customer Success at CloudLock, a #1 fastest growing security product company in the U.S. (Inc. Magazine) and #1 fastest growing technology company in Mass (Inc. Magazine). From 2016 to 2020, they were the Head of Customer Insights & Analytics, Cloud Security at Cisco. Currently, they are a Senior Director, Strategic Insights & Analytics at Slim.AI Inc. and an AI Ethics Advisory Board Member at the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University.

Ayse Kaya attended Icel Science High School from 1996 to 1999. Ayse then went on to Boğaziçi University, where they earned a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from 1999 to 2004. After that, they attended Texas A&M University, where they earned an M.Eng. in Systems and Industrial Engineering from 2004 to 2006. Finally, they attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they earned an SM in Engineering Systems Division from 2008 to 2010.