A global voice, a thought leader, and a renowned entrepreneur, Gulay Ozkan is driven by a fervent commitment to creating impact by humanizing technology through multidimensional research in design and social sciences with her engineering background. She founded companies and organizations like the award-winning GEDS Strategic Design Consultancy, PMI TR, and the Singularity University Istanbul chapter. As a well-recognized global leader, Gulay has been celebrated as one of 10 innovators at the 99% conference in New York (2012) and acknowledged among 20 strategic design experts in Europe by the UK’s Design Council (2016).