Ussal Şahbaz has a career at the intersection of business, government and research. He is currently a managing partner of a boutique consultancy on government affairs for tech scaleups in Turkey. His career includes leadership positions at GE (General Electric), various think tanks and earlier in the government of Turkey (Pesident’s Office & Turkish Competition Authority). Ussal holds a master’s degree in international development from Harvard University. He writes weekly columns for Ekonomi, Turkey’s business daily newspaper, and publishes a weekly e-mail bulletin on tech, society and policy that reaches a Turkish audience of 8,000.