Tarkan Maner

Global executive operator, investor and advisor in Information Technology. Operational and investment areas of focus include information security, infrastructure management, social media, mobility, virtualization, converged infrastructures, contextual intelligence and cloud computing technologies. Executive roles at Dell, Wyse, CA, IBM, Quest, and Sterling Software. Founding chairman of TechAmerica’s state and local government cloud computing commission. Served, serve and serving on the boards of the Bay Area Council, World Economic Forum's Cyber-Security Alliance, Silicon Valley Education Foundation, and Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a coalition of senior executives to improve the quality of life for all citizens of the region and the world through its advocacy around public and private policy issues, from the mecca of innovation and progress, Silicon Valley. Involved in leading, advising and fund-raising for several global not-for-profit organizations and programs around economic development, poverty elimination, entrepreneurship, education, and social justice including; E&Y Entrepreneurship, Strategic Growth and Innovation Programs, Americas Society/Council of Americas (AS/COA), MIT’s Collaborative Initiatives, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), Project Skolkovo (Russia), and eLearning Africa. Advisor to several IT start-up companies and boards. The winner of 2012; and the lead judge of 2013 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award Programs in California; a frequent speaker, commentator, and author on current business, economic and social issues in the media and academic circles. Graduated from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey with a B.S. degree in Engineering Management. Received an MBA degree at Midwestern State University, in Wichita Falls, Texas, in the heartland of America. Attended Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School along with several business and political leaders of today. Avid fan of sports, politics, arts, books, history, nature, Earth, innovative ideas, people, life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
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