I’m the Co-Founder and CTO of Stroma, a Chicago based startup focused to solve distracted driving related accidents. In this role I lead our research efforts in optics, computer vision and deep learning, and help my co-founder Anıl in our effort to grow.Before founding Stroma, I worked at the Koc University Microphotonics Research Laboratory and KWorks (Koc University Incubation Center for Startups) and was lucky enough to work with amazing startups in both on their early ideation stages and on their struggle to growth.I’m truly passionate about my work and always eager to connect with other startup founders. While I enjoy all aspects of company building, I think my favourite stage of a project is working with new designs and smart ways of implement cutting edge technology to new products with the team. As we go through that collaborative process, ideas start to flow and that’s always the fun part.I’m always interested in hearing from former colleagues, startup founders, or just interesting creative folk, so feel free to contact me if you’d like to connect.