Summary
- Extensive experience in Internet and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) project management
- Over eight years of GIS, web design and web site management experience
- Over five years of solid web programming / development experience
- Skilled in GUI design, planning and architecture
- Skilled in problem solving and out of the box solutions
- Over five years experience in print production
- PHP, MySQL, XHTML, XML, Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Interakt expertise for Internet platform
- ArcView, AutoCAD, Microstation expertise for GIS and Engineering projects and draft
- Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXpress, Pagemaker skills for print products
- Experience in radio production
Computer Skills
- Computer Technologies & Languages:
- HTML | XHTML | PHP 5 | MySQL | JavaScript | CSS | Flash Actionscript | MS Access | OOP | UNIX | Linux | MS-DOS | Microsoft Windows (3.x, 95-98, ME, XP, 2000) | Apache Web Server | WAMP | CVS (concurrent Versioning System) | Familiarity with many other web technologies (Avenue, C++, VBA, ASP, SQL Server, IIs etc.)
- Software:
- Dreamweaver with Interakt Extensions for PHP authoring | Flash | Photoshop | Illustrator | Fireworks | ImageReady | AutoCAD | ArcView | MicroStation | Microsoft Visio | Microsoft Project | Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook) | SAS | SPSS
Employment
- Independent Internet Consultant
- Baltaci.com - New York, NY
- September, 2000 -
Present
- Web programming and design using Adobe and Macromedia products as well as open source PHP, MySQL, Apache, in Windows and Linux environment(often referred to as WAMP, LAMP respectively). Database design, application design, site architecture design, CSS, Javascript and HTML programming to meet validation requirements.
Responsible for ongoing updates and design of print products of various sites.
- Art Director / VP of Operations
- GMG - Norwalk, CT
- July, 2004 -
May, 2006
- Designed company web and magazine products, GUI, online surveys, and information architecture. Extensive Flash development for client’s marketing and training purposes. Worked with management to strategically plan and program applications that helped to health management organizations to reach their clients in better and easier ways. Normalized database tables. Cleaned up and re-wrote front end HTML. Converted sites from table based design to CSS based table-free designs. Wrote promotional copy and technical documentation. Took project management responsibility for application development especially during the critical times. Full filled office administration responsibilities.
- Contract Employee
- Sanborn Map Company - Pelham, NY
- February, 2003 -
September, 2003
- Development of digital buildings database for major cities throughout USA. Designed 3D building database model for New York City.
- Project Manager
- Internet Mapping - Istanbul, TURKEY
- October, 2000 -
March, 2001
- Designed product definition and business plans as well as managed technology development for this Istanbul based start-up company for Internet based mapping products.
- GIS Project Manager
- Sanborn Map Company - Pelham, NY
- March, 1999 -
November, 2000
- Prepared GIS Technical Proposals, Modeled GIS Data Bases, Managed Communication between the Client and Company, and Company and Subcontractors in overseas, Managed Product Quality Control and Delivery, Prepared Monthly invoices and Prepared Reports of Job Performances for Upper Management, Kept Tract of Documentation, Trained Mapping Technicians and Sales Staff. Developed creative project management approaches to solve backlogs. Traveled to client locations to resolve technical bottlenecks with clients in fast paced product environment.
- Digital Cartographer
- Hagstrom Map Company - New York, NY
- July, 1997 -
March, 1999
- Prepared pocket, road, and wall maps, maintained map databases, programmed routine map publishing procedures and techniques, designed new symbols and graphics for maps.
Education
- Master of Arts, Geography Department
- Hunter College, New York, NY
- Graduation: December 1998
- Bachelor of Science, Geodesics and Photogrammetry Engineering
- Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY
- Graduation: June 1987
Awards
- Shuster Award—Most Outstanding Master Thesis
- Hunter College, 1998, New York
- Geographic Awareness Poster Award
- First Place, 1997, New York
- Time Magazine Newsmap Award
- Second Place, 1994, New York
Certification
- Advanced Flash
- Noble Desktop, New York
Volunteer Experience
- Radio Tahrir - WBAI 99.5FM, New York 2006
- Radio production and journalism
- Manhattan Academy of Technology—Middleschool,
New York 2005-2006
- Assisted students for the LEGO Robotics Design Competition, web site construction and CSS techniques as well as digital documentation of these events.
- Public School 40, New York 2003-2004
- Library classification and book database creation in Macintosh system.
