Summary
Hakan Tekgul is a Lead Solutions Architect with 9 years of AI/ML and pre-sales experience, currently coaching a team of solutions engineers at Arize AI to improve model observability and evaluation for enterprise customers. He combines hands-on data science know-how—onboarding 15+ accounts and driving 120%+ NRR—with a sales-oriented approach to technical discovery, demos, and PoCs that accelerate revenue and retention. Prior roles leading ML solutions at TAZI and founding a health startup give him end-to-end exposure from research and model deployment to GTM strategy. Comfortable translating complex model failure modes into actionable fixes, he routinely bridges MLEs, product and engineering to influence product roadmap. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he brings both teaching and leadership chops from academic assistants to team lead roles, and a knack for turning customer feedback into measurable product improvements.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Pre-College Program Engineering, Pre-College Program Engineering at Brown University
High School Turkish High School Diploma, High School Turkish High School Diploma at TED Ankara Koleji
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Master of Science - MS Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
Math HL Physics HL English B HL Chemistry SL Turkish Language and Literature A SL ESS SL, Math HL Physics HL English B HL Chemistry SL Turkish Language and Literature A SL ESS SL at International Baccalaureate
English, French, Turkish