Ezgi Arslan, PhD.
Ezgi is an industry analyst at AIMultiple.
Research focus at AIMultiple
- AI agent applications in finance where she combines her finance expertise with emerging AI tools.
- Sustainability where she relies on her academic research background.
- Procurement technologies where she bases upon her experience in finance.
- Surveys and sentiment analysis for user insights where she rests on her academic experience.
- Network security, including firewalls, firewall management, and orchestration where she applies her industry analysis experience.
Professional experience
Ezgi worked both in academia and the industry before:- Çankaya University as Part-time Teaching Staff
- TED Ankara College as Education Support Specialist
- TED University as Teaching Assistant
- AKFEN Holding Inc. as Finance Specialist
Education
Graduated with a PhD. from the Department of Business and Administration at Bilkent University.
Academic publications
- Arslan ETanyeri-Günsür B. (2025). Ambitious sons and understanding daughters: investor perceptions of gender and the valuation of family firms". Gender in Management: An International Journal, 1-22, DOI: 10.1108/GM-11-2024-0636.
- Alp, E. (2024). An Examination of Factors in Financial Asset Valuation. Nişantaşı Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 12 (Special Issue), 60-72. DOI: 52122/nisantasisbd.1467788.
- Tanyeri A. B., and Alp E. (2023). Law as an external governance mechanism: valuation of family firms in countries with differing judicial protection of shareholder rights. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 1-22, DOI: 10.1111/corg.12484.
Conference presentations
- Alp, E. (2023) Impact of the Corporate Sustainability Performance on Financial Performance and the Institutional Shift Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Türkiye. In: ICGS 2023 CGIR Junior Scholar Consortium and Paper Development Workshop – held in Madrid, Spain on October 20, 2023.
- Alp, E. (2023) The Effect of Corporate Sustainability Activities of Financial Performance. In: 1. Conference of Economics and Society – held in Ankara, Türkiye on December 6-7, 2023.
- Alp, E. (2022) Shareholder activism, and organizational form. In: 19TH EIASM Workshop on Corporate Governance – held in Strasbourg, France on November 8-9, 2022.
- Alp, E., and Tanyeri A. B. (2021). Gender perceptions of investors and the valuation of family firms. In: RENT 2021 Conference – XXXV Research in Entrepreneurship Conference – held in Turku, Finland on November (17) 18-19, 2021.
- Alp, E. (2020). Value of Shareholder Voting Rights and Family Firm Related Mechanisms. In: 3rd AEM and TIM PHD Programs-Joint Paper Development Online Workshop, Bergamo on May 25-26, 2020.
Latest Articles from Ezgi
Top 7 Methods for Audio Sentiment Analysis in 2026
As the number of consumers increases and users’ data accumulates daily, a data explosion is no surprise. Companies use data collection and analytics to improve sales, customer insights, or brand reputation. Even though voice data is the most direct feedback businesses receive from customers, they often overlook its importance. To better understand how customers evaluate…
Analysis of Top 3 Open Source Firewall Management Tools
Substantial costs of data breaches, which average over $4 million globally. To safeguard their sensitive data and firewall security, businesses rely on firewall security management services. If you are working at an enterprise, explore closed-source firewall management software for more comprehensive solutions. working at an SME or the company is just starting its network security…
Analysis of Top 4 Open Source NGFWs Based on Features
Teams using NGFWs, AI-driven security, and automation save ~$2M more than those using traditional tools. See open source NGFW as a cost-effective network security solution for comprehensive security: Top 4 open source NGFW comparison Table 1. Key features Tool NamePacket FilteringNAT MappingDPIIDPSMulti WAN Zenarmor❌❌✅❌❌ Untangle❌❌❌✅✅ PfSense✅✅✅✅✅ Smoothwall❌✅❌✅✅ For details of key features of open source…
Top 15+ AI Financial Research Platforms for Investors
Despite thousands of available financial research tools, many investors struggle with fragmented data, time-consuming manual analysis, and limited predictive insights. AI financial research platforms use natural language processing and advanced analytics to cut research time from hours to minutes. See the top AI financial research solutions with their main services, prices and use-cases: SolutionDeploymentFree tierFree…
Comparison of Top 10 Firewall Audit Software
Firewall audit software helps validate compliance and manage firewall configurations in bulk. Explore a comparison of leading firewall audit tools based on two approaches: Hands-on experience benchmark Feature benchmark derived from an examination of user manuals Top 10 firewall audit products Features of firewall audit software benchmark Values that are zero are not shown in…
Top 5 Network Security Policy Management Solutions
I have identified the top 5 NSPM solutions, multi-vendor and vendor-native tools, based on my & other users’ experiences and vendor features. Follow the links to see the reasoning behind these selections: Top 5 NSPM tools Digital companies should utilize network security policy management solutions (NSPM) to govern, monitor, and enforce policies across their entire…
Top 14 Network Planning Tools: Key features & Benefits
Network planning tools help businesses optimize performance, manage resources efficiently, and ensure scalable, reliable network designs for growth and stability. Here is an overview of the most valuable tools available today, organized by their primary function: initial network planning, optimization of the existing network, mapping/network diagramming. Top 5 initial network design and planning tools These…
WAF Solutions: Benchmark-Based Comparison
With two decades of industry experience and market data showing that nearly half of breaches begin with web applications57, we manually tested three leading WAFs (Cloudflare, Imperva, Barracuda) against real attack traffic by creating a test site and targeting it with common web threats, broken access control, injection, and vulnerable and outdated components. See a…
40 IoT Applications & Use Cases
Worldwide annual revenue on IoT in 2033 is expected to be $934B.62 IoT enables a myriad of different business applications. Knowing those IoT examples and use cases can help businesses integrate IoT technologies into their future investment decisions. Explore 40 IoT applications for business leaders to select the correct use case for their IoT implementation:…
Top 15+ Data as a Service Companies
Data as a Service (DaaS) is a cloud model that delivers data on demand, usually on a subscription. It lets a business buy the datasets it needs without collecting and storing the data itself. See the top data as a service companies and data types they provide, the key features such as data analytics, and…
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