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 10 DAST Tools: Benchmarking Results & Comparison
As a CISO, I have worked extensively with DAST tools. In evaluating the top solutions, I reviewed capabilities such as accuracy, detection performance by severity, and more. See below for a detailed breakdown of my key takeaways: Benchmark environments: 1. Holdout: Two privately built websites are used in the methodology to assess how effectively the…
Top 3 Open Source Firewall Audit Tools Compared
Open-source firewall audit tools enable IT teams to assess whether their firewalls are properly configured without incurring high costs. However, mid-market and enterprise companies may explore closed-source firewall audit software for more comprehensive solutions. Explore the key players in open source firewall audit tools, providing a comprehensive overview of their features, benefits and drawbacks: *…
Top 5 Open Source MDM Software
Mobile devices are a significant source of business data breaches. While some companies require sophisticated closed-source MDM software, others prefer open-source solutions to protect their devices. Drawing upon my 17 years of cybersecurity experience, here is the top open-source MDM software to help you choose the right option: Features comparison (Part 1): Features comparison (part…
Top 6 Open-Source Log Analysis Tools: Wazuh, Graylog & More
As a CISO in a highly regulated industry with ~2 decades of cybersecurity expertise, I have worked with multiple SIEM-like log analysis platforms. From those, I picked the top 6 open-source log analysis tools. In evaluating these tools, I focused on key factors such as log collection flexibility, real-time event detection, scalability, and support for…
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): Tips & Best Practices
With ~60% of Google searches resulting in zero clicks, users are becoming accustomed to receiving answers without visiting sources. 15 Answers engines like Perplexity.ai that provide answers rather than links, are growing in popularity. Explore the top answer engine optimization best practices, 6-key-components of AEO strategies, and AEO performance metrics: Real-life example: Rand Fishkin, the…
Test Automation Documentation with Best Practices
Test automation is vital for ensuring the quality and reliability of applications in software testing and development. Businesses and QA teams are transitioning from manual testing to automation testing as it can: What often goes overlooked is the role of effective documentation in maximizing the benefits of test automation. We explore the importance of test…
Top 8 SIEM Use Cases and Real-life Examples
SIEM addresses this by correlating data across the entire environment, endpoints, networks, cloud applications, and authentication systems to surface connections that no single tool would catch. A login at 2 am isn’t suspicious on its own. That same login, combined with a spike in outbound transfers and a new USB device, is a different story.…
UiPath Pricing: RPA Pricing Models Explained
UiPath is one of the most popular RPA vendors, but RPA pricing structure can be complex. We examined different pricing options to help business and tech leaders understand UiPath’s pricing and secure a high-ROI RPA solution through their UiPath partnership. We analyzed UiPath pricing plans and licensing documentation to provide you with a clear overview…
Top 10 ERP AI Use Cases & Case Studies
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems help organizations manage core business processes such as finance, operations, and human resources within a single platform. We provide the top 10 ERP AI use cases that focus on automating routine tasks, predictive forecasting, and intelligent analytics with real-life examples. AI brings speed and accuracy to financial tasks: Most ERPs…
State of OCR technology: Is it dead or a solved problem?
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is one of the earliest areas of artificial intelligence research. Today, OCR technology is relatively mature and no longer called AI, which is a good example of Pulitzer Prize winner Douglas Hofstadter’s quote: AI is whatever hasn’t been done yet.58 In our OCR benchmark, DeltOCR, a large language model, correctly reads…
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