Cem Dilmegani
Cem's work at AIMultiple has been cited by leading global publications including Business Insider, Forbes, Morning Brew, Washington Post, global firms like HPE, NGOs like World Economic Forum and supranational organizations like European Commission. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
Professional experience & achievements
Throughout his career, Cem served as a tech consultant, tech buyer and tech entrepreneur. He advised enterprises on their technology decisions at McKinsey & Company and Altman Solon for more than a decade. He also published a McKinsey report on digitalization.He led technology strategy and procurement of a telco while reporting to the CEO. He has also led commercial growth of deep tech company Hypatos that reached a 7 digit annual recurring revenue and a 9 digit valuation from 0 within 2 years. Cem's work in Hypatos was covered by leading technology publications like TechCrunch and Business Insider. [6], [7]
Research interests
Cem's work focuses on how enterprises can leverage new technologies in AI, agentic AI, cybersecurity (including network security, application security) and data including web data.Cem's hands-on enterprise software experience contributes to his work. Other AIMultiple industry analysts and the tech team support Cem in designing, running and evaluating benchmarks.
Education
He graduated as a computer engineer from Bogazici University in 2007. During his engineering degree, he studied machine learning at a time when it was commonly called "data mining" and most neural networks had a few hidden layers.He holds an MBA degree from Columbia Business School in 2012.
Cem is fluent in English and Turkish. He is at an advanced level in German and beginner level in French.
External publications
- Cem Dilmegani, Post-AI Banking: Millions of jobs at risk as banks automate their core functions. International Banker.
- Cem Dilmegani, Bengi Korkmaz, and Martin Lundqvist (December 1, 2014).Public-sector digitization: The trillion-dollar challenge, McKinsey & Company.
Media, conference & other event presentations
- Answers to Korea24's questions on job loss due to AI, Korea24
- Real Estate and Technology, presented by Hofstra University’s Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies and the Frank G. Zarb School of Business in 2023 and 2024.
- Radar AI session (June 22, 2023): "Increasing Data Science Impact with ChatGPT".
- Generative AI Atlanta meetup: Generative AI for Enterprise Technology.
Sources
- Why Microsoft, IBM, and Google Are Ramping up Efforts on AI Ethics, Business Insider.
- Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI to pursue artificial intelligence that’s smarter than we are, Washington Post.
- Empowering AI Leadership: AI C-Suite Toolkit, World Economic Forum.
- Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU, European Commission.
- EU’s €200 billion AI investment pushes cash into data centers, but chip market remains a challenge, IT Brew.
- Hypatos gets $11.8M for a deep learning approach to document processing, TechCrunch.
- We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck AI startup Hypatos used to raise $11 million, Business Insider.
Latest Articles from Cem
Top 15 UEBA Use Cases for Today's SOCs
Traditional measures such as web gateways, firewalls, IPS tools, and VPNs are no longer sufficient to keep corporate systems secure from modern cyber attacks. UEBA systems help detect modern threats by enhancing the context and quality of security alerts by monitoring non-user entities (e.g., servers) and leveraging machine learning.
Top 8 SIEM Use Cases and Real-life Examples
We previously explained open source & commercial SIEM tools, including how to select the best solution.
Best 8 Identity and Access Management Solutions
Effectively managing user access should not pose a continual security risk, yet many IT teams face ongoing challenges. Issues such as weak passwords, the presence of abandoned accounts, and the complexity of managing multiple authentication methods across both cloud and on-premises systems often complicate security management.
Top PAM Solutions: 8 Commercial Vendors + Free Alternatives
We spent three days testing and reviewing popular Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions. We used the free trials and admin consoles of BeyondTrust, Keeper PAM, and ManageEngine PAM360. For solutions that required registration, we relied on official product documentation and user experiences to assess their capabilities.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Pricing and Plans
Listed MFA pricing and plans vary based on several factors, which increase the costs: *$1,500 annual contract minimum. How to select the right MFA plan? An MFA solution that is sufficient for individual usage may not be suitable for a large enterprise with several customers, partners, and business consumers.
Compare 10 Open Source MFA Tools
When starting your free and open source multi-factor authentication (MFA) implementation, consider: Features of open source MFA solutions → All tools (except LLDAP) offer compatibility with hardware tokens (e.g., YubiKey) and FIDO2 / WebAuthN passwordless API authentication protocol. FIDO2 does not use shared secrets, like passwords; it minimizes vulnerabilities associated with data breaches.
10+ MFA Examples: Types, Methods & Best Use Cases
Our research on multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions highlights various adaptive authentication methods (e.g., offline authentication) offered by leading software providers. To highlight how companies like Apple, PayPal, and Google use these methods, we provided 10+ real-life MFA examples of authentication types and methods: Read more: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) pricing and plans, MFA use cases.
Top 10+ Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Use Cases
Our research on multi-factor authentication (MFA) solutions shows how effective the leading software is in adaptive authentication, biometric authentication (Fingerprint/Face ID), and push notifications.
6 Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Use Cases
Network security statistics show that the human factor accounts for ~80% of breaches. Protecting your organization’s data entails more than merely preventing the cyber attack vectors. It is also important to minimize the exposure of sensitive information within the company’s own network.
Top 6 Economical iPaaS Vendors
Businesses are struggling with app sprawl, as the average company uses ~370 apps. App sprawl causes employees to copy and paste across applications, resulting in slow, error-prone processes. An integration platform as a service solution (iPaaS) can resolve this issue.
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