Summary
Mustafa Ozdayi is a Senior Applied Scientist based in Seattle with 11 years of experience blending PhD-level research and industry machine learning practice to deliver production-ready models and data-driven products. His background spans rigorous academic work at UT Dallas and EPFL and applied research internships at Amazon, IBM, Visa and international labs, giving him deep expertise in ML research, prototyping, and deployment across domains. At Qualtrics he progressed from Applied Scientist II to Senior Applied Scientist, driving applied ML solutions for customer- and product-facing systems. He has a track record of turning complex research ideas into pragmatic engineering outcomes and thrives at the intersection of experimentation and production constraints. Notably, his career path reflects sustained international collaboration and repeated success translating research internships into long-term impact in industry settings.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at EPFL
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering at Istanbul Technical University
Turkish, English, French, German