Sertaç Oral has an MS in electronics engineering and an MBA. He has worked in Unilever, Alcatel and Bosch in different roles including R&D as microchip designer and various leadership roles in project management, sales, marketing, key account management, business development as well as corporate innovation in cooperation with Berkeley University.

Sertaç founded GVI Consulting in 2022 and is now consulting corporates on innovation, supporting open innovation projects on international level, working on EIC calls, mentoring startups in various acceleration programs such as FI, Nasdaq, İTÜ Çekirdek. He is also supporting a book on corporate innovation, called “Lean Scaleup”, as an expert practitioner and a consultant.