Aydin Koc
Vice Chairman @ Keiretsu Forum
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Aydin Koc is a startup investor at Keiretsu Forum in San Francisco Bay Area. Aydin Koc currently consults on business strategy matters to small companies and non-profits and has been an angel investor with the Keiretsu Forum for several years. He is also a Board member of Turkish Philanthropy Funds, the first diaspora organization of the Turkish-American community employing the community foundation model to fundphilanthropic activities and initiatives in Turkey. In the 2001-2007 timeframe, he was the CFO of ChildCare Careers, a very successful temporary staffing agency that was later bought by two private equity firms.In the 1987-2001 timeframe, Aydin served in senior executive capacities in a number of semiconductor firms in Silicon Valley. He is a past President and CEO of BitBlitz Communications of Fremont, CA., a venture-funded semiconductor start-up. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of ZiLOG’s Home Entertainment Group and the President of the Optical Storage Group at Oak Technology. Aydin also spent about a decade in increasingly responsible management positions at LSI Logic Corp., culminating in marketing responsibility for a $1.2B business worldwide.During 1981-1987 periods, he worked as an international management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and Booz, Allen & Hamilton, advising Fortune 1000 companies worldwide on their corporate strategiesAydin is a valedictorian of Tarsus American College in Turkey, has received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electronics Engineering with high honors from Middle East Technical University in 1972 and 1973 and an M.B.A. degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1981. He lives partially in the San Francisco Bay Area and partially in İstanbul and is active in the California Turkish-American community for the last 30 years.
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About Keiretsu Forum
Keiretsu Forum is an investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Forum members invest in high-quality, diverse investment opportunities. The community is strengthened through its involvement in social and charitable activities.They are a worldwide network ofcapital, resources and deal flow with chapters in Andalucía, Barcelona, Beijing, Boise, Chennai, India, Donostia/San Sebastián, East Bay, Istanbul, Kirkland-Eastside, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, New York, North Bay, Orange County, Paris, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Spokane-Inland, Tel Aviv, Toronto, Vancouver, Ventura County, Victoria-Vancouver Island/BC , Washington D.C., Waterloo-Wellington"Keiretsu" definition Keiretsu is a Japanese term describing a group of affiliated corporations with broad power and reach. Keiretsu Forum is described as a conglomeration of individuals or small companies that are organized around private equity funding for mutual benefit. Keiretsu Forum believes that through a holistic approach that includes interlocking relationships with partners and key resources, they can offer an association that produces the highest quality deal-flow and investment opportunities.
Keiretsu Forum Contacts
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Aydin Koc
Vice Chairman
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Duygu Eren
General Manager
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Howard Lubert
Area President
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Ali Demir Akel
Angel Investor
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Andreas Wilkens
Investor
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