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Accelerate international trade and growth for Canadian companies in climatetech, agtech and foodtech sectors through Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) Program. Support San Francisco Bay Area based Trade Commissioners before, during and after programming.

Trade & Invest British Columbia is an initiative under the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation (JEDI).As a part of the US Trade and Investment Team, my job is to support US companies looking to set up a physical presence in British Columbia, as well as help BC companies expend their operations to California.

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● Manages San Francisco, Chicago & New York operations at INNOGATE, the international acceleration program of ITU ARI TEKNOKENT● Hosted and matched 62 Turkish companies with experts in USA. 41 of these companies established their operations in USA, got their first customers & raised VC rounds.

ITU GATE (now called Innogate) is the international accelerator of ITU ARI Teknokent, the science park of Istanbul Technical University. ITU GATE has been started in 2014 to help the best technology companies of Turkey for market expansion in the USA. It aims to increase the technology-based export potential of Turkey and to contribute to the creation of international technology brands from Turkey. With offices and mentors in San Francisco, New York and Chicago, ITU GATE helps Turkish technology-based startups to access international markets, providing them training, mentorship and business networking. In 2014-2017, ITU GATE have trained 80 technology companies and have accelerated 36 of them in the USA in four cycles.

The Mixing Bowl is a non-profit forum to create innovative and scalable food and agriculture businesses through the application of information technology.

● Pioneered the region’s first sustainable community gardens and provided food security for 60 children and their families ● Designed, launched and helped run the systems by bringing the entrepreneur out of every Bedouin women involved in the project.

Forté Foundation is a non-profit consortium of major corporations and top business schools working together to launch women into fulfilling, significant careers through access to business education, opportunities, and a community of successful women.

Project Number/Name: 1086096/ ‘Determination Of Olive Tree Inventory By Remote Sensing Technique And Characterization And Registration Of Olive Cultivars And Olive Oils By DNA Markers’ ● Analyzed genetic, spatial and geographic data to assess the economic potential of olive crops in Western Turkey.● Researched DNA mapping, evaluating genetic diversity and variation among olive genotypes using DNA markers (AFLP, SSR and SNP Marker).● Compiled and published findings to the Ministry of Agriculture to generate the first database on olive varieties

● Oversaw 800 acres of vineyards operations including planning, budgeting, analysis and reporting.

● Tissue culture practitioner specialized in tobacco, banana and potato as part of a European Commission Program. Trained 10 practitioners and built a tissue culture lab that produces 20.000 in vitro plants a year.

Attaché to FIFA Arbitration Board President in UNIVERSIADE organized by FISU