Melek Pulatkonak

Webit Speaker, Founder of the Turkish Women’s International Network

Melek Pulatkonak is the Founder of the Turkish Women’s International Network, a global sisterhood network for change. She is an entrepreneur, TEDster and a curator. Most recently, she worked at Microsoft’s Global Startup Business Team. Before that she was Deputy GM at Microsoft Turkey responsible from the Developer and Platform Evangelism. Prior to moving back to Turkey for her Microsoft leadership position, Melek was the President & COO of Hakia, a semantic technology company in New York. Before her tech entrepreneurship journey, Melek held various roles in the finance sector in New York, ranging from advising the Chairman of the Istanbul Stock Exchange to ADR researcher as the Research Associate at the New York Stock Exchange. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.Sc. degree from London School of Economics and Political Science.