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Kagan Bakanoglu

VP of Product and Engineering at i2x

Kagan Bakanoglu has a diverse range of work experience spanning various roles and industries. Kagan is currently working at i2x as the VP of Product and Engineering since April 2023. Prior to this, they held the position of Engineering Manager, AI and Analytics at i2x from August 2022 to May 2023. Before joining i2x, Kagan worked at AERQ as a Data Manager from October 2021 to November 2022. From 2012 to 2022, they worked at Vestel, where they held multiple roles including Engineering Group Manager, AI and Big Data, Engineering Manager, IoT, and Research Fellow. Kagan also served as an Adjunct Faculty at Özyeğin University from January 2015 to May 2022 and at Izmir University of Economics from February 2016 to January 2019. Additionally, they gained research and teaching experience as a Research Assistant at New York University from September 2006 to January 2012 and as an Intern at Thomson Technology LLC, Turk Telekom, and The Coca Cola Company - JV Mais during various periods.

Kagan Bakanoglu completed their educational journey with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from New York University between 2008 and 2011. Prior to that, they obtained a Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering, studying from 2006 to 2008. Kagan's undergraduate studies took place at Middle East Technical University, specifically Orta DoÄŸu Teknik Ãœniversitesi, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from 2001 to 2006. Before entering university, Kagan attended Bursa Fen Lisesi from 1998 to 2000. Apart from their formal education, Kagan has pursued additional certifications, including Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC) from Scrum.org, Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Machine Learning, and Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals, all from Coursera. The specific months and years of some of these certifications are provided as well. There is an unspecified certification called "SQL for Data Science" listed, but no information regarding the institution or when it was obtained.

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