Ayşegül İldeniz

Ayşegül İldeniz is a pioneer in innovation, technology, and vision for the future in Silicon Valley and Istanbul. İldeniz graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Business Administration, and completed his master's degree in Digital Communications at San Francisco University. He served as the President of Turkey, Middle East, and Africa Region, which hosts 67 countries, and as a Member of the European Board of Directors, and as the World Vice President of New Technologies Group at Intel Headquarters in Silicon Valley. İldeniz joined Silver Spring Networks Company as COO in 2016, which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and holds half of the American smart energy market with its 26 million users. has implemented programs on smart cities in cities such as Chicago, Singapore, Paris, Copenhagen, and Dubai. In 2015, she was named “The World's Top 100 Most Creative Persons” by Fast Company, one of the most prestigious publications in the USA, and “The 3rd Most Influential Turkish Woman in America” by TOA (Turks of America), and in 2004 by Dünya Newspaper in Turkey. İldeniz, who was selected as the “Informatics Woman of the Year” and “Woman Manager of the Year” in 2006; He is currently the President of TÜSİAD Silicon Valley Network and a Board Member of the American Turkish Society and Turkish Philanthropy Funds. Ayşegül İldeniz is a Board Member at Zorlu Energy, as well as Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ and Vestel Beyaz Eşya Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ, two of the Zorlu Group companies.