Resume - Serdar Arslan - Online Portfolio

RESUME


WORK EXPERIENCE
    Inwest LLC - New York, NY - Internet Application Developer (2005 May to Present)
    • Handling all aspects and all stages of developing e-commerce websites including search engine optimization and pay-per-click ad campaigns.
    • Building and maintaining client-side and server-side applications for intranet websites.
    • Designing and coding new applications to improve business processes.
    • Optimizing codes for cross-platforms.
    • Building and maintaining new features on company's e-commerce website to support marketing activities.
      1. Programming Language: PHP, JavaScript, Smarty Templates - Database: MySQL
    Sandra Carter International - New York, NY - Internet Application Developer (2003 June to 2005 May)
    • Designed and developed Content Management System application, which enabled the employees to add, remove or edit television program details easily.
    • Developed an Order Traffic Management System to increase the efficiency of the communication among different departments of the company.
    • Administrated the computer systems of the company.
      1. Programming Language: PHP, JavaScript - Database: MySQL
    Linux International Turkey - Istanbul, Turkey - Internet Application Developer (June 2001 to October2002)
    • Actively participated in the Internet Banking Project for Akbank, Inc., largest privately owned bank in Turkey, which enabled customers perform online banking activities.
    • Built Wine Windows Emulator for Akbank, Inc.
      1. Programming Language: PHP, JavaScript - Database: Oracle
    Interprobis A.S. - Istanbul, Turkey - Internet Application Developer (June 1999 to October 2000)
    • Established an Automated News Publishing program to gather news articles and present them as an internal portal with full text indexing and searching capabilities, automatic generation of html version and automatic exporting to Macintosh systems for production.
      1. Programming Language: PHP, JavaScript - Database: MySQL
    Bilkent University - Ankara, Turkey - Assistant Application Developer (April 1999 to May 2000)
    • Prepared a "Self Trainer Conditional Statements" application which was a stand-alone program aiming to self-educate students on the topic with dynamic examples.
      1. Programming Language: PHP, JavaScript - Database: MySQL
COMPLETED PROJECTS
    Cash-Us - (December 2004)
    • Designed and developed e-commerce websites for Cash-Us, which is an online shopping directory offering its customers savings through special offers, discount codes and categorized product lines from numerous merchants.
      1. Programming Language: PHP, JavaScript - Database: MySQL
    Contact Management System for Imago System, Inc. - (January 2004)
    • Established the CMS to provide opportunities for taking notes and included a follow-up scheme for various contact-related projects along with a sophisticated search tool.
      1. Programming Language: PHP, JavaScript - Database: MySQL
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
  • Computer Science , Hunter College , NY City, NY- Expected Graduation - June 2006
  • Computer Technology & Programming , Bilkent University, Ankara , Turkey - January 2002
LANGUAGE SKILLS
  • English, Turkish
COMPUTER SKILLS
  • Web Application Programming
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Database Programming
  • Search Engine Optimization

  • Programming Languages
    • HTML, PHP, Perl, C, Visual Basic - Advanced
    • C++, Java, ASP, . NET - Intermediate
    • Python - Beginner
    Operating Systems and Platforms
    • Windows 9.x, Windows NT, Windows XP - Advanced
    • mySQL, MSSQL - Advanced
    • Fedora Core Linux - Intermediate
    • Oracle - Intermediate
    Tools
    • Zend Studio, Macromedia Dreamweaver, MS Office, MS FrontPage- Advanced
    • Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady - Intermediate
REFERENCES
    Available upon request