Degerhan Usluel co-founded iLinc, the company that invented live web collaboration technology, in 1994. As the CTO, CEO, and Board Member, he helped guide the company via organic growth and mergers into a NASDAQ traded global software company with $500m market value and $70m in annual revenues. iLinc was later acquired by BroadSoft and eventually became part of Cisco.

Degerhan is the Chairman of Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, and Board Member at Technology Invest AS and Usluel Group. He formerly served as an Independent Board Member at Alcatel Lucent Teletas, Hurriyet, HepsiEmlak, Oncu Ventures, and Turkish Investment Initiative (TII).

Degerhan Usluel received his B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University and his MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).