A graduate of Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Resul Korkmaz started his career as a project engineer at Öniz Construction Inc., operating in the natural gas sector, from 2005 to 2006. He then continued as a project and supervision engineer at A.C Group. Korkmaz completed his master's degree in Disaster and Crisis Management at Elazığ Fırat University and his master's in Business Administration at Istanbul Rumeli University. He joined Aksa Sivas Natural Gas as an installation inspection engineer in 2007, was appointed as Tokat Branch Chief at Aksa Tokat Amasya Natural Gas in 2008, and later continued as Tokat Provincial Manager. He served as Company Director of Aksa Elazığ Natural Gas from 2017 to 2022. Appointed as Company Director of Aksa Sivas Natural Gas in August 2022, he has also been serving as Company Director of Aksa Sakarya Natural Gas as of 2026.