Ilker Atalay, Computer Engineer M.Sc & Entrepreneur

ILKER ATALAY

Computer Engineer M.Sc & Entrepreneur

SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS

Online services design, development and life cycle management experience at TTNET, Turkey's largest ISP
having 6 million subscribers

Portal products and business development experience at Mynet, Turkey's largest Internet portal having
1 billion PV and 15 million UV

Excellent blend of business development, marketing and technical skills

Sound knowledge of Web 2.0 trends, technologies and applications

Deep knowledge of portal business, e-commerce, online marketing, online revenue streams and advertising
models

Excellent understanding of social media, digital marketing and online communities

Web assets management

Online products and services life cycle management

Deep knowledge of web usability, web performance optimization and security

Experience in R&D projects involving hardware and software design

System analysis and design experience on complex infrastructures, services and products

Full software development life cycle experience in mission critical environments

Multi party project management experience under tight deadlines

Team building

Creative, result oriented, focused, self starter, team player with ability to multi-task

Swiss Army Knife for any Web 2.0 project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Value Added Services and Portal Manager	Jan 2008 - May 2010
TTNET	Istanbul / Turkey

Development, management and general oversight of TTNET's web assets and services to create and
maintain positive user experiences aligned with the strategic business objectives of TTNET

Design and development of high traffic web sites like ttnet.com.tr (4 million UV / month)

Design and development of value added TTNET services like TTNET VITAMIN (170K active users in 8 months)

Contributed to the web presence of all major online services like TTNET Muzik, TTNET Video, TTNET Oyun
and Tivibu

Active contribution to the design and development of major infrastructure projects like single sign-on,
targeted ad-serving, e-invoice and web selfcare

General consultancy on web usability, high traffic portal infrastructures, content management systems, web
performance optimization and web security to internal project teams and 3rd parties

Commissioning of digital agencies and other 3rd parties for web development

SEM, SEO and reputation management on social media

Management of multiple parties under tight project schedules

Contract preparation

Budgeting

Product and Business Development Manager	April 2006 - Oct. 2007
Mynet	Istanbul / Turkey

Management of the Product Planning & Development Group of the leading Internet portal in Turkey
having 1 billion pageviews and 15 million unique visitors monthly

Product lifecycle management of portal services

New business development

Conducted international business development activities and formed partnerships with Google, Boonty,
ICQ, AdsClick, PicSearch, WunderLoop, iVillage and Askmen

Participated in the acquisition of 3rd party online trivia, photo sharing, cinema, link sharing,
comparison shopping and city guide services

Launched products around Web 2.0 practices like user generated content, sharing, social networking,
tagging and social bookmarking

Launched a Turkish MMOG (Istanbul Kiyamet Vakti), later acquired by TTNET

Boosted the online gaming service of the portal to 400 million UV and 5.5 million PV by constantly adding new
titles and features

Preparation of business plans, functional design and acceptance test of products and services

Contract preparation

Project management involving multiple groups like graphic design, software development, systems, marketing
and ad sales together with 3^rd parties

Entrepreneur	March 2001 - April 2006
Self Employed	Istanbul / Turkey

Setup ventures for software development and medical imaging

Designed a natural language processing based 2-way SMS messaging service for auto sales

Designed and developed corporate websites

Built and managed a team of 2 people for the R&D of a high-tech medical imaging product

Acquired reseller rights for similar medical imaging products from vendors abroad

Built and managed a team of 3 people for the sales & marketing of medical imaging products

Managed an ICT news portal having 8,000+ registered readers

E-Commerce Manager	December 1999 - February 2001
Turk.Net	Istanbul / Turkey

Overall responsibility of Turk.Net's B2C and B2B e-business strategy and its implementation

Built and managed an e-commerce team of 4 people

Designed the infrastructure of Turk.Net's multi-merchant B2C shopping mall

Designed the integrations with 3rd party e-commerce sites, logistics and payment providers

Managed the acquisition of e-commerce platforms and outsourcing partners

Introduced new revenue streams like CPC and Conceptual Shopping

Managed large scale corporate website design projects like Akbank and Aksigorta

Printing Systems Analyst	August 1998 - July 1999
Xerox	Istanbul / Turkey

Pre-sales & post-sales technical consultancy for the Enterprise Printing Systems Group

Customer needs analysis and technical support for the sales group

Application protoyping particulary for banks, insurance companies and telcos on Sun Solaris

Setup a document management solutions group within the company

Assessment of document management solutions such as Documentum and InputAccel

Software Specialist	August 1997 - January 1998
Superonline	Istanbul / Turkey

Development of Superonline's multi-merchant B2C e-commerce site using PERL, MLE and Oracle

Customizations of Netscape Merchant Server and Netscape Publishing Server

Performed integrations with credit card processors and implemented the SET 1.0 protocol

IT Officer	August 1996 - August 1997
Turkish General Staff	Ankara / Turkey

Administration of an 80 client Windows NT LAN

Software development using Delphi 1.0 Client / Server

Design and development of the branch Intranet website using HTML and ASP

User trainings and support for MS Office products, network and general computing issues

Systems Development Engineer	January 1994 - April 1996
YKB Technology	Istanbul / Turkey

Overall software development and project management responsibility of YKB's export unit

Analysis of business requirements with functional groups

Completed a major conversion project affecting 400+ branches on time and without error

Full software development life cycle experience using PL/I, COBOL II, DB2 and CICS

7x24 application support in a mission critical environment

TRAININGS and SEMINARS

Leadership Skills	Istanbul	2009
Web 2.0 Expo	Berlin	2008
Project Management	Istanbul	2008
Financial Aspects of Marketing	Istanbul	2007
The Next Web Conference	Amsterdam	2007
Casual Gaming Conference	Amsterdam	2007
Microsoft Research Center Visit	Cambridge	2002
Development of Management Skills	Istanbul	2000
Internet and E-commerce Conference	New York	2000
New Hire Analyst Training	London	1998
Development of Sales Skills	Istanbul	1998
Introduction to ORACLE: SQL and PL/SQL	Istanbul	1997
Developing Applications with ORACLE DB Procedures	Istanbul	1997
Fundamentals of Banking	Istanbul	1994
VS COBOL II	Istanbul	1994

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Computer Engineer M.Sc, Istanbul Technical University, 1996, GPA: 3.87/4, M.Sc Thesis: Face Recognition
Using Eigenfaces

Computer Engineer B.Sc, Istanbul Technical University, 1993, GPA: 3.1/4

English Highschool for Boys (N.A.L), 1989, Mathematics

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

English - Advanced, French - Intermediate

PERSONAL

Date of Birth:	1971	Marital Status:	Single	Military Service:	Completed
Driving License:	B	Nationality:	Turkish	Residence:	Istanbul / Turkey

Last Update: May 2010