Oktay T眉retken
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Oktay Turetken is a Full Professor in Information Systems at Eindhoven University of Technology (果冻传媒) and the Chair of the Industrial Engineering Bachelor Program. He is also a member of The European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS), M眉nster, Germany.
In his research, Oktay focuses on the development of innovative digital solutions. He applies an engineering lens to manage the business models for such solutions by developing methods and tools to facilitate their operational design, implementation, and improvement. In doing so, he leverages the practices and technologies from various fields, including business process management and enterprise modeling. Specifically, he is interested in collaborative digital business models, which enable value co-creation among multiple stakeholders. Through his work, he aims to contribute to the effective and sustainable outcomes of such models for all parties involved, including users, service providers, and the broader society. His typical application area for such models is the mobility domain. In recent projects, he has focused on designing and implementing digital platforms, including shared mobility and mobility-as-a-service, to enhance the integration of various mobility services in urban areas.
Oktay's research also involves developing capability maturity models to help organizations enhance their capabilities in advanced data analytics, as well as business process and business model management.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Oktay Turetken has a PhD degree in Information Systems. From 2008 to 2012, he was a research fellow at the European Research Institute in Service Science at Tilburg University, where he contributed to European Union (EU) FP7-funded projects on service science and business process management. Prior to that, from 1999 to 2008, he worked as a software and business process improvement consultant, participating in and leading large-scale projects on enterprise system implementation, software process improvement, and project and portfolio management. During this period, he also served as an adjunct lecturer in METU's Software Management master鈥檚 program.
Since 2014, he has led and contributed to multiple EU and industry-funded projects, particularly in the mobility domain. He co-founded MobilitEU, a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to fostering open Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platforms across Europe. Additionally, he serves as an Expert Member of the Foresight Group on Future Mobility for People and Goods within the European Automotive Research Partners Association (EARPA). He is also a member of the MaaS Alliance's Business Models and Governance Working Group, a public-private partnership that aims to build a strong foundation for the implementation and adoption of MaaS across Europe
He is a regular contributor to journals, such as Business & Information Systems Engineering, Business Process Management Journal, and Information and Software Technology.
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Supervision of (current) PhDs:
Oktay T眉retken is the Promoter of:
- Ginger Korsten
- Yasmin Rettab
- Stella Lo Giudice
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Current 果冻传媒al Activities
Ancillary Activities
- Business consultancy, Cogniton Business Engineering Consultancy
- EARPA is an EU body that brings together over 60 independent R&D providers to support EU's framework programmes. I act as the Expert Member of the 鈥淔oresight Group on Mobility for People and Goods鈥� regarding Business Models for Mobility Solutions., European Automotive Research Partners Association (EARPA) - Expert member of the Foresight Group on Mobility for People and Goods
- MaaS Alliance is a public-private partnership aimed to create and advance the foundations for a successful implementation and take-up of MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) in Europe. I am a member of the Business Models and Governance Working Group., MaaS Alliance