Summary
Oguz Yetkin is a Senior Software Engineer and interdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and five years of focused experience building data-intensive Earth analytics systems from Dallas. He leads a research group at Analytical Mechanics Associates applying Open Data Cube technologies to geospatial problems, blending deep domain knowledge in GIS, image processing, and data visualization with hands-on software engineering. His background spans startups and large R&D projects—from founding a 3D/VR systems company and developing embedded vehicle-tracking hardware to leading VR and visualization efforts for NASA and industry partners. Oguz combines academic rigor (neural interface research for prosthetic control) with practical product delivery, having hired and mentored teams to operationalize complex systems. He brings uncommon cross-disciplinary fluency across biomedical research, virtual reality, and human-machine interfaces, often translating cutting-edge research into deployable tools. Based in the U.S., he remains active in both academic and commercial innovation, pursuing lower-cost telepresence and interface technologies.
5 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington
BS, Computer Science and Molecular Biology, BS, Computer Science and Molecular Biology at University of Wisconsin-Madison
ACI
Wauwatosa West High School