Kamran Turkoglu VP of Eng., Board Member, Advisor, Consultant, Scientist

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Advisor to Chief Executive Officer

Wythenshawe Hospital

Jan 2023 - Aug 2023 (8 months)

Advisory role with emphasis on strategic planning, thought leadership. - Delivering strategic leadership initiatives and discussions for roadmaps and execution - Delivered company roadmap and advising for 2023 fiscal year. - Delivered milestones and executed road-map with CEO.

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Head of Simulation (Remote/Hybrid)

Espace Griffé

Jan 2023 - May 2023 (5 months)

Head of Simulation, and Digital Twin development on Spacecraft/Satellite constellation segment. - Delivered cloud (AWS, backend) deployment of a simulation (digital twin) environment for constellation. - Delivered, implemented and executed agile SW development environment (was not existent) - Delivered, implemented and executed documentation framework for Sim. team (was not existent) - Delivered, implemented and executed task in-take process to streamline communication and flow for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work (between many internal teams). - Took initiative in many avenues of SW development and led a team of SW engineers for execution & delivery - Submitted 3-pending patent applications - Executed company-wise system

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VP of Engineering (Remote/Hybrid)

Precision AI

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 (6 months)

- Delivered/Executed roadmap and strategies for AgTech, Autonomous Systems, Autonomous Devices/Drones and System Integration, Machine Learning, Simulation, Modeling, Validation, Flight testing, SW release - Submitted 1-one pending patent application - Improved technical engineering division output from minutes of flight time to 10+hours within 2months - Implemented/delivered safety procedures and protocols. - Implemented/delivered HIL/SIL testing platforms - Implemented/delivered new features for autonomous flights (inclusing SW release process). - Officially released 2 SW releases (there was none before) - Hired and grew technical team size - Developed and delivered automation, safety processes, procedures, activities, metrics -

Director Of Engineering

Ridecell

Dec 2019 - Feb 2021 (1 year 3 months)

- Delivered product/program/project management road maps Autonomous RideShare Systems, Autonomous Driving and System Integration - Submitted 1-patent application - Delivered smooth autonomous driving SW in urban environment in Milpitas, CA. This was a first for the division and company! - Hired talent, and grew the team. - Established team(s) and working processes on Motion/Path planning, Obstacle/Collision Avoidance, SW release processes, - Implemented regression testing, SIL simulation, modeling and validation testing, - Implemented product, program and delivery roadmaps for division. - Implemented Data collection, Data triaging procedures

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Member Board of Directors

Community Technology Alliance

Apr 2019 - Aug 2023 (4 years 5 months)

Strategic planning, thought leadership. - Delivered road map, guidelines and milestones for product delivery. - Organized hiring strategies, and delivered different outreach roadmaps, including market segments (such as healthcare and education).

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Member Board of Directors

RRRcomputer.org

Apr 2018 - Nov 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Strategy, strategic planning, and thought leadership ...

Senior Manager, Autonomous Driving, Planning & Controls

NIO

May 2017 - Nov 2019 (2 years 7 months)

- Led and architected L4 framework for Autonomous HWY Driving, HWY Advanced Driving Technologies and System Integration - Received 2 US patents - I built a team from scratch reaching to ~15people in size working on Routing, Decision making (POMDP), Motion/Path planning, Obstacle/Collision Avoidance, SW release processes, Regressions testing, SIL simulation, modeling and validation testing, Data collection, Data triaging - Delivered autonomous lane change algorithms for HWYs. - Delivered autonomous lane keep algorithms for HWYs. - Delivered autonomous parking SW. - Delivered regression testing scenarios for L4 autonomous driving - Established SW release process - Created data triaging process from car rides, to bug fixes. - Created

Technical Lead, Control Theory and Algorithms

NIO

Sep 2016 - May 2017 (9 months)

Technical Lead on Autonomous Driving. - Delivered NIO EP9 control system and trajectory tracking algorithm for fastest autonomous lap record in COTA - Control theory applications - Executed models in Matlab/Simulink on Modeling and simulation, testing validation - Derived and tested many control algorithms - Established (Trajectory) Optimization pipeline and tool(ing)

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Managing Director, Founder, Consultant, Advisor

xNorm Consulting

Feb 2016 - Aug 2023 (7 years 7 months)

Contractual consulting and advising services in the field of engineering, project, and program management. - Delivered product/program/project management road maps for 6+ Silicon Valley Startups. - Executed hiring strategies for multiple companies. - Mentored and guided technical architecture and R&D for many divisions. - Managed budget(s) and timelines for companies.

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Consultant

Martin UAV, LLC

Sep 2015 - Oct 2016 (1 year 2 months)

(Physics and signal based), Guidance, Nav. & Control, SysID and control system design of an autonomous UAVs. - Delivered System Identification (SysID) framework for lateral and longitudinal dynamics - Implemented Adaptive and Robust control system design

NASA Guest Scientist (SPHERES)

NASA Ames Research Center

Jun 2015 - Aug 2016 (1 year 3 months)

- Delivered SW simulation and testing (SIL) platform for SPHERES satellite (spacecraft dynamics and control).

Research Fellow

NASA Ames Research Center

Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 (3 months)

- Worked with Mark Tischler and Kevin Jordan - Worked with AirForce Directorate - Delivered technical (and editorial) feedback on flight control system software, documentation and research results.

Assistant Professor

San Jose State University

Aug 2013 - Mar 2019 (5 years 8 months)

I was a Professor and the Managing Director of two very successful laboratories.

Managing Director, Flight Control Systems Laboratory

San Jose State University

Aug 2013 - Mar 2019 (5 years 8 months)

Emphasis was on to design, build and integrate autonomously flying UAV solutions (drones, aircraft, ...etc) using off-the-shelf, low-cost products. We have developed, integrated, tested, validated, flown and demonstrated several proof of concept design for autonomous flight solutions (quadcopter + fixed wing uav.

Managing Director, Control Science and Dynamic Systems Laboratory

San Jose State University

Aug 2013 - Mar 2019 (5 years 8 months)

As the Managing Director, we worked towards the practical applications of control theory, control science, optimization theory and real-time optimization techniques. As a result of our efforts, we have published more than 30+ scientific papers ranging from AIAA to ASME, IEEE and AMS.

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Senior Servo Control Engineer

HGST, a western digital company

Sep 2012 - Jul 2013 (11 months)

Implemented and delivered control algorithms and testing/validation tools on: - Active vibration control, - Robust/Optimal/Feedforward Accel. Control - Adaptive filtering/control - System identification

Summer Engineering Intern

Seagate Technology

May 2012 - Jun 2012 (2 months)

Control system SW for Hard Disk Drives. - Delivered adaptive lattice filtering techniques for disturbance rejection - Delivered Robust control strategies for read/write controllers - Delivered Adaptive control strategies for read/write controllers - Delivered Optimal control strategies for read/write controllers

Summer Engineering Intern

Seagate Technology

May 2011 - Nov 2011 (7 months)

Summer intern with emphasis on control system algorithms design and modeling of Hard Disc Drives (HDD).

Ph.D., Research Assistant

University of Minnesota

Aug 2008 - Aug 2012 (4 years 1 month)

PhD Thesis: Real-time on-board optimal guidance strategies for enhancing UAV endurance by utilizing wind energy

Research Assistant (Transferred to the University of Minnesota)

University of Connecticut

Aug 2007 - May 2008 (10 months)

Mechanical Engineering Research: Stability analysis of time-delayed systems Worked with Nejat Olgac

Summer Intern - Research Assistant

ETH Zurich

Jun 2005 - Aug 2005 (3 months)

Research: Augmented optimal LQR control system design for a quadruple water tank system Worked with Manfred Morari

Summer Intern - Research Assistant

University of Strathclyde

Jul 2004 - Aug 2004 (2 months)

Research: Active car suspension control system design using classical control design techniques Worked with Michael J. Grimble

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Summer Intern - Research Assistant

Tail

Jun 2004 - Jul 2004 (2 months)

Research: System Identification and H inf. robust control system design for several dynamic systems

Summer Intern - Research Assistant

University of Seville

Jun 2003 - Jul 2003 (2 months)

Research: H inf. robust control system design for a Magnetic Levitation Machine (MAGLEV) using Loop Shaping and mu-synthesis tools Worked with Carlos Vivas Venegas

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