Mahmut Ali Gökçe was born in Izmir. After Bornova Anadolu Lisesi and Izmir Fen Lisesi, he received his BSc in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University with full scholarship. He earned MSc degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from North Carolina State University. He completed his PhD in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State. He worked as Production Management consultant and was employed by Ford Motor Company. He took part in establishing Industrial Engineering Department at Izmir University of Economics, where he briefly also served as department head. He was Director of Office of International Affairs at Izmir University of Economics between 2008-2011. He continues to work at Yasar University’s department of Industrial Engineering since February 2017. His research interests are production management, distribution, and disaster operations management. He is regularly involved in Industry projects based on these topics, as well.