Beril Boyacıoğlu Bakır

Dr. Bakır is the manager of KWORKS, Koç University Entrepreneurship Research Center. As KWORKS manager, she is responsible for designing and executing various accelerator programs geared towards the needs of technology start-ups at different stages. She also teaches courses on lean start-up methodology, testing business ideas, exit strategies for start-ups and preparing & presenting a pitch deck. Prior to her position at KWORKS, she worked as a project manager for a year at Turkcell. Before that, she worked at the project management department of TÜBİTAK SAGE, defense industries research and development institute of TÜBİTAK, as a senior researcher for 6 years. Dr. Bakır holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Middle East Technical University, M.B.A degree from Bilkent University, and a Ph.D. degree from Koç University, in Management and Strategy. She received an academic excellence award for her PhD research from Koç University. An academic article from her PhD thesis has been recently accepted for publication by Strategic Management Journal (SMJ), one of the most prestigious journals in the field of Strategic Management.