Dr. Omer Faruk Derindag is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Trade and Business at Inonu University in Turkey. He is also head of International Trade major. Dr. Derindag, 1977 born, completed his bachelor’s degree at Inonu University in the political sciences & public administration program. He has practiced in international trade for a period of time and participated in a full-year foreign trade program by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Foreign Trade Institute. He has a master’s degree from the Master of Business Administration program (MBA) at Istanbul University. Later, He transferred to Ulker, (Main Brands: Godiva, McVitie’s, Ulker) the leading food company, and worked there for 11 years dealing with more than 40 product categories as sales manager responsible for the largest key-accounts (Migros, Tesco, Bim, Metro, etc.). Throughout his professional career, he has carried out various projects in marketing, business development, sales, and supply chain with business partners such as Bain & Company and i2 Technologies. After continuing his business career as an entrepreneur, he has pursued and finished his Ph.D. degree in Business Management in Southeast Asia in the Philippines. He has several articles, books, and proceedings indexed by WoS and Scopus.

Dr. Derindag’s research domains are international trade and business, E-commerce, E-business, international marketing, leadership, and organizational behavior.