Cuneyd Kaya, PhD

Current

Manager, Decision Analysis at Blockbuster

Past

Adjunct Faculty Member at School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas
Instructor at School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas
Research Assistant at University of Texas at Dallas

Management Consultant at AYZ Management Information Systems Ltd.

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Education

The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management
Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Cuneyd Kaya, PhD’s Summary

I am interested in operational and economic issues of Content Delivery Services including Proxy caching. I propose a model that improves the performance of proxy cache up to 50%. I am also developing a model for web content providers to choose capacity when the web server faces a sudden and significant surge in traffic. In the case of content distribution I am studying on a model of capacity and location decision. My research goals to further study content delivery issues and provide insights to the industry.

In 10 years, I want to be an entrepreneur providing IT Strategy, Business Intelligence, and Web Strategy to a wide variety of industries. Regardless of the professional position I am holding/will hold, I have a desire to publish my research in highly-respected journals.

Cuneyd Kaya, PhD’s Specialties:

Management Information Systems, Web server management, web server capacity planning, web server location, Content Delivery Networks, web technologies, Database Management Systems, Accounting Systems
HTML, SQL, ASP, Visual Basic.NET, VBA for Microsoft Office, VBScript, TeX, LATeX

Cuneyd Kaya, PhD’s Experience

Manager, Decision Analysis

Blockbuster

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBI; Retail industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Responsible for managing a team of statistical, operation and systems analysts. Performs statistical analysis, and designs and maintains complex models to validate business decisions and suggest new and improved courses of action. Oversees development of empirical analytical tools that supports multiple departments. Generates reports and perform analysis using various data sources to support the distribution and logistics network.
Adjunct Faculty Member

School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas

(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)

August 2007 — January 2008 (6 months)

Teaching various MIS courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Instructor

School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

May 2003 — May 2006 (3 years 1 month)

Teaching various courses in Management Information Systems. I taught Database Management and Visual Basic.NET programming to undergraduate students. Student evaluations are higher than 90% of the faculty teaching in the School of Management.
Research Assistant

University of Texas at Dallas

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2000 — May 2006 (5 years 9 months)

Working with the professor in many aspects of the course, including but not limited to preparing and grading assignments, tests, teaching, holding problem solving sessions, answering student questions, holding office hours for helping students. Partial curriculum development in many cases. Teaching a course, having the sole responsibility of a course completely is a must have part of the job.
Management Consultant

AYZ Management Information Systems Ltd.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1999 — April 2000 (10 months)

Analyzes business processes of clients.
Improves the reporting tools and provides additional tools if necessary.
Retrieves data from the existing Accounting System software of the client and generates tools to obtain several reports for the executives.

Cuneyd Kaya, PhD’s Education

The University of Texas at Dallas

Ph.D , Management Information Systems , 2000 — 2006

Activities and Societies:

Executive Board Member of the Turkish Student Association at the University of Texas at Dallas.
The University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management

MS , Information Technology and Management , 2004 — 2005
Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

BSc. , Mathematics Engineering , 1994 — 1998

Additional Information

Cuneyd Kaya, PhD’s Websites:

My Website

Cuneyd Kaya, PhD’s Interests:

Information Technologies, Content Delivery, Web 2.0, Systems Design, Performance Evaluation, Content Management, Content Distribution, New Technology, Technology Experience, Nature Photography, Fast Cars, Motorsports, Basketball