Ferit Ozan Akgul, PhD, is a cofounder and Chief Technology Officer at Mall IQ, Inc. Akgul has extensive experience as part of several portfolio companies, including 212, Alchemist Accelerator (Class 23), StartX (S2020), and 500 Startups. Educationally, Akgul obtained a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute between 2005 and 2010, following a Master's degree in the same field from Koç University from 2002 to 2004.