Tolgahan Cakaloglu, Ph.D.
Sharpshooter · DISC type DCTolgahan is the Senior Director of AI at Walmart, where he leads Agentic AI and Large Models programs. An award-winning researcher with a Ph. D. from the University of Arkansas and experience from Google, he bridges strategy and engineering in retail AI. People who have worked with him describe him as creative, professional, and talented.
Outside of work, Tolgahan is a certified sailing captain with ambitions to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He also enjoys playing the drums and woodworking to keep his creativity fresh. He is an active keynote speaker at global AI conferences and is passionate about translating research into real-world solutions.
Unique fact: Tolgahan holds multiple patents, including one for a system that determines document topics using selective topic models.
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