Alper ErturkAlper Erturk obtained his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Turkish Naval Academy, received his M.Sc. in Information Technology Management (with distinction) from Naval Postgraduate School, CA, USA in 2000. He got his Ph.D. in Management Science fom Gebze Technical University, Turkey in 2003. Very recently, he obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Business Analytics from Texas University McCombs Business School, USA in 2023. Prof. Erturk has been an active academician and researcher in Business Management & Analytics field for more than 15 years of experience in Turkey, the U.S., Belgium, Germany, Morocco, and Kuwait. Throughout his academic studies, he published 3 books, more than 30 articles, more than 10 book chapters and presented more than 30 papers in international academic conferences. He is an internationally recognized researcher with an h-index of 20 and i-index of 28. During his career, Prof.Ertürk achieved to receive many awards including “Most Cited Researcher of the year”, “Outstanding Teaching Award”, “Best Paper Award”, as well as he was also a recipient of Fulbright Scholarship in 2019 and studied at Portland State University, OR, USA. Prof.Ertürk is currently working as a Full Professor and Chair of Management Department at Australian University – Kuwait since February 2022. Read More Read Less