Dr. Behsat Ekici is an Assistant Professor of Intelligence Studies at the School of Intelligence, Computing, and Global Politics. Dr. Ekici is also an advanced data analytics professional certified by the Stanford University, Deeplearning.ai, IBM, Google, and Microsoft. Behsat has more than eight years of international consultancy and project management experience. 

Before joining the Mercyhurst University, Dr. Ekici gave lectures on behalf of the NATO, PfP, UNODC, EMCDDA, TADOC, University of Pittsburgh, and Institute of Security Studies. He also taught various courses in 15 developing countries within the scope of UN and NATO projects.
 
Dr. Ekici worked 16 years as an Analyst, Head of Analytics, and Superintendent at the Counter Organized Crime Department (KOM) of Turkey. He carried out rigorous intelligence analyses on Turkish, Kurdish, Iranian, African, Arab, and Balkan criminal/terrorist networks. He represented the Turkish Government in numerous international projects/initiatives on illicit financial flows, informal money transfer systems, transaction monitoring, money laundering, terrorism financing, and transnational organized crime.

Behsat managed various projects focusing on development of analytics and investigative units in Turkey. He also contributed to many UN, Interpol, SELEC, NATO, GI-TOC, and EU development programs designed for African, Afghan, Caucasian, Central Asian, and Eastern European institutions. He chaired large scale international meetings on illicit financial flows, drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, and financing of terrorism.