1 IZZET SIDKI DARENDELI
Management Department, School of Business and Economics. California State University East Bay. 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, Hayward, California. 94542.
[email protected] +1215-906- 2181
EXPERTISE
Entrepreneurship, Emerging country catch-up, Geography and Firm Innovation, Home vs. Host-country Institutional Environment, Firm Responses and Innovation, Political Strategies
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Associate Professor, California State University, East Bay California, US 2015 – Present
Associate Director, Smith Center for Entrepreneurship California US 2017 – Present
Adjunct Professor & Instructor, Bogazici University Istanbul, Turkey 2019 – Present
Adjunct Professor & Instructor, Kadir Has University Istanbul, Turkey 2019 – Present
Instructor & Research Assistant, Temple University Philadelphia, US 2010-2015
Research Assistant, Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey 2009-2010
EDUCATION
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Fox School of Business Philadelphia, US PhD, Strategic Management 2010-2015 BILKENT UNIVERSITY Ankara, Turkey
Master of International Affairs and Public Policy (MIAPP) – Major in Business Administration 2008-2010
BILKENT UNIVERSITY Ankara, Turkey
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration 2004-2008
ROBERT COLLEGE Istanbul, Turkey
ATTACHMENT I
2 INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE BOOTUP VENTURES –Venture Capital Firm Palo Alto, US 2021-Present General Partner/Advisor ◦ $40 million Venture Capital Fund Management & Design ◦ Fund Raising and Due Diligence ◦ Startup Scouting & Investment ◦ Accelerator and Incubator Program Design OMATOCHI –Wellness Tech Startup San Francisco, US 2020-Present Advisory Board Member ◦ Scale-up & Strategic Positioning ◦ Product Roadmap & Positioning ◦ Strategic Partnerships and VC Funding BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY– University Istanbul, Turkey 2021-2021 Advisor to the President ◦ Incubator & Accelerator Design ◦ Scale-up & Internationalization Program Design ◦ VC Funding Design BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY – University Istanbul, Turkey 2020 -2021 Advisor to the CEO ◦ Incubator & Accelerator Design ◦ Scale-up & Internationalization Program Design ◦ VC Funding Design HAVELSAN/QUANTUM3D - Multinational Company Milpitas, US 2018-2020 Advisory Board Member & Advisor to the CEO ◦ R&D Strategies ◦ International Management and Business Development 3 ◦ Technology development and partnerships ◦ Market-Entry Strategies, Risk Analysis, and Market Expansion Advisory STARCAMP -INCUBATOR Palo Alto, US 2017-Present Consultant/Mentor ◦ Cost & Pricing Analysis ◦ Investment Strategies ◦ Strategic Market & Competitor Analysis ◦ Business Plan Development for Start-ups ◦ Market-Entry Strategies, Risk Analysis, and Market Expansion Advisory MUSIAD USA - NGO San Francisco, US 2016 - Present Board Member TRUNGER INC. – Food Tech Start-up San Francisco, US 2015 - Present CEO/Founder ◦ Mobile App Start-up Business Development ◦ Financial Planning ◦ Operations Planning PROLVER.COM INC. – Tech Start-up Philadelphia, US 2014 – 2015 Advisory Board Member ◦ Business Plan Assessment ◦ Firm Strategy Consultation ◦ Competitor Analysis MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION – Government Ankara, Turkey Assistant European Union Expert July 2009- August 2010 ◦ Project Management of Ministry’s EU funded projects ◦ Prepared Ministry of Transportation Operation Program, Ministry Of Transport Strategy Document and Research Papers on Transportation ◦ Prepared Cost Benefit, Feasibility and other related Reports for Ministry’s EU projects ◦ Represented Ministry in International meetings, conferences and symposiums TURK TELEKOM – Multinational Company Istanbul, Turkey Project Specialist August 2008- July 2009 ◦ Project Management of IPTV Project ◦ Prepared marketing and financial analyses for specific business options and developments for IPTV project ◦ Prepared Business Plans and Business Processes ◦ Assisted in Planning and Organizing Marketing and Sales Management Strategies 4 PROJECT SYNERGY – Manufacturing Tech Start-up Ankara, Turkey Business Analyst/Marketing Staff February 2008- July 2008 ◦ Software vendor to Ford-Michigan U.S ◦ Assisted in developing the marketing strategy plan of the entrepreneurial firm ◦ Prepared Business Plans and Business Processes JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Onuklu, Atilla, Hill, T.L, Darendeli I, Genc, Omer, L. (2021) Home Field (Dis)Advantage: The Role Of Subnational, Informal Institutional Context In Emerging Economy SME Export. Journal of International Management Upcoming Darendeli, I., Hill, T.L., Rajwani, T. and Cheng, Y. (2020), "Surviving the Arab Spring: socially beneficial product portfolios and resilience to political shock", Multinational Business Review, Upcoming Onuklu, Atilla, Izzet Darendeli, and Ram Mudambi. (2020) "Regulative distance, international connectivity and innovation systems: Turkey’s links to the EU." Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal. Brandl, K., Darendeli, I., Mudambi, R. (2018). Foreign actors and intellectual property protection regulations in developing countries. Journal of International Business Studies. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-018-0172-6 Guldiken, O., Darendeli, I.. (2016). Too Much of a Good Thing: Board Monitoring and R&D Investments. Journal of Business Research(69 (8)), 2931-2938. Darendeli, I., Hill, T.L. (2016). Uncovering the complex relationships beween political risk and MNe firm legitimacy: Insights from Libya. Journal of International Business Studies, 47(1), 68-92. Darendeli, I., Hill, T. L. (2013). Delicate Diplomacy: Insights from Libya for MNEs about Balancing Political and Social Relations within Host Countries. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. BOOK CHAPTERS Brandl, K., Darendeli, I., Hamilton III, R., Mudambi, R. (2016). The Impact of Actors and the Aspect of Time in Institutional Change Processes in a Developing Country Context (pp. 62-67). Palgrave Macmillan:. Feinberg, S., Hill, T. L., Darendeli, I., Lawton, T. (2015). In Routledge Companion to Nonmarket Strategy London (Ed.), An Institutional Perspective on Non-Market Strategy for a World in Flux. London: Routledge. Brandl, K., Cano-Kollmann, M., Cha, H., Darendeli, I., Hannigan, T. J., Laskar, T., Lee, A., Kim, S., Scalera, V. G., Mudambi, R., Belussi, F. (2015). In Mudambi, R (Ed.), Global Connectivity as the Basis for Local Innovation. London: Routledge. SERVICE - JUDGING EXPERIENCE 5 Editorial Board Member at JWB Editorial Board Member at JIM Editor TJM Reviewer at JWB Reviewer at JIM Reviewer at JBR Reviewer at APJM Reviewer at SMS, AIB and AoM Conferences Board Member of iBegin International Research Group – funded by NSF Grant GRANTS & HONORS CSU East Bay Research Grant 2021 ($15000) CSU East Bay Research Grant 2020 ($15000) CSU East Bay Research Grant 2019 ($10000) CBE Research Grant 2017 ($10000) CABEC Grant ($2000) CSU East Bay Research Grant 2017 ($5000) Best Reviewer Award SMS 2016 Denver QM Online Teaching Grant 2015 ($1000) California State University, East Bay CABEC Grant 2015 ($1000), California State University, East Bay NSF Grant #1551970 ($27,436) CIBER Grant 2015 ($3000), Temple University Young Scholars Forum Grant 2012 ($3000), Temple University Young Scholars Forum Grant 2013 ($3400), Temple University Young Scholars Forum Grant 2013 ($3000), Temple University Graduate Studies Scholarship Recipient ($85,000), Republic of Turkey 2010-2014 Full Scholarship, Bilkent University 2008-2010 Academic Scholarship, Hisar Foundation, 2004-2010 Honor Scholarship, Bilkent University 2004-2008 Full Scholarship, Robert College 2000-2004