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Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D.

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Founder at true-meter

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla is co-founder and CTO of TrueMeter, an AI platform that automates utility bill management, cost optimization, and payments for multi-location businesses in the restaurant, retail, and hospitality sectors. She holds a PhD from Stanford, where she researched energy supply chains and pricing and later served as a faculty member teaching energy markets, pricing, and data analytics; in 2020 she joined Instacart as a data scientist working on pricing experiments. She co-founded TrueMeter with Ali Sarilgan, a Stanford graduate and former McKinsey consultant and GameStop finance executive, and the company reports over $5 million in verified customer savings.

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Sarah SmithMenlo Park · $250K checksUlu VenturesPalo Alto · $2M checks · since 2026

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ASAli Sarilgan
Ali Sarilgan
OIOzge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D.
Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D.Founder

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Sarah SmithMenlo Park · $250K checksUlu VenturesPalo Alto · $2M checks · since 2026

Co-founders at true-meter

ASAli Sarilgan
Ali Sarilgan
OIOzge Islegen-Wojdyla
Ozge Islegen-WojdylaFounder

Experience

  1. TrueMeterCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2024 — present
  2. Pear VCPear X W25 Founder2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. StartXFall 2024 Cohort - Co-founder2024
  4. Stanford Graduate School of Business - Alumni Consulting Team (ACT) for Non-Profit OrganizationsVolunteer Consultant2023 — 2024
  5. InstacartSenior Data Scientist II at Instacart2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  6. InstacartSenior Data Scientist2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Insight Data ScienceTechnical Advisor2020San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Insight Data ScienceInsight Data Science Fellow2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementAssistant Professor of Operations2011 — 2019Evanston, IL
  10. University of California, San Diego - Rady School of ManagementVisiting Scholar2018 — 2019Greater San Diego Area
  11. University of California, San Diego - Rady School of ManagementVisiting Scholar2017 — 2018Greater San Diego Area
  12. Stanford UniversityPrecourt Energy Efficiency Center Research Grantee2010 — 2011

Skills & more

Time Series ForecastingSQL1Python3Energy2Research Skills2Data Science1Project ManagementModelingData AnalyticsExperimental AnalysisEnergy Industry1Operations Research27
+9 moreStatisticsData AnalysisMathematical ModelingStatistical ModelingSupply Chain ManagementOperations ManagementBusiness StrategyEconomicsMachine Learning

Languages English · German · Turkish

  • Product Management: Building a Product Roadmap — LinkedIn
  • What is Data Science? - Part of IBM Data Science Professional Certificate Program — Coursera
  • Open Source Tools for Data Science - Part of IBM Data Science Professional Certificate Program — Coursera
  • Data Science Methodology - Part of IBM Data Science Professional Certificate Program — Coursera
  • Python for Data Science - Part of IBM Data Science Professional Certificate Program — Coursera
  • Databases and SQL for Data Science - Part of IBM Data Science Professional Certificate Program — Coursera
  • Data Analysis with Python - Part of IBM Data Science Professional Certificate Program — Coursera
  • Data Visualization with Python - Part of IBM Professiona Data Science Certificate Program — Coursera
  • Machine Learning with Python - Part of IBM Data Science Professional Certificate Program — Coursera
  • Machine Learning by Andrew Ng - Stanford University — Coursera

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Who is Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D.?
Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla is co-founder and CTO of TrueMeter, an AI platform that automates utility bill management, cost optimization, and payments for multi-location businesses in the restaurant, retail, and hospitality sectors. She holds a PhD from Stanford, where she researched energy supply chains and pricing and later served as a faculty member teaching energy markets, pricing, and data analytics; in 2020 she joined Instacart as a data scientist working on pricing experiments. She co-founded TrueMeter with Ali Sarilgan, a Stanford graduate and former McKinsey consultant and GameStop finance executive, and the company reports over $5 million in verified customer savings.
Where does Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. work?
Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. is Founder of true-meter.
What companies did Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. found?
Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. founded true-meter.
Where did Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. go to school?
Ozge Islegen-Wojdyla, Ph.D. studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Business Administration, Operations, Information and Technology); Bilkent University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering).

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