Gartner Expert
Saniye Burcu Alaybeyi
Sr Director Analyst
Saniye Burcu Alaybeyi is a Senior Director in Gartner's Applications Group. In college she studied AI and did her master's thesis in AI. At Gartner, she specializes in artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT and contract life cycle management technologies. She gives advice to providers and end user clients on topics such as AI use cases including contract analytics, general AI trends and business opportunities, key business issues, and best practices to overcome AI barriers and how to move projects from POCs to scale.
Previous experience
Ms. Alaybeyi has more than 20 years of experience, both as a manager/leader and an individual contributor, in product management, software development, applications and field engineering support. She joined Gartner after working for Real Time Innovations (RTI) as a senior manager. At RTI, she was responsible for managing software developers and product managers, defining product features, maintaining roadmaps, researching target markets and establishing competitive analysis, as well as contributing to technical alliance and strategic partner management. Prior to joining RTI, Ms. Alaybeyi worked as a manager and lead at Echelon's IoT business unit, where she supported LonWorks IoT products. Before Echelon, she worked as a manager and/or individual contributor at Maillshell Inc., Kuokoa Networks Inc. and Edify Corporation.
Professional background
Real Time Innovations
Senior Manager
Echelon
Team Manager
Software Development Positions at Varied Companies
Senior Manager
Areas of coverage
Applications and Software Engineering Leaders
Data and Analytics Leaders
Software Engineering Technologies
Artificial Intelligence
Procurement and Strategic Sourcing Applications
Education
M.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
B.S., Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Why Use Machine Learning? What Value Does It Add? AI Capabilities Framework
2How Does Machine Learning Work?
3Contract Lifecycle Management
4AI Strategy Development
5AI Use Cases