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Mustafa Ergen

Founder of Ambeent Inc.

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Mustafa Ergen is the Founder of Ambeent Inc., a successful start-up in the telecommunications industry, and has served in various leadership and advisory roles at prestigious institutions like Istanbul Technical University and Sabanci University. With a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Mustafa has excelled in strategic consulting, entrepreneurship, and product management, showcasing expertise in LTE, WiMAX, and other wireless technologies. His career highlights include founding Ambeent Inc., a thriving telecommunications start-up, and holding leadership positions at esteemed institutions like Istanbul Technical University and Sabanci University, where he contributed significantly to innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives.

Work Experience 

  • Founder and CEO

    2016 - Current

    Ambeent is an innovator in network intelligence with a mission to enhance digital end user experiences and help organizations of all sizes meet their connectivity objectives. Check it out http://www.ambeent.ai Recent News - Won the Wireless Broadband Alliance Best In-Home Wi-Fi Network Award consecutively 2023 (with Vodafone) and 2022 (with Millenicom), - According to PatentEffect, in USPTO filings of 2021, Ambeent Inc. is 3rd in applications and 6th in awardees at TOP 20 listings of Türkiye. - Ambeent was selected one of the 50 best San Francisco based Developer Platform companies of 2021 by BestStartup.us. - The EU highlighted Ambeent's Wi-Fi technology as the project that could help contact tracing during epidemics. - EIC Grantee: Ambeent is awarded the highly competitive European Union grant under the prestigious EIC Accelerator program (aka SME Instrument, Phase 2). - Wi-Fi NOW 2019 Awards: Ambeent is in TOP 3 for Best Startup Award. - Among over 5,000 applicants from 128 different countries, Ambeent has been selected as one of Hellow Tomorrow’s Deep Tech Pioneers. - Telecom Council nominates Ambeent for "The Graham Bell Award for Best Communication Solutions" at 2019 SPIFFY. - Ambeent received "Seal of Excellence” Certificate from European Commission. - Ambeent Wi-Fi is selected TOP FIVE in "Startup of the Year” award of Mobile World Congress. Two year in a row: MWC Shanghai 2019, MWC Americas 2018. - Ambeent is selected TOP 100 Startup in Europe by Red Herring in 2019.

  • Prof. Dr.

    2017

    * Listed in Stanford's World's Top %2 Scientist Ranking * Founding Member and ex-Director of AI Center * Board Member of Entrepreneurship Center: GİNOVA * Founding Member, Cyber Security Center * Lecturer, Introduction to Electrical Engineering * Lecturer, Introduction to Mobile Communications: 5G and Beyond, * Lecturer, Data Networks * Lecturer, Random Signals and Noise * Lecturer, Digital Communications * Lecturer, Probability and Statistics * Lecturer, Analog Communications * Lecturer, Signal and Systems * Member of Advisor Council in Electrical Engineering Departments of Sabanci University, Özyeğin University and Kadir Has University

  • Board Member / President

    2019

    Seed-funded battery component company for fast charging. https://next-ion.energy

Next-Ion Energy is a technology solutions provider for lithium ion batteries.

Raised $105,000.00 from mHUB and Foothill Ventures.

  • Limited Partner

    2021

  • Board Member

    2015

  • Advisor

    2016

    Network as a Service Startup

  • Chief Innovation Officer (acting)

    2022 - 2022

    Establishing a CIO office to monetize innovation and technology transfer

  • President, Council of Board of Trustees for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    2022 - 2022

    Coordinating a sub-group of BoT for entrepreneurship and innovation

  • Executive Advisor to President / Prof. Dr. (visiting)

    2021 - 2022

    Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Commercialization Co-founder of J-START Deep Tech Venture

  • Adjunct Associate Professor

    2011 - 2021

    *Director and Founder of Koc University Incubation Center http://bit.ly/1hCqfVN *Lecturer on entrepreneurship and innovation http://courses.ku.edu.tr/engr401 *Lecturer on mobile broadband: 4G and beyond http://courses.ku.edu.tr/elec450 *Organizer, TEDxKocUniversity tedx.ku.edu.tr http://livecast.com.tr/kocuniversity/event/295/tedx-kocuniversity/

  • Board Member

    2013 - 2020

    5G PPP - Member for Türk Telekom http://5g-ppp.eu Networld2020 - Board Member for Türk Telekom http://networld2020.org ETSI NFV - Participant for Türk Telekom http://www.etsi.org Celtic Plus - Core Group Member for Türk Telekom https://www.celticplus.eu

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2020

    Güneş Sigorta [now Türkiye Sigorta] is the leading listed insurance company since 1957. https://www.gunessigorta.com.tr

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