Burak Akgerman

Burak Akgerman

Java/.NET Technical Specialist at Affinion Group

Columbus, Ohio Area

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Education
  • The Ohio State University
  • Haverford College
  • The Columbus Academy
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Burak Akgerman’s Summary

Experienced software professional with a proven record of finishing projects on time and with a high degree of customer satisfaction.

Seventeen years of experience in system analysis and software development

Skilled with software estimation, architecture, design, development, documentation, testing, and post-deployment support

Knowledgeable in major distributed programming languages and software

Close collaboration with product management, business analysts, project management, and clients during projects to ensure success

Burak Akgerman’s Specialties:

.NET
C#, Web Services, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, MS Enterprise Library, log4net, IIS

JAVA
J2SE, JEE, Web Services, JDBC, JMS, JSP, Servlets, Tomcat, WebLogic, Eclipse, Jakarta Libraries

Web
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, XSLT

Processes
RUP, UML, Agile, XP, Test Driven Development

Continuous Integration
Ant, NAnt, JUnit, NUnit, Hudson, Cruise Control

Databases
SQL Server, DB2, UDB, Oracle

Application Security
Secure development practices, cryptography, PKI, SSL

Burak Akgerman’s Experience

  • Technical Lead

    Affinion Group

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

    Technical
    •Proactively identify technical gaps in requirements
    •Proactively identify risks, issues, and action items and provide key decisions
    •Define and document technical architecture and design
    •Present design to all stakeholders and elicit approval
    •End-to-end technical ownership of the application or system architecture
    •Establish design and coding standards
    •Guide development teams on design considerations and principles
    •Write, or supervise writing of, documentation to support system design decisions
    •Lead the development of the implementation plan, ensure appropriate review and sign off occurs
    •Lead and execute the development tasks where necessary
    •Address application or system performance issues

    Collaboration
    •Consult with the Business Analyst to clarify and solidify requirements and resolve identified gaps
    •Coordinate with other technical leads to deploy the system
    •Communicate the impact of application code or system changes to other system stakeholders

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Fiserv

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FISV; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 2007 — April 2008 (5 months)

    Same position as below, CheckFree was acquired in early December by Fiserv.

  • Senior Software Engineer

    CheckFree

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CKFR; Financial Services industry)

    March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)

    • Define software architectures, mentor other developers, conduct code reviews, select training classes, research best practices to increase quality, reduce time to market, and support costs.
    • Collaborate on requirements and use cases with business analysts and product designers.
    • Team with product management, project management, auditing, quality assurance, and security to identify and mitigate projects risks early.
    • Develop proof of concept implementations of the architecture and the most high-risk use cases of the architecture.
    • Investigate new technologies for use within the organization.
    • Consultant for especially difficult technical issues encountered during development or for issues reported by internal clients during deployment.
    • Conduct roundtables for introducing new methodologies
    • Member of the Architecture Team for CheckFree Customer Care Solutions Development Team, Web Pay for Small Business Phase II, and PCI Compliance.

  • Staff Software Engineer

    CheckFree

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CKFR; Financial Services industry)

    November 1999 — March 2007 (7 years 5 months)

    • Developed re-usable frameworks for secure single sign-on, connectivity to IBM mainframe CICS Transaction Gateway from Java, and for automated unit testing of mainframe CICS programs via Java and XML, with an ASP.NET UI for reporting. Developed documentation and held training classes for all.
    • Projects included building a new .NET-based customer care system, migration of the largest DB2 table on the mainframe to SQL Server, implementing a new Java based payment fraud prevention system, and migration of several products from Java 1.2 on Solaris and JServ to Java 1.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and WebLogic 8.1 to reduce total cost of ownership.
    • Assisted in establishing corporate security standards for externally facing web applications. Reviewed initial security scans of all affected web applications for impacts and developed mitigation plans for each.

  • Software Engineer

    CheckFree

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CKFR; Financial Services industry)

    March 1997 — November 1999 (2 years 9 months)

    • Worked on E-Bill 1.0 and on initial implementations, the first Internet bill payment and presentment product.
    • Migrated E-Bill 1.0 from HP-UX and C++ to Solaris and Java to reduce TCO.
    • Developed and maintained the OFX E-Bill server for connectivity to Quicken and MS Money

  • Software Engineer

    Command Alkon

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 1993 — March 1997 (3 years 8 months)

    • Involved in developing industrial automation system for real-time process control of concrete and asphalt plants.
    • Responsible for user interface, reporting, end-user documentation, support, and portions of the hardware interface software layer.
    • Integrated an acquired product via TCP/IP remote procedure calls.
    • Utilized C,UNIX Shell scripts, TCP/IP, real-time OS (QNX) and real-time database (C-Tree)

Burak Akgerman’s Education

  • The Ohio State University

    MS , Computer Science , 1997 — 2001

    Master's Thesis topic was on Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP). Attended school and maintained high GPA while working full time at CheckFree.

    Activities and Societies:
    Graduated Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the Computer Science Honors Society

  • Haverford College

    BA , Political Science , 1988 — 1992

    The college is consistently ranked among the top 10 national liberal arts colleges by US News and World Report. Received National Merit Scholarship, 1988-1992. Coursework also included focus on math, physics, economics, and writing.

  • The Columbus Academy

    High School , College Prep with AP Classes , 1984 — 1988

    National Merit Scholar, Cum Laude Society, 1st Place in Ohio Math Acheivement Exam

    Activities and Societies:
    Cross Country, Track, Theater, Newspaper

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Burak Akgerman’s Websites:

Burak Akgerman’s Interests:

Professional - Software Enterprise Architecture, RUP, Agile Development, SDLC Best Practices, Securing Web Applications, Concurrency, Performance Optimization, Process Methodologies, Six Sigma, Mentoring, Project Management Personal - bicycling, hiking, sci-fi, foreign & independent films, alternative music, graphic arts, Ohio State Buckeye football, international traveling esp. Europe

Burak Akgerman’s Groups:

ACM
IEEE
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Columbus (OH) Section
Central Ohio Java Users Group (COJUG)
Central Ohio .NET Developers Group (CONDG)
International .NET Association (INETA)
Ohio State University Alumni Association

  •    eOffice
  •    Mensa
  •    Enterprise Architect (Sparx Systems) User Group
  •    International Association of Software Architects
  •    Networlding
  •    XING.com
  •    Facebook.com
  •    Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
  •    The Enterprise Architecture Network
  •    Ohio State University Alumni Association
  •    TechColumbus
  •    .NET People
  •    Ohio 100 Linked
  •    Central Ohio Network
  •    LinkedColumbus
  •    Haverford College Worldwide Alumni
  •    Payment Systems Network
  •    J Architect
  •    Columbus Academy Alumni Association
  •    Java J2ee Professionals
  •    E-Commerce Solutions
  •    The Ohio State University Alumni Assoc.
  •    Alumni of The Ohio State University
  •    Buckeye Alumni Network
  •    IT Martini
  •    Columbus OSU
  •    Ohio State University
  •    OSU Alumni
  •    Buckeyes
  •    The IT Architect Network
  •    Go Bucks Alumni
  •    The Ohio State University Buckeye Network
  •    Buckeyes Alumni
  •    CheckFree Alumni
  •    Why Didn't I Think Of That!
  •    Job Openings for U.S IT Professionals

Burak Akgerman’s Honors:

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computer Science Honors Society) from Master's Degree in Computer Science at Ohio State University

CheckFree Chairman's Club 2004, Peer Nominated, Grand Cayman Island

CheckFree Customer Focus Award, Peer Nominated, Awarded Twice

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