Dr. Kaan Yıldızgöz is responsible for providing strategic support for Modaxo’s organic growth initiatives and M&A activities in the AMEA region. Previously, he held several senior leadership roles at UITP, including Senior Director of Membership & Global Operations and Management Board Member, Senior Director of Membership, Marketing & Services, and Director of UITP Academy in Brussels. He also served as Director of the MENA Centre for Transport Excellence at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai. Before joining UITP, he was the Loyalty & CRM Director at Turkish Airlines and Quality & Development Director at Metro Istanbul.
He holds the distinction of being the first student from Istanbul Technical University to complete the four-year Management Engineering program in just 2.5 years. Additionally, he earned a master’s degree in International Business Administration from Marmara University and completed the “Infrastructure in a Market Economy: Public-Private Partnerships” Executive Education Program at Harvard University.
Dr. Yıldızgöz obtained his Ph.D. with a thesis titled “Emergence of Transportation Network Companies: An Analysis of Urban Mobility, Regulation, and Their Future Role in the Urban Mobility Ecosystem.” He is also the author of the books Taxis in the Era of Digitalization (2018) and Taxis in the Era of Coronavirus (2020).