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KAAN YILDIZGÖZ

TRAINING DIRECTOR, UITP CENTRE FOR TRAINING

Kaan Yıldızgöz is currently the Director of Training in Brussels responsible for all training programs at UITP worldwide. At UITP, Kaan Yıldızgöz has provided training in 30 different countries in the field of urban transportation and has organized training programs for participants that come from more than 90 countries in more than 50 countries.

Kaan Yıldızgöz worked as a Director of Middle East and North Africa Centre for Transport Excellence in Dubai. He also worked as Miles & Smiles Customer Loyalty Program Manager at Turkish Airlines, he served as the Quality & Corporate Development Manager and Advisor to the General Manager at Metro Istanbul. Kaan Yıldızgöz has carried out consultancy with his own companies that are in Turkey and Dubai for Bosnia and Herzegovina Airlines, Iraqi Ministry of Transport, Abu Dhabi Al Ghazal Transport, İETT, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality. He was a member of the Star Alliance Airlines Union Loyalty Strategy Committee, the International Road Association IRU Training Academy Advisory Board Member, and the IATR Advisory Board Member of the International Association of Transport Administrations. Between 2010 and 2012 Kaan Yıldızgöz worked as a part-time instructor to undergraduate and graduate courses in Istanbul University and Bahçeşehir University. He was a visiting professor at Oxford University and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Kaan Yıldızgöz graduated from the Department of Management Engineering of Istanbul Technical University in 2004 and completed his 4-year education in 2.5 years. He has Master’s Degree in the field of International Business Administration at Marmara University. He completed the Executive Management Program in Infrastructure Investments at Harvard University, USA. Kaan Yıldızgöz's Ph.D. studies are on New Transportation Services. Kaan Yıldızgöz has a book called Taxis in the Age of Digitalization.