I was born in southern part of Turkiye in a city called Mersin, located by the Mediterranean sea. I am one of the two sons of Dr. Mehmet Necati Kiralp, an internal diseases specialist, and Iclal Kiralp, an elementary school teacher. I have one brother, who is an orthodontist.

I completed my secondary education in Mersin at Tarsus American College, and for my post-secondary education, I studied Industrial Engineering at the Industrial Engineering Department of Dalhousie University, located in Halifax, NS, Canada.

As of May 2005, I successfully completed my four years in engineering and obtained my Bachelor of Engineering degree in Industrial Engineering with a year of co-op experience. During my undergraduate studies, I co-received the 2005 Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia (APENS) award for best senior year design project.

In December 2007, I have completed my Master of Applied Science degree in the same department, where I focused on operations research, supply chain management, Lean manufacturing, distribution management, and statistical quality control.  During my graduate studies, I have received a NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) research grant, a faculty of graduate studies scholarship, and a Bruce and Dorothy Rosetti scholarship.  Towards the end of my degree, I have also had the opportunity to present my thesis at an international conference, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems 2007, held in Alicante, Spain.

In September 2010, I had the chance to publish a journal article that focused on optimization of supply chain networks with Dr. Uday Venkatadri of Dalhousie University.  This article can be found in the Production Planning & Control journal.

As of January 2012, I am a full-time member (P.Eng.) at both APENS in Nova Scotia and APEGA in Alberta.

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