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Sedat Dogan

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Sedat is a technology and information security leader with 20 years of experience in software development, network infrastructure and cybersecurity

Technical focus

Sedat is a daily user of the products that he technically reviews. As part of his role at AIMultiple, he oversees the collection of numerous public data points on more than 80,000 B2B technology vendors using proxy, web scraping and web unblocker solutions from multiple providers.

Sedat is also the technical lead for running AIMultiple proxy and web unblocker benchmarks that measures the performance of top web data infrastructure providers annually.

In addition, he designs and conducts AI benchmarks to evaluate the efficiency, scalability, and accuracy of leading artificial intelligence solutions.

Professional experience

Currently, Sedat is the CTO at AIMultiple.

He is also a board advisor at
  • a VC investing in early-stage technology firms
  • Ödeal, a regional digital payment platform serving 125,000 merchants with its POS solutions.

Previously, he worked as
  • CTO at Bionluk, an online marketplace for freelancers
  • CTO at Expertera, a global expertise platform
  • CEO of a cybersecurity services provider
  • CTO and co-founder at a social network

He has 20 years of experience as a white-hat hacker and development guru focused on programming languages and server architectures.

He directed and secured the technological infrastructure and cybersecurity operations of the last seven national elections in his country.

He has also been recognized in the cybersecurity Hall of Fame by global technology leaders including Twitter.

Education

Sedat holds dual bachelor's degrees in engineering from Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi.

Latest Articles from Sedat

Data
Benchmark
Aug 14

Best TikTok Scrapers: Scrape Video & Profile Data

A TikTok scraper collects public data from TikTok, including video metadata, profile details, engagement metrics, and comments, without using TikTok’s official API. We tested Bright Data, Apify, and Decodo by running 500 unique TikTok video URLs per provider. We measured two dimensions: validation success rate and the breadth of available metadata fields. See our methodology…

Data
Benchmark
Aug 14

The Best LinkedIn Scrapers in 2026

We benchmarked the best LinkedIn scraper tools using 9,000 requests across posts, profiles, and job listings. This guide covers two main areas: This chart compares the daily success rates of LinkedIn scraper APIs based on live tests conducted every 15 minutes: Proxy-based LinkedIn scrapers use their own proxy infrastructure, including IP addresses and servers, to…

Data
Feature Comparison
Aug 14

Best Python Web Scraping Libraries

Based on my over a decade of software development experience, including my role as CTO at AIMultiple, where I led data collection from ~80,000 web domains, I have selected the top Python web scraping libraries. BeautifulSoup is a Python library for parsing HTML and XML and extracting data from web pages. It sits on top…

Enterprise Software
Benchmark
Aug 12

Email Security Solutions: Acronis, Sophos & Barracuda

Email is one of the most common entry points for cyberattacks, and built-in protections are no longer enough to handle targeted threats. We tested three cloud email security platforms (Acronis, Sophos, and Barracuda) with 100 tests across 11 threat categories. Read the email security solutions benchmark methodology to learn how we tested these tools and…

Cybersecurity
Benchmark
Aug 11

Top 5 Cyber Threat Intelligence Services Benchmarked

We ran hands-on proofs of concept on 5 cyber threat intelligence services, scoring each against the same 33 criteria across 8 categories, using a shared probe set of historical IOCs, 6 threat actors, and 4 exploited CVEs. The most counterintuitive result is that free AlienVault OTX matched CrowdStrike, the priciest platform here, on automation. See…

AI
Open World Evaluation
Aug 11

Top 70+ Cloud GPU Providers in 2026

Cloud GPU providers fall into three tiers. Hyperscalers run broad cloud platforms with GPU rental as one product among many. Specialist neoclouds focus on GPU and AI infrastructure as their core product. Community marketplaces aggregate inventory from many small operators, often at the floor of the published price spread. Pick a GPU model and a…

Cybersecurity
Benchmark
Aug 7

Google Workspace Backup: NinjaOne vs Acronis vs IONOS

We tested five major SaaS backup solutions, Acronis, NinjaOne, IONOS, ManageEngine, and CloudAlly, to evaluate their performance, features, and usability for Google Workspace email backups. Our benchmark measured backup speeds, restore times, setup ease, and practical functionality across 21 active mailboxes containing over 90,000 emails. Note: Figures in seconds. To ensure a fair comparison, the…

Data
Open World Evaluation
Aug 4

Best LinkedIn Proxies in 2026: Automation & Scraping

We benchmarked different proxy types for LinkedIn scraping and account management. A proxy alone won’t keep a LinkedIn account safe. Success comes from slow, human-like actions, one high-quality residential or mobile proxy per account, and avoiding aggressive automation. The providers below are compared for general proxy capabilities and lawful, authorized use cases. Bright Data offers…

Enterprise Software
Feature Comparison
Aug 4

Cron Alternatives: Top Picks That Outperform in 2026

As a technology and information security professional, I have been using cron across a wide range of applications for the past 20 years. For example, at AIMultiple, we use crontab to orchestrate ~20 cron jobs that run every minute and ~30 less frequent jobs. Based on these experiences, I compiled the most effective cron alternatives.…

Cybersecurity
Open World Evaluation
Aug 3

Top 11 XDR Solutions Comparison and Features in 2026

We researched 11 XDR solutions, verifying vendor claims against official product documentation, MITRE ATT&CK evaluation results, and customer deployments. From that pool, we selected 5 for hands-on benchmarking, deploying each to dedicated Windows Server 2022 endpoints and a Linux VM pool, running 30 test cases across 8 categories. See our analysis on value and performance…