BOARD LEADERSHIP · AI STRATEGY

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Barış Karakullukçu

Turning AI ambition into decisions that create value.

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Experience on both sides of the boardroom.

My work spans management consulting, corporate leadership and technology investing, including CEO roles at Mudo and İşbank's AI Startup Factory and senior leadership at IBM, Accenture and Türk Telekom. Today, I chair the Yapay Zekâ ve Teknoloji Derneği (YZTD) and contribute to TÜBİSAD's board and AI working group. I bring an operator's understanding of delivery to the questions boards need to ask.

25+

YEARS IN LEADERSHIP & TRANSFORMATION

$70M+

TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL DEPLOYED

HBS

MUDO TRANSFORMATION CASE PROTAGONIST

CEO

OPERATOR & CONSULTING PARTNER EXPERIENCE

Where I Contribute

Board & Governance

Board effectiveness, AI oversight, risk, accountability and decision quality.

AI Strategy & Transformation

Prioritize where AI can create value, assign business ownership and track delivery.

Venture & Ecosystems

Connect investors, founders and enterprises to build and scale technology ventures.

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Timeless Intelligence

What Doesn’t Age in the Age of AI.

Action, curiosity, resilience and authenticity, explored through lived experience and questions for the next generation.

Coming October 2026 in Turkish and English.

Timeless Intelligence / Zamansız Zekâ.

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