Dr. Said Salih Kaymakci

He is a career and professional development coach, area studies expert, consultant, and nonprofit professional whose work focuses on AI fluency, emerging technologies, and how people and institutions respond to change and adapt during periods of rapid disruption. Trained as an economist, mathematician, and historian, he brings a broad interdisciplinary lens to questions of work, education, technology, and social impact. 

Dr. Kaymakci holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in History from Georgetown University, an M.A. in Economic History from Boğaziçi University, and dual B.Sc. degrees in Mathematics and Economics from the University of London and Istanbul Bilgi University. His graduate-level academic training spans early modern and modern European history, Ottoman history, Eurasian empires, and Islamic law and legal history. His doctoral research examined how the Ottoman Empire and other Eurasian societies responded to early modern technological and institutional disruption, a historical perspective he now applies to the AI revolution. 

Said has worked across higher education, career advising, workforce development, and nonprofit administration and consulting. He helps students, professionals, and mission-driven organizations build adaptive, values-driven strategies through AI fluency, life-design methods, practical career tools, and a strong commitment to service. He has also been active in nonprofit and volunteer work, supporting organizations focused on education, humanitarian service, civic life, and international affairs. His current writing and speaking explore how individuals, communities, institutions, and societies can maintain agency, values, and purpose as AI reshapes work, learning, knowledge production, human relationships, organizational life, and global power.