Dr. İsmail ARI was born in 1977. In 1998, he graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He received his master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2001 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2004.

Dr. İsmail ARI worked as an expert researcher at Hewlett Packard located in Silicon Valley between 2004-2009. Between 2013-2020, he served as a Deputy General Manager and Science Board member of Teknopark Istanbul, and between May - September 2018, he served as the Vice President and Science Board member of TÜBİTAK.

Dr. İsmail ARI continues to serve as a Board Member in TÜBİTAK SAGE and ÜSİMP University-Industry Collaboration Centers Platform and as a referee, auditor and jury member in TÜBİTAK, Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, KOSGEB and European Union Programs. He has been working as a faculty member at Özyeğin University, Department of Computer Engineering since 2009. As a result of his academic studies in the field of Computer Engineering, he has completed numerous TÜBİTAK, EU and university-industry collaboration projects. Furthermore he serves as Director of the Directorate of Knowledge, Technology Transfer an Entrepreneurship at Özyeğin University.

Dr. İsmail ARI has been serving as an Independent Board Member of ASELSAN since the Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting held on September 22, 2023.

Statement of Independence