Aziz Hatipagaoglu (MSPE '05), was awarded a Ph.D. in economics from Gazi University in 2014. Aziz is the founder and general manager of the HG Group Education and Consultancy LLC in Istanbul, Turkey. This organization does international marketing and branding consultancy as well as international promotion activities for Turkish universities. He is also an assistant professor in economics at the Konya Food and Agriculture University in Konya, Turkey.