Dr.Mel ARAT

Dr. Mel Arat is an academic-trained thinker, educator, and consultant with extensive real-world experience.
He holds a master’s degree from Harvard University and has earned professional certificates from New York University, MIT, Stanford, and Columbia University. He currently teaches at universities across the United States.

His work focuses on leadership, entrepreneurship, personal development, decision-making, management, and adult learning. Over the course of his academic career, he has taught and conducted research in universities across different countries. He approaches scientific thinking not as an abstract exercise, but as a practical way to understand problems, clarify thinking, and design better decisions in real life.

For him, academia is not about producing complex theories for their own sake.
It is a tool for making complexity manageable, sharpening judgment, and improving decision quality.

His approach to education and consulting intentionally stays away from motivational rhetoric and popular coaching language. Instead, it emphasizes analytical thinking, evidence-based frameworks, practical decision models, and solutions that can be applied directly to real situations.

Melih Arat believes that meaningful growth for individuals and organizations does not come from learning more concepts, but from putting what is learned into practice.

He has worked with a wide range of organizations, from small and mid-sized businesses to larger institutions across different industries. His consulting experience includes management, marketing, organizational development, and strategic change. He has hands-on experience with international market entry, digital marketplaces such as Amazon and Etsy, and building sustainable growth strategies.