Koray Kinik is a Senior Data Scientist and former petroleum engineer with 7+ years of experience applying machine learning and engineering insight to upstream oil and gas problems. He progressed from hands-on drilling and well-integrity roles to principal data science leadership at Apache Corporation and now leads data science efforts at ExxonMobil, blending domain expertise with production ML deployment. Koray holds an MS in Petroleum Engineering and an MS in Data Science from Harvard Extension, enabling him to translate complex subsurface physics into actionable models and scalable analytics. Notably, his career arc reflects a rare combination of field engineering credibility and modern data-science practice, giving him an edge in turning noisy operational data into reliable decision tools.
7 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Petroleum Engineering, Master of Science - MS Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State University
Master of Science - MS Data science, Master of Science - MS Data science at Harvard Extension School
Bachelor's degree Petroleum Engineering, Bachelor's degree Petroleum Engineering at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
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