After graduating from ETH Zürich with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1993, Mr. Taskent joined MIT for research and Polytechnic Institute of New York University for the Electrophysics and Technology MBA degrees. During 1998-2005, he worked as a R&D engineer, expert consultant and instructor at Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories. During that timeframe he lead major fiberoptic transmission system deployments.Since 2006, as Partner of Arkan & Ergin Corporate Finance, he has been working development of Turkish startup ecosystem and the technology transfer environmenyt.He listened 2000+ startup projects, mentored 200+ startups, has been involved in establishment of 100+ startup and worked with 50 technology transfer offices.He is the founding President of MIT Enterprise Forum in Turkey, an active member at the Advisory Board of the Endeavor Turkey and founding Board member of the Ege University Technopark. He has been Chairman of the Board at the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Turkey and also the Vice-President at the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) responsible for Switzerland.
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Dogan Taskent
Board Member, Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Turkey
Committed to collaborating globally to empower the economic development of the world by fostering innovative financial instruments for SMEs, innovators and start-ups.
