Mehmet Tulbek is the President of Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Mehmet has been a research, technology, and innovation leader with over 25 years of pulses, cereals, oilseeds and plant-based foods’ global research & development, technical services, business development, international technical education, and management experience. Mehmet completed his B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering at Ankara University, and his M.Sc. in Food Engineering at Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. He then moved to the United States to pursue his Ph.D. in Cereal Science at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND. Mehmet is a sought-after presenter at global industry and academic gatherings, and has authored numerous journal articles, book chapters, proceedings and six patents. Mehmet is a member of multiple organizations including Institute of Food Technologists, American Oil Chemists Society, Canadian Nutrition Society, Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists and Cereals & Grains Association. He currently serves as a Process Authority at Association of Food and Drug Officials; as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan, and as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan Food and Bioproduct Sciences Department and the University of Manitoba Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences.