Sertaç Yerlikaya was appointed as a strategy consultant at TÜBİTAK to work on the development of the "National Technology Move" strategy and roadmaps of the Ministry of Industry and Technology carried out by TÜSSİDE. She worked as an executive in “2023 Industry and Technology Strategy” and “National Artificial Intelligence Strategy” studies.
Sertaç Yerlikaya, who is the Advisor to the Deputy Minister, is also a Steering Committee Member of the 4th Industrial Revolution Center of Turkey, established by the World Economic Forum, and the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Turkish Metal Industrialists' Union. She is the Vice President of the Industry 4.0 Platform of Boğaziçi University.
She is also the manager of the "Turkey Open Source Platform", one of the pioneer projects of the 2023 strateg. She is charge of the development of open source projects in partnership with the private sector, public authorities, NGOs, universities and communities, and the establishment of 42 software development schools.
Prior to these duties, she had experience in different sectors from retail to telecommunications, from consumer goods to consultancy. She worked as a Strategy Planning Manager in a private company, responsible for a wide geography in Africa and the Middle East. Later, she became the Strategy Planning and Business Development Manager at a telecommunications company. She is the founder of Afillikitap.com, Turkey's first online photobook service.
She is married and has a son named Kaya who enjoys learning with curiosity. She is actively involved in the empowerment and guidance networks of women and youth in Turkey.