I was raised in Tekirdag until I was 18 and ready to start my university adventure. After that I lived in Sofia for the next 5 years and got my degree. After I graduated as an Industrial Engineer, I knew it was time to start something new and now I've been living in Istanbul since late-2012. I am a technology addict who likes to follow the latest news about it everyday. The improvements and battles just amaze me. Me and a friend of mine started a tech-blog in 2012, which didn't seem to go pretty far, since it wasn't easy to produce content. The website is still active tho; check Teknomaze. Planning to produce more content for my blog in 2015.
I currently work as a Business Analyst and love my job. Also mastering in time management. 24 hours are just not enough for one day! Developing new stuff, following the latest tech and start-up news and consuming 6 to 8 cups of coffee each day can simply define my life.
Goktug Turan
B.Eng. Degree in Industrial Engineering• July 2012
I've always been curious about how stuff around me worked; and if they could get any better, or be more effective. When I found out that there was a faculty for making things run in more effective ways, all I wanted to study was industrial engineering. So my adventure in Bulgaria started in 2007. My 5 year study had been a great journey. Studying in a technical university and living abroad were great life experiences.
Business Analyst• June 2013 - Present
When I was picking my optional courses in university, I was always ranking the software based courses on top. Wasn't so sure about which path I would choose as a career, but software subjects seemed to be interesting and fun. So when I graduated as an Industrial Engineer, I was looking for a software company that would not just hire me, but also educate me more. I'm glad that Advancity has picked me as their Business Analyst and gave me the chance to develop myself in a great environment with lots of awesome people and projects.
Editor• March 2011 - Present
During the Entrepreneurship Workshops I've attended back in 2011, I had the chance to meet some amazing people, thanks to Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Bulgaria staff. FinZoom Financial Guide Network's CEO was one of them. After a little chat, I was offered an internship for FinZoom's Turkey project. To be a part of an international team sounded awesome. I gladly jumped in and simply never left...
As a young professional, I believe that the learning process never ends. I am still exploring the IT world, learning new stuff each day and developing myself.
FinZoom actively operates in three countries, giving people the chance to compare all bank products on one website. You can also apply to a specific bank for a specific product on FinZoom. Deposits, loans, mortgages... You name it, we let you compare it.
You can also read daily finance news and articles written by FinZoom financial analysts.
ALMS is the leading LMS(Learning Management System) in Turkish distance education ecosystem.
Over 30 clients -including universities, corporate companies and K12 schools- use ALMS to make the education more cost efficient and easier to reach anytime, anywhere on any device.
I play a key role in both development and maintenance steps. Analyzing customer demands, planning agile sprints with project manager, running tests during the sprints and scheduling release dates can be counted as some of my tasks in this project.
Istanbul Technical University, has a very unique laboratory. The VLSI measurement lab is really one of a kind with the highest end measurement tools and systems, and draws a lot of people's attention, who are not academics, but professionals from diffrent fields. As a result the lab was opened to public use.
That's where we came in to build a unique ERP for this unique labroatory.
Grantur is the biggest online travel agency operating in Portugal. With over X agents and Y destinations, Grantur is offering hundreds of diffrent tour options.
My role in this project, is to run the User Acceptance Tests by using End-To-End Testing methodolgies before all releases and reporting to the project team.
Ofis Akademi, is an online learning portal that is using Advancity's LMS (ALMS) and giving people the chance to make e-learning even easier with ready and built in contents. Ofis Akademi is preparing to rock the corporate e-learning market with it's flexible licencing options and unique contents.
I somehow had to get involved in this project since it was going to use ALMS. I've been the bridge between two projects' developers in order to develop the needed API in the best and fastest way. I also run the tests on both sides of the project.
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