Kerim Gökarslan - Short Bio
I am currently working at Booking.com as a Software Engineer.
Previously, I worked at Amazon in International Technology Business (InTech) organization, worked across multiple projects with regional and global scopes, at a full stack capacity, including work on both backend systems and customer-facing experiences (UX). Before Amazon, I was at ASML as a Software Design Engineer, specializing in Computer Systems and Infrastructure. Prior to ASML, I worked at Siemens as a Research and Development Engineer focusing on next-generation cellular technologies including industrial 5G and was part of a joint project with the Department of Computer Engineering at Bogazici University as a graduate student. My research included Cellular Networks, Cloud Computing, Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Internet of Things (IoT), Distributed Systems, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and Network Verification.
I have received an M.Sc. degree from the Computer Science Department at Yale University. During my studies at Yale, I was fully supported by Yale’s Ph.D. scholarship. Before Yale, I was working as a Software Engineering Intern at Cisco Systems in San Jose, California. I received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (second-highest-ranked) and a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Bogazici University in 2017 with High Honors. I was a fellow of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) during my undergraduate studies. I also worked part-time at Netas during my senior year at Bogazici as a Software and Hardware Design Engineer.
In addition, I hold an MBA degree from Quantic School of Business and Technology (2021) and an M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Bogazici University in (2023) with 4.00 GPA. My M.Sc. thesis, related to the work I did at Siemens, was published in 2022.