Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün
Prof. Dr. Haluk Görgün is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for ASELSAN company, Turkey’s largest defense electronics company with 2017 sales of $1.45 billion and 5800 employees. Dr. Görgün was elected as Chairman of ASELSAN’s Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer in April 2018. Dr. Görgün was also appointed as the Vice Chairman for Board of Directors at SADEC since April 2018.
Prior to his current role, Dr. Görgün was the rector of Gebze Technical University in Turkey. Previously, Dr. Görgün was the founder and department chairman Head of Control and Automation Engineering at Yildiz Technical University (YTU). During his chairmanship, he led the establishment of many graduate programs. Dr. Görgün also served as a Head of the Institute of Science and followed Vice Rector for Yildiz Technical University. In addition, he served as a board member of YTU Technopark, BAP Coordinate, Science Application and Research Center, and Editor of YTU Sigma Engineering and Science Journal.
Dr. Görgün has served as the Turkey’s delegate for the European Union 7th Framework Program, Board of Director of Informatics Valley and member of Turkey Science Academy studies. He has contributed to numerous national and international articles, reports, editorial editions, international conferences, seminars, symposiums, workshops and projects.
Dr. Görgün holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a bachelors and master’s degree in electrical engineering from Yildiz Technical University.