Dia Akilli is a Serial entrepreneur, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of RoDi Co, a software development company that is building products geared towards innovating the fundamental s of human interaction. ^[1]

Akilli was born in Adana, a small city in Turkey. When she was a teenager she moved to Istanbul to attend the Yildiz Technical University where she earned a degree in Mechanical engineering. ^[2]

While Akilli was studying Engineering she co-founded Decasoft, a software development company which created Winat9, a focus group mobile app that became highly popular in Turkey.

Akilli worked with several startups before coming to America to build RoDi Co. She is currently working on Erra, a mobile platform that combines emerging technologies such as avatars, Augmented reality, and Machine learning to elevate experiences in the physical world. ^[1]