Dr. Osman Sirkeci 1959 yılında İzmir’de dünyaya geldi. İlkokulu Köyünde, Ortaokulu Cumaovası’nda, Lise ve Üniversiteyi İzmir’de bitirdi. 20 yıl aradan sonra 2005 yılında Yüksek Lisansını Almanya’da tamamladı. 2011 yılında Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi’nde Maliye Doktora derecesini aldı. Çocukluğundaki çiftçilik yaşamından sonra gençlik yıllarında kısa bir süre küçük esnaflık yaptı. Cumaovası Esnaf Odası, İzmir Ziraat odası İstanbul Havayolları gibi kuruluşlarda muhasebeci ve müdür olarak çalıştı. Textil Bank Almanya Temsilciliği, CB-Bank Köln ve Düisburg Şube yöneticiliklerinde bulundu. Türk İşadamları Avrupa Federasyonu (TİDAF) Başkan Vekilliği yaptı. 2011 yılında Hakkâri Üniversitesi’nde başladığı Üniversal Ekol, yenilikçi, yaratıcı, girişimci akademisyenlik yaşamını Avrasya Üniversitesindeki İİBF Dekan Yardımcılığından sonra, 2015 yılından beri Giresun Üniversitesi İİBF Maliye Bölümü öğretim üyesi ve Fakülte İdari Koordinatörü olarak sürdürmektedir. 2013 yılından itibaren iktisat biliminde “Global Sokak Ekonomisi – Mikro İşletmeler ve Sokak Girişimciliği” konulu yeni yaklaşımını ulusal, küresel konferanslar ve projeler ile geliştirmektedir.

Osman Sirkeci was born on 21 January 1959 in Bulgurca, İzmir, Turkey. He finished high school in İzmir and graduated from Dokuz Eylul University in 1984 . After 20 years, he completed his master's degree in Germany in 2005. In 2011, he received his Ph.D. in Finance from Dokuz Eylül University. He worked as an accountant and manager in company such as Cumaovası Chamber of Craftsmen, Izmir Chamber of Agriculture and Istanbul Airlines. He was the Head of Textilbank Germany, CB-Bank Cologne and Düisburg Branch. He served as vice president of the European Federation of Turkish Businessmen (TIDAF). He has been sharing his 40 years of experience through various educational activities with a vision and mission of being the source of motivation and guidance for young entrepreneurs as creating awareness both in Turkey and in Germany in the occupation of Financial Consulting and Enterprise Consulting. He started his academic career at Hakkari University in 2011 and continued his academic career as an Associate Dean at Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Eurasian University. Since 2015, he has been working as a Faculty Administrative Coordinator at Giresun University. He conducts his scientific and academic projects with an innovative entrepreneur life and thought style and in accordance with this approach, he has been given conferences and trainings in different settings. Since 2013, he has been developing and spreading his new approach of Global Street Economy - Micro Enterprises and Street Entrepreneurship with national and international conferences and projects. He is the founder and the Honorary President of the Global Street Economics Platform (GLOSEP), which is an example of an academic and social entrepreneurship. He has been developing his trainings and conferences in 5.0 vision with a team of both national and international researchers, administrators, activists and workers in the field and academicians.