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 and Electrical-Electronics 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.

ARI worked at Hewlett Packard in California between 2004-2009 and Havooz ICT LTD., where he was a co-founder,between 2010-2015. 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.

Prof. 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. In 2009, he started working as a faculty member at Özyeğin University, Department of Computer Engineering. As a result of his academic studies in the field of Computer Engineering, he has completed numerous grant projects and university-industry collaboration projects. He carries out knowledge, technology transfer and entrepreneurship activities that contribute to Özyeğin University's ranking among the Top- 10 in the TÜBİTAK Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index.

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