Oz Basarir

Current

• Owner at EzKode Web Solutions and Consulting

Past

• . at WiserEarth.org
• . at SAP
• . at Evant

• . at Bigprizes.com
• . at Oracle
• . at Iwin
• . at Deneba Software
• . at BETTER TRUSS
• . at University of Miami

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Education

• University of Miami
• University of Miami
• Hacettepe Üniversitesi

• ScrumMaster

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company

Oz Basarir’s Summary

Founder and Principal. EZkode is web product development firm specializing in bootstrapping startups, assembling high-performance teams, and creating strategic technology partnerships.

Oz Basarir’s Specialties:

Team and Product Management, Product Strategy, Process Improvement, Architecture / Development, Enterprise Systems, Budget Planning, Agile / Scrum / XP, Development Lifecycle, Business Requirements

Oz Basarir’s Experience

• Owner

  EzKode Web Solutions and Consulting

  (Computer Software industry)

  2005 — Present (3 years)

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  WiserEarth.org

  (Research industry)

  December 2005 — July 2007 (1 year 8 months)

  “[Paul] Hawken hopes the Bay Area, with its wealth of technologically savvy and environmentally minded people, will propel WiserEarth. Among them is independent Web consultant Oz Basarir, who applies his knowledge and experience in business software to work toward social change.”
  - San Francisco Chronicle 2/9/2007

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  SAP

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAP; Computer Software industry)

  2002 — 2006 (4 years)

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  Evant

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year)

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  Bigprizes.com

  (Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

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  Oracle

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

  1996 — 1999 (3 years)

  • Prototyped and architected application to create next-generation multimedia products. Demonstrated concept by designing and implementing Online Travel Agency multimedia title using prototype.
  • Designed and developed Java components for Forms, Reports, and Graphics products. Enhanced user experience. Resolved integration issues with clients.

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  Iwin

  (Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

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  Deneba Software

  (Computer Software industry)

  1993 — 1996 (3 years)

  • Represented company at trade shows.
  • Designed user interface with customer feedback.
  • Developed algorithm that resolves core graphic design-ware paradigm: finding intersections of self-intersecting Bezier curves and separating them into non-self-intersecting Bezier curves.
  • Lead software engineers. Oversaw development of cross-platform C/C++ code for vector graphics effects, image transformation, publication tools, and illustration tools for professional graphic design program.

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  BETTER TRUSS

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year)

  Developed architectural design product.

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  University of Miami

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 1991 — May 1993 (2 years 5 months)

  • Defined methods for neural network control of robot arms and saccadic eye movements as part of Miami Project of Jackson Memorial Hospital that aimed to find cures for paralysis.
  • Implemented Information Theoretic Machine Learning Algorithm in C++, and generated rules using Breast Cancer and Diabetes data.

Oz Basarir’s Education

• University of Miami

  PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1993 — 1994

  not completed

• University of Miami

  MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1991 — 1993

  Some coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition, Stochastic Processes, Numerical Analysis, Multivariable Control Theory, Expert Systems.
  Thesis: Implementation of an Information Theoretic Machine Learning Algorithm in C++, and evaluation using Breast Cancer and Diabetes data.

• Hacettepe Üniversitesi

  BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1987 — 1991

  Some coursework: Communication Systems, Antenna Theory, Microwave Engineering, Solid State Devices, Robotics, Digital Control Theory, Microprocessors, Electronic Logic Circuits.
  Senior Project: Modeling of robot arms and simulation on an IBM-PC.
  Supplementary Projects: Radio, Amplifier, Speaker Box, and 7-segment display design.

• ScrumMaster

Additional Information

Oz Basarir’s Websites:

• My Company

Oz Basarir’s Interests:

TECHNICAL SKILLS • Languages: UML, Java, PHP, C++, Javascript, XSLT, XML, Active Server Pages, Prolog, Lisp, Assembly • Databases: MySql, Oracle, MS SQL, SqLite, Berkeley DB • Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, Mac, Windows • Miscellaneous: symfony, Ajax, J2EE, JDBC, JRun, Coldfusion, IIS, Apache, Trac, CVS, Subversion, Clustering, Load Balancing, Server security, Database replication, Search Engine Indexing/Crawling

Oz Basarir’s Groups:

•    SDForum
•    Club ex-Oracle.org
•    Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
•    SAP People
•    Scrum
•    Semantic Web
•    Scrum Practitioners
•    Internet Product Management Group
•    ORCL (Oracle) Alumni
•    Agile Project Managers
•    The OracAlumni Network

Oz Basarir’s Honors:

CERTIFICATIONS:
• Managing Effectively, SAP
• Agile Project Management with Scrum, Ken Schwaber
• Project Management (PMI), UC Berkeley
• Planning, SAP
• Java certifications: J2EE Architect, Java Developer, Java Programmer
• Object Oriented Analysis & Design, Rational

Oz Basarir’s Contact Settings

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