In 2017, Kagan Yıldızalp has been appointed as Chief Media Officer responsible for Starcom, Zenith, SparkFoundry, DataWise media agencies upon merger under PublicisOne Turkey structuring of PublicisGroupe agencies. Kağan Yıldızalp, who is a graduate of the Communication Arts Department of the Faculty of Communication Sciences of Anadolu University, has provided media planning and purchasing services to many national and international brands at Starcom since 2003. As from 2010, he undertook the position of Managing Director responsible for Digital operations of the Starcom, Mediavest and Zenith agencies in Vivaki Turkey. In 2014, he led the establishment of VivakiCreative, a company serving in the field of social media and digital creativity. As of early 2017, he continued to work as Chief Media Officer of PublicisOne Turkey and undertook strategic structuring of DataWise, a brand specializing in digital and data analytics area, and Publicis Media Content, a brand specializing in branded content area. He is a fan of İzmir and Foça and interested in biography and late history. He is married and has two daughters.