Oktay Türetken

Oktay Türetken is a Full Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences school, specializing in Information Systems. He chairs the Industrial Engineering Bachelor Program and contributes to the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS) in Münster, Germany.

• PhD in Information Systems
• Research Fellow at European Research Institute in Service Science (2008-2012)
• Adjunct Lecturer at METU’s Software Management program (pre-2008)

His research focuses on digital innovation and collaborative business models, particularly in urban mobility. He develops methods for operational design, business process management, and data analytics maturity models. Key projects include MobilitEU and EU-funded initiatives in smart mobility.

Recent publications address KPI frameworks for business models, platform design for shared mobility, and maturity models for organizational capabilities. He leads multi-disciplinary teams and has co-authored over 129 research outputs, including 2025 articles in Production Planning & Control and Business & Information Systems Engineering.

• 2021: 1st Prize at DESRIST for paper prototype
• 2022: 1st Prize for MaaS Platform Features research

He supervises PhD candidates Ginger Korsten, Yasmin Rettab, and Stella Lo Giudice, and teaches courses like Digitalization and Enterprise Systems and Green and Digital Transformation. His work bridges academic research with industry consultancy via Cogniton Business Engineering Consultancy.