Cavit Yantaç, Vice General Manager of Customer Experience at Microsoft Turkey, has been working at Microsoft for 18 years in various roles. Based in Istanbul, he managed a team that developed innovative projects in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data across a wide geography. In 2016, Yantaç was selected as one of Turkey’s 100 Most Influential Technology Leaders by DigitalAge magazine, received various awards at Microsoft and took part in the advisory boards of various startups. Yantaç holds an MBA from the University of Georgia and a degree in Business Administration from Boğaziçi University. He also teaches at Boğaziçi University Executive MBA Programme and Bilgi University Information Law Institute.