Seline Karakaya
Foundational Advisor @Women Defining Ai
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Foundational Advisor @Women Defining Ai
Women still make up less than 30% of all STEM related jobs, and Al exploration has felt no different with only a third of women experimenting with Al in their lives, compared to more than half of men.The truth is that people in underrepresented groups, like women, are often disenfranchised and devalued during moments of economic and societal transition - this moment of widespread Al experimentation and adoption has the same risks. But it doesn\'t have to be this way.Women Defining Al aims to level the playing field for women at work by closing the technology gap, changing who defines and leads the conversation around innovative tech, starting with generative Al. Together we are flipping this script.
EDUCATION
University of Southern California
B.S., Business Administration - Finance & Strategy (Marshall Honors Program)
SKILLS
ABOUT SELINE KARAKAYA
Seline Karakaya is Founder and Managing Director of Excelerate Global, a venture capital and private equity advisory group. In this capacity, Seline has worked with companies ranging from start-ups to multi-nationals to support their growth and fundraising needs. She works closely with founders, CEOs, and Boards of Directors—often as an interim CXO—on the most pressing strategic and tactical priorities, leading transformational change that touches marketing to product development, sourcing to pricing, strategy to fundraising, organization to governance. Prior to Excelerate Global, Seline was a Director at American Securities, a New York-based private equity firm with one of the most successful track records in the industry. During her tenure, Seline co-developed the Firm’s “Shared Vision” process for value creation and alignment, advised portfolio company CEOs across a variety of industries in topics ranging from strategy and growth to talent and change management, and led the execution of a number of high priority initiatives. She also developed and oversaw the Firm’s commercial due diligence efforts, leading the diligence process for over 250 deals. Prior to American Securities, Seline was a management consultant at Bain & Company, where she spent 6 years advising Private Equity, Retail, Consumer Products, Tech/Media executives on M&A, corporate strategy, change management, and growth initiatives ranging from product development to new market entry. Seline was among the original members of Bain Los Angeles’s Private Equity Group.Seline has also held positions at FEI Women\'s Health, Amgen, Cerberus Capital Management, and American Express in a variety of capacities. Seline graduated with the highest honors from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business Honors Program with a degree in Business Administration, Strategy & Finance. She is also an active advocate of children’s causes in developing countries and animal welfare.
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