Gurkan Sokat

Gurkan Sokat is a Principal Software Engineer at Barracuda Networks since August 2021, with extensive experience in software engineering and technical leadership. Previously, at Thrive Technologies, Gurkan served as a Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead, where key achievements included architecting a system redesign project, initiating a machine learning project for inventory management, and developing an automated web application performance checking system. Additional roles at Thrive involved managing client implementations and migrating the company to AWS, along with overseeing software development and implementing a patent-pending Forecast Engine. Earlier experience includes work as an Embedded Software Engineer at PESA, focusing on the development of H.264 encoder/decoder applications and firmware. Gurkan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, earned in 2008.