Volkan Kinoglu

Senior Director @Uber AI Solutions | AI | ML | GenAI | Agentic AI | LLM Large Language Models | Training Data

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

20+ years of experience driving multi million dollar growth in the AI/ML and software/hardware industries. Ambitious, hands-on, and focused on delivering measurable market share increases through high-performance sales leadership. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 2024: Awarded the Telus Premier for exceptional performance, finishing the year at 210% of quota. 2023: Expanded the Fortune 100 portfolio by onboarding global leaders NVIDIA, AWS, and Geico. 2022: Facilitated strategic entry into Fortune 100 accounts, such as Qualcomm, IBM, and Honeywell. 2019: Recruited and led a high-performing team of 8 Sales Executives to achieve 115% of the quota. 2018: Diversified the client portfolio by winning blue-chip accounts, including MasterCard and HSBC. 2016: Delivered the organization’s highest-ever recorded operating profit across three quarters. 2015: Achieved a company milestone by reaching the highest-ever recorded quarterly revenue in Q3. 2012: Generated $275M in total sales ($152M in distributor channel and $123M in retail channel) 2010: Captured the highest market share in the consumer channel, as verified by GfK Reports. 2009: Drove 154% of target for key retail accounts ($54M). 2008: Successfully architected and launched the Acer Point and Wholesaler programs across 49 cities.

Experience

  • Senior Sales Director at Uber
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    Uber AI Solutions bring data and human intelligence to build AI efficiently and at scale across data labeling, collection, product testing, localization, and more. We’re building the world’s largest high-quality skill network and a dynamic data engine to power AI models and applications. For more info: https://www.uber.com/us/en/ai-solutions/

  • Sales Director at TELUS Digital
    Nov 2022 - May 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    We help companies test and improve machine learning models via our global AI Community of 1 million+ annotators and linguists. Our AI training platform handles all data types across 500+ languages and dialects. https://www.telusinternational.com/solutions/ai-data-solutions

  • Sales Director at Appen
    Dec 2021 - Nov 2022 · 1 yr

    Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative AI systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors who speak over 235 languages in 170 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. We help our clients enhance their best-in-class products and services around the world, including search engines, social media platforms, voice recognition systems, sentiment analysis, and eCommerce sites. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products.

  • Sales Director at Tookitaki
    Aug 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Tookitaki is innovating the regulatory compliance space, moving beyond rules-based applications, and introducing Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) based software solutions that maximize efficiency and reduce risks. Our award-winning solutions include an Anti-Money Laundering Suite and a Reconciliation Suite. The World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Award (2019)

  • Vice President of Sales at Zoral
    Feb 2018 - Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Zoral operates one of the largest labs in the USA focused on Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), and predictive analytics for consumer/SME credit and financial products. Zoral is one of the world’s leading companies in the use of unstructured, social, device, MNO, bureau and behavioral data, for real-time decisioning and predictive modeling. Zoral software intelligently automates digital financial products. Zoral produced the world’s first, fully automated, STP consumer credit platforms.