Serdar Uckun

Current

Founder and President at Prognostics and Health Management Society
Manager, Embedded Reasoning Area at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

Past

Technical Area Lead (Discovery and Systems Health) at NASA Ames Research Center
Director at Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
Director of Advanced Technology at Blue Pumpkin

Manager, Intelligent Systems; Assistant Director, Palo Alto Lab at Rockwell Science Center (now Teledyne Scientific)

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Education

Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey)

Ege Üniversitesi

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Serdar Uckun’s Summary

Manager / Leader of elite research organizations in information technology, AI, and enterprise software with over 15 years of experience. Demonstrated business development skills with over $30M of new business wins to date. Extensive project/program management experience in government and private sectors. 9+ years of first- and second-tier line management experience. Effective leader, influencer, and consensus builder.

Always looking for the next great challenge in technology strategy and business development.

Serdar Uckun’s Specialties:

Integrated systems health management; prognostics; research and development; business development; decision support systems; data analysis; biomedical informatics; customer relationship management; intellectual property management; product marketing and management.

Serdar Uckun’s Experience

Founder and President

Prognostics and Health Management Society

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2009 — Present (6 months)

The PHM Society is a non-profit educational and scientific organization to promote the advancement of PHM as an individual scientific and engineering discipline.
Manager, Embedded Reasoning Area

Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Computer Software industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

I recently joined PARC as the Manager of the Embedded Reasoning Area. Our work focuses on diagnosis, planning, scheduling, and control for mission-critical embedded applications in diverse industries.
Technical Area Lead (Discovery and Systems Health)

NASA Ames Research Center

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

August 2004 — March 2008 (3 years 8 months)

Manages a group of over 70 researchers with emphasis on engineering, scientific, and biomedical data understanding. Primary emphasis of the Technical Area is on supporting NASA's efforts in space exploration. NASA lead for the Integrated Systems Health Management project.
Director

Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2002 — July 2004 (2 years 5 months)

RIACS is a non-profit research institute located at NASA Ames Research Center in support of NASA's R&D in information technology. Started as Deputy Director and continued as Acting Director for this prestigious institute with over 40 top-notch IT researchers.
Director of Advanced Technology

Blue Pumpkin

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2000 — March 2002 (2 years 1 month)

Company focused on the workforce optimization market. Supported the CEO, CTO, and EVP-Engineering in a variety of technology initiatives including product and platform strategy, product marketing, intellectual property management, and advanced technology development. Served as key contact between engineering, marketing, and sales organizations.
Manager, Intelligent Systems; Assistant Director, Palo Alto Lab

Rockwell Science Center (now Teledyne Scientific)

(Public Company; Defense & Space industry)

June 1994 — March 2000 (5 years 10 months)

Managed research initiatives in support of government customers as well as Rockwell internal customers. Focused on a variety of technical areas including aviation safety, industrial automation, healthcare, and customer relationship management.

Serdar Uckun’s Education

Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Postdoc , Computer Science , 1992 — 1994

Postdoctoral training at the Knowledge Systems Laboratory
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

PhD , Biomedical Engineering , 1987 — 1992
Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey)

MS , Biomedical Engineering , 1984 — 1987
Ege Üniversitesi

MD , Medicine , 1978 — 1984