SOSYAL
BİLGİLER
İlkokul öğretmeni bir anne ve subay bir babadan, 1949 Zonguldak, Çaycuma doğumlu
Fatin
Hoca İlkokulu (1960, İstanbul), Selimiye Askeri Ortaokulu (1963), Kuleli Askeri
Lisesi (1966), Kara Harb Okulu (1968, 665 subaylık mezuniyet devresinin ikincisi),
Topçu Okulu (1969), İstanbul Üniversitesi-İşletme İktisadı Enstitüsü (1976)
mezunu.
Dört
çocuk babası.
BULUNDU
ĞU
KONUMLAR
1982-Halen: Aralarında aşağıdakiler de olan
şirketlere
Bilgi İşlem Danışmanı:
John Deere, Wisconsin
IBM Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota
The
New York Times, New York
Metropolitan Life, New York
Yapı Kredi Bankası, İstanbul.
1987-1988 : Yazar (Çeşitli makaleler ve felsefe üzerine
bir kitap), İstanbul.
1979-1982 : Proje Müdürü
United Bank, Madison, Wisconsin.
1979 : Sistem Analist/Programcı
Webcrafters Inc., Madison, Wisconsin.
1976-1979 : COBOL and RPG Programlama Dilleri Öğretim Elemanı
Boğ aziçi Üniversitesi, İstanbul.
1974-1979 : Bilgi İşlem Müdürü
Türk Demir Döküm Fabrikaları, İstanbul.
1972-1974 : Ankara ve İstanbul Sıkı Yönetim komutanlıklarında
siyasi tutuklu.
1969-1972
: 2. Zırhlı Tugay Topçu Alayı, Batarya Komutanı, İstanbul.
ÖZEL
İLGİ ALANLARI
•
Kültür, Felsefe ve Siyaset konularında dergi ve gazete makaleleri yazarlığı:
Onbeş günlük fikir ve haftalık haber dergisi Yeni Gündem'de yayınlanmış olan ve aralarında
"Anti-Arabesk Histeri ve Müzik Politikamız"
ve "Öztürkçecilik Açmazı ve Dil Üzerine
Bir Triyalog" gibi bir dizi tartışma başlatan yazılar da olmak üzere çeşitli
çalışmalar.
Yeni Forum dergisinde
yayınlanmış beş uzun makalesi, Prof. Atilla Yayla’nın hazırladığı
ve
aralarında Rand, Popper, Hayek, Fukuyama gibi düşünürlerin eserlerinden seçmeler
bulunduran, "Sosyal ve Siyasal Teori"
isimli kitaba dahil edildi (Hacettepe Üniversitesinde yardımcı ders kitabı).
Amerikan eğitim sisteminin problemleri ve çözüm yolları üzerine Dr. Güldal
Sakman’la birlikte yazdığı “Principles
of Education” isimli İngilizce bir kitap manuscripti.
"Rasyonel İnsanın Felsefesi" isimli bir
kitap
• Klasik Batı ve enternasyonal folk müziği.
• Briç ve Satranç.
SUMMARY
Over 25 years experience in Data Processing, from analysis and programming to management. Proud to be known by his colleagues as a software guru who has always remained hands-on at technicalities of program development even when he managed large projects. Claims to develop well-structured, reliable systems/programs within timeframes well below industry standards. In the projects he managed or participated, he has done not only the essential software tasks of the application very effectively thus facilitating the work of others but also become an integrating technical force for the project team and saved the development process, if not from technical impossibilities, from long delays through extending his expertise to team members working in other areas.
Extraordinarily effective in partnering with business leaders to formulate
strategic and immediate IT solutions to streamline existing business processes
and to launch new products swiftly.
Aware of the possibility of the cost of using IT going out of control
easily: a. makes best use of existing inventory of resources; b. keeps himself
in possession of leading-edge understanding of new technology, and, free from
fads, acquires it only when there is a definite business need; and c. being an astute selector and trainer
of good people, can produce large amount of quality software with the contribution
of an absolute minimum.
While a strategist with a profound understanding of global matters,
from world politics to corporate trends, has kept himself as a formidable
tactician ready to take contests with young enthusiasts of technical realm.
A keen observer of corporate politics, he does not allow his work to be the
victim of departmental rivalries, by establishing cordial relationships with
parties involved, while protecting its integrity from the disturbances of
petty concerns.
EDUCATION
BS in Military Science (Artillery & Missile),
1968, Army War College, Ankara, Turkey.
(Magna
cum Laude of the graduating class of 665 cadets)
MBA,
1976, University of Istanbul‑Turkey.
COMPANIES
WORKED AND LAST TITLE
1982-Present: President
of Software Development and Consulting Corporation
Providing
software services continuously and primarily for John Deere Credit
(From
1982 thru 1995)
(John Deere Credit is the credit arm of John Deere Company, one of the world's largest manufacturer of agricultural machines.)
•
Architect and Developer of John Deere Credit Card, serving 1.5 million card-holders.
(As Sakman Software Company,
after developing and implementing the system, served as the only software
provider for the company from 1982 through 1987. After1987, chose to cease
to work as an outsourcer, but has been retained by them as a contractor. Has
been instrumental in the selection of their mainframe and hiring of their
key IS employees. Also developed two LAN based systems: 1. Budgeting System,
and 2. Data Entry and Unattended Transmission (to mainframe) System.)
• Also contracted for the following companies:
Association Credit Plans Inc., Madison, Wisconsin
United Bank, Madison, Wisconsin
Valley Bank, Madison, Wisconsin
Tri‑State Breeders, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
IBM Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota
The New York Times, New York
Yapı Kredi Bankası, İstanbul
1997-1998: Deputy Chairman of the Board of TV Channel
E
(A
private broadcasting company specialized on economy and stock market news.)
• Prepared and delivered news commentaries, oversaw news and computer
activities.
1979-1982: Project Manager
of
United Bank, Madison, Wisconsin
(Then Wisconsin's third largest bank)
• Designed and programmed the following:
1. A Merchant Accounting System, a subsystem to their Mastercard/Visa
processing system.
2. A new Mastercard/Visa Billing System (Statements, etc.)
3. A new Mastercard/Visa Plastic Card Reissue System
4. A Safety Deposit Box Accounting System
• Modified and Implemented (after developing conversion programs) the
following Packaged Banking Software: 1. Certificate of Deposit; 2. Savings;
3. DDA (Checking)
(An offset printing house for sophisticated printing like Playboy magazine)
(Visiting
from Turkey)
.
• Converted Accounts Receivables/Payables, Inventory, and Payroll applications from a card-based system to DASD-based system.
1974-1979: DP Manager of Turk Demir Dokum, Istanbul,
Turkey
(A multi-plant manufacturer of cooking and heating equipment with the biggest cast iron foundry in Europe,with 2500 people in its production plants.)
(Rapidly
advanced from Programmer Analyst to Manager, then highest title in IS.)
• Run day-to-day operations of the entire Information Services department.
• Designed and developed systems for the following applications: 1.
Cost and General Accounting; 2. Payroll; 3. Inventory and Sales Analysis
• Adapted and Implemented a Packaged Production Control System.
• As manager-on-duty, once every other week, represented the general
manager during the 800-worker second shift operations of the factories, and
intervened, when necessary, for the resolution of production problems on manufacturing
plants at multiple locations.
1976-1979: COBOL and
RPG Programming Languages Instructor
University of Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey
• Concurrent with his job as a DP manager at a factory, taught systems
analysis and programming through COBOL and RPG languages.
HARDWARE
EXPERIENCE
IBM 30xx/43xx Series,
ES 9000
IBM System 3x Series
Unisys‑Burroughs
B, V, A-series, Univac 1100
Datapoint 15xx LANs
PCs
SOFTWARE
EXPERIENCE
Languages: COBOL (OS/VS,
II, Microfocus), RPG II, FORTRAN, BASIC, DATABUS,
ASSEMBLER, PL/I
MVS,
TSO, CLIST, ISPF, JCL, PANVALET
VSAM
(with all forms of dataset organizations), IDCAMS
DB2,
SQL, QMF, SPUFI
CICS
(with VSAM and DB2 structures), BMS, CEDF, CEMT, CEBR, CECI
Most
of the popular debugging and data manipulation software tools
(Such as XPEDITER, DATA XPERT, INTERTEST, IEBGENER, DFSORT)
UNISYS
MCP, DMSII, DASDL, DMPALL, GEMCOS, ODESY, CANDE, WFL
Knowledgeware/ADW
CASE tools
APPLICATION
EXPERIENCE
• Designed, programmed, tested, and implemented software for the following
applications:
Cost
accounting, G/L, Payroll, Accounts Receivable/Payable, Budgeting, Sales and
Billing, Banking, Credit Card Processing, Statistical Analysis, Production
Control Systems (Bill‑of‑materials, Inventory, Material Requirements
Planning, Work‑in‑process), On‑line Data Entry/Collection
Systems, On‑line Update/Inquiry Systems, On‑line Data Transmission
Systems, Programmer Productivity Tools.
• Implemented Packaged Software in the following areas:
Manufacturing,
Banking, Credit Card Processing, Production Control.
• Converted Software between different hardware/software platforms.
(Honeywell
to UNISYS, UNISYS to IBM, inhouse software to package, package software to
inhouse.)
• Converted John Deere Credit Card Company’s software into Year2000
compliance.
• Managed a project to
replace a bank’s 1200-terminal-ATM network’s host and client software.
PROFESSIONAL
HIGHLIGHTS
• Developed a complete credit card software for a financial company
in 1982 and 1983, which software has provided a specialized credit card service
to over 400 banks and over 1.5 million customers in 40 states, and which is
more complex in relationship between banks, card holders and merchants than
Visa/Master card. In addition to managing the project, personally developed
all the essential programs of this system, from data entry and transmission
to posting and statementing.
• The Core Processing Programs in the above mentioned system were rated
"Best Programs Ever Evaluated" in 1986 by a piece of software named "PATHVU"
which automatically evaluates programs for structured design, redundancies,
infinite loops, and other defects. As a matter of fact, during his five-year
tenure as the sole software provider for the company, the system has run without
any rerun caused by programmers or operators.
• Voted "Employee of the Year" by the employees of a company where
he developed software as a contractor.
• As an employee of the United Bank (Madison, Wisconsin), awarded for
perfect attendance in 1980, and for good performance in 1981.