Mustafa Aykut started his professional career as R&D researcher and lecturer. He took active roles in the design, development and deployment of digital mobile communications systems in the global R&D centers of Alcatel and Ericsson. He joined Turkcell to build and lead an R&D department in 2003. He is now in charge to serve as principal advisor to the BoD and CEO for advanced technologies. Mustafa Aykut is a member of Forsight Educators Group, the Association of Professional Futurists, the World Future Society, the HundrED Academy. In addition, he is also a board member of the Knowledge  Economy Association and ITU-ETA Foundation.