Cigdem Patlak

Current

• Software Developer at [Freelance]

Past

• Software Engineer at The Leverage Group
• Manager (Software Developer) at Fortis
• SAP Trainee at SABAH

• IAESTE CS Trainee at FGAN
• Software Trainee at Sibnet - Hewlett Packard

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Education

• California State University-San Bernardino
• University of California, Los Angeles
• Bogaziçi Üniversitesi

• Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi

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Industry

Computer Software

Cigdem Patlak’s Summary

Cigdem Patlak’s Specialties:

Java, JSP, Oracle, PL/SQL, HTML, CSS, Web/Database development, WEB 2.0, C#

Currently working with: Silverlight 3, Expression Blend/Web, ASP.NET MVC, Grails

Cigdem Patlak’s Experience

• Software Developer

  [Freelance]

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Freelance developer; currently working on Web based Java/.NET applications, developing web sites and Silverlight 3 applications

• Software Engineer

  The Leverage Group

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2008 — January 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Java Web development for web scrapers; conversion from Java to Grails

• Manager (Software Developer)

  Fortis

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FORB; Banking industry)

  January 2000 — July 2007 (7 years 7 months)

  Position: Manager
  Team: Retail Credits Project Team
  
  Tasks:
  Development of Credit Card Application project based on Ultimus BPM tool
  Implementation of existing Java and Oracle database application integration nodes with new .NET interfaces
  Extensive contribution to the training and guidance of junior team members.
  Technical lead for outsourcing companies involved in team’s projects.

• SAP Trainee

  SABAH

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Media Production industry)

  November 1999 — December 1999 (2 months)

  Department: SAP – Project Team
  
  Tasks: Basic SAP system administration operations, Y2K controls and utility research/analysis

• IAESTE CS Trainee

  FGAN

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  June 1998 — September 1998 (4 months)

  Department: Information Technology, Communication
  
  Tasks: ADA programming, performance evaluation of visual JAVA tools, setup/configuration operations for CORBA-ADA interface tools, study of Network-TCP/IP protocols, Web site design of an experimental IPv6 network

• Software Trainee

  Sibnet - Hewlett Packard

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  August 1997 — October 1997 (3 months)

  Department: Customer Software Support Center
  
  Tasks: HTML and JavaScript coding, development of basic Delphi3 applications, Internet market research

Cigdem Patlak’s Education

• California State University-San Bernardino

  ART 2008 — 2009

  Design Fundamentals, Drawing, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

• University of California, Los Angeles

  Social Media Marketing 2008 — 2008

• Bogaziçi Üniversitesi

  MSc. , Computer Science , 2000 — 2003

  MS Thesis: Web Servive Orchestration Standards
  
  Publications
  1. Patlak, C., A. B. Bener and H. Bingol, 2003, “Web Service Standards and Real Business Scenario Challenges”, 29th Euromicro Conference - SPPI Track, 1-5 September 2003, Antalya - Turkey.
  
  2. Patlak, C., A. B. Bener and H. Bingol, 2003, “Web Service Orchestration Standards”, Informatics Association of Turkey, Informatics Congress 2003, 1-7 September 2003, Istanbul - Turkey.

• Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi

  B.Sc. , Computer Science and Engineering , 1994 — 1999

  IAESTE Trainee in FGAN Research Institue, BONN - Germany

  Activities and Societies:

  Computer Science Club

Additional Information

Cigdem Patlak’s Groups:

Inland Empire .NET User Group, Digigirlz

•    Turkish-American Hi-Tech Professionals
•    Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
•    Bogazici JOBLink
•    Turkish Professionals in USA
•    Bogazici Universitesi Mezunlari/Alumni
•    Silverlight Professionals
•    DigiGirlz Enthusiasts!
•    User Experience
•    Förderung der deutschen Sprache
•    Silverlight Experts
•    IAESTE Community
•    Yildiz Technical University Alumni Group
•    SoCal Code Camp
•    TURKISH BUSINESS NETWORK
•    Google Wave Interest Group
•    BU in USA

Cigdem Patlak’s Honors:

Fortis – “Deliver Results” reward, 2007
Fortis - “2005 Achievement Award” for “Team Work”, 2005
Y.T.U. Graduation as high honor list student in faculty, 1999
Acceptance for SAP Training at SAP Turkey, 1999
Akbank Scholarship, 1998 - 1999
Netas Scholarship, 1998 - 1999
Turkish American Women’s Scholarship, 1996 - 1999

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