Design Developer Engineer .Net Development Sql Server
Resume:
Beril YALCINKAYA
**** *** **** ***. ***. ***, San Francisco, CA 94109
Cell: 415-***-****
Email: abmx8q@r.postjobfree.com
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Objective:
Seasoned senior front-end engineer who finds pleasure in developing
software and businesses using WPF, Silverlight and .NET technologies and
practicing MVVM design pattern, OOP, SOA concepts and following
Scrum/Agile Methodologies. My most recent experience and skill expansion
has been in the area of front-end/UI/UX development and prototyping using
WPF 4.0, MVVM, Silverlight 5.0, WCF, LINQ and C# 5.0 technologies and
Balsamiq, Sketchflow prototyping / wireframe tools.
Citizenship: U.S Resident
Education:
. BSc, Computer Engineering, Baskent University, Ankara / Turkey, 2004
. T.E.D Ankara College, Ankara/Turkey, 2000
Work History:
Senior UI Developer May 2012 - Present
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies, San Francisco, CA
Responsible from analysis, design and development of numerous intuitive,
robust and graphically rich user interfaces for Policy Life Cycle and
Pricing Engine projects for workers compensation insurance which is
utilized by carrier companies / agents all around the nation as well as
underwriters to submit workers compensation insurance applications, quoting
and rating of the policies, managing the endorsements and the auditing
processes.
. Developed various highly robust, scalable and intuitive rich graphical
user interfaces using Silverlight 5.0, WCF technologies and C# 5.0
programming language on Visual Studio .Net 2010 platform implementing
MVVM design pattern, SOA concept and following Agile/Scrum
methodologies.
. Played a key role in creating and effectively presenting UX
deliverables: wireframes, workflows and prototypes to explain and
negotiate design solutions to key stakeholders and the business
activists using Balsamiq and Visio tools.
. Responsible from developing front-end design assets such as graphics,
custom controls, resources, templates and styles to be used project-
wide and documenting the UX guidelines.
. Worked closely with the project manager to assist conducting the scrum
meetings and sprint planning of a cross-functional team.
. Extensive hands-on experience on XAML, Expression Blend and 3rd party
products such as Telerik Silverlight Controls.
. Practical knowledge and experience with Entity Framework, Self-
Tracking Objects in the back-end and LINQ
. Experienced in designing data models and database programming;
creating stored procedures, user-defined functions and triggers on SQL
Server 2005- 2010.
. Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) and ClearCase.
Technologies: .NET 4.5, Silverlight 5.0, MVVM design pattern, Expression
Blend, Sketchflow, Balsamiq, Expression Design, WCF, C# 5.0, XAML, SQL
Server 2010, LINQ, UML, Visio, Telerik Silverlight Controls, Visual Studio
2010, TFS, ClearCase.
Senior UI Developer March 2011 - May 2012
Thrasys Inc., San Francisco, CA
Worked in design and development of various high-quality, intuitive and
graphically rich user interfaces for SyntraNet Open Health Platform which
provides technologies and components to rapidly build and deploy highly
scalable, collaborative health networks that provide interoperability,
connectivity and applications for communities of care providers, patients,
service centers and public health administrators.
. Developed various complex, intuitive and rich graphical user
interfaces using Silverlight 4.0 and WCF technologies implementing
MVVM design pattern, SOA concept and C# 4.0 programming language on
Visual Studio .Net 2010 platform and practicing scrum/agile
methodologies.
. Conducting the scrum meetings of a cross-functional team as a scrum
master. Working together with the product manager for sprint planning
and backlog grooming.
. Creation of graphical elements, vector graphics and icons using
Expression Design.
. Extensive hands-on experience on XAML, Expression Blend and 3rd party
products such as Telerik Silverlight Controls.
. Participated in concept development, design ideation, design
prototypes and implementation of visual designs, mock -ups using
Balsamiq and Sketchflow.
. Played a key role in improving usability, user experience and
consistency of the product by creating custom controls, style elements
and templates and resource dictionaries that are used by entire
application.
. Experienced in designing data models and database programming;
creating stored procedures, user-defined functions and triggers on SQL
Server 2005- 2010.
Technologies: .NET 4.0, Silverlight 4.0, MVVM design pattern, Expression
Blend, Sketchflow, Balsamiq, Expression Design, WCF, C# 4.0, XAML, SQL
Server 2010, LINQ, UML, Visio, Telerik Silverlight Controls, Visual Studio
2010.
Software Engineer November 2009 - March 2011
FrontRange Solutions Inc., Pleasanton, CA
Responsible for design and development of various efficient, intuitive and
high-quality user interfaces of an ITSM product that aims to bring together
a comprehensive set of service and lifecycle products designed to improve
service levels and productivity, deliver best practices and
standardization, and align IT to the delivery of business value.
. Worked in a team in development of new version of an existing ITSM
product that went from Winforms and Webservices to WPF and WCF using
scrum/agile methodologies and Sprint development process with cross-
functional teams.
. Developed various complex, intuitive and rich graphical user
interfaces using WPF 4.0 and WCF technologies implementing MVVM
design pattern and C# 4.0 programming language on Visual Studio .Net
2010 platform.
. Extensive hands-on experience on XAML, Expression Blend and 3rd party
products such as Telerik WPF and Silverlight Controls.
. Participated in concept development, design ideation, design
prototypes and implementation of visual designs.
. Experienced in designing data models and database programming;
creating stored procedures, user-defined functions and triggers on SQL
Server 2005- 2008.
. Heavy use of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and other tools
supporting Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) in design phase
of development cycle.
Technologies: .NET 4.0,WPF 4.0, MVVM design pattern, Expression Blend, WCF,
C# 4.0, XAML, SQL Server 2008, LINQ, UML, Visio, Visual Studio 2010.
Software Engineer March 2008 - June 2009
CrestPoint Solutions Inc., Pleasanton, CA
Involved in design and development of various modules of a web-based Data
Center - Facility Management Application for leading telecommunication
companies including Verizon Business, Cingular and AT&T.
. Analyzed, designed and developed highly scalable and robust Data
Center - Site Design module which is used to manage and design
infrastructure of Power Plants and Sites providing an intuitive and
rich graphical user experience to the user using Silverlight 2.0, WCF
technologies on Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend, C# 3.5
programming language and .NET 3.5 framework.
. Designed and developed Reporting Module for Data Center Management
Application and in-house web-applications using Crystal Reports 12.0,
SSRS, SQL Server 2005 and LINQ technologies.
. Converted in-house ERP applications which are previously developed in
Delphi to web-based ASP.NET applications that provide presentation
layer, business logic layer, and Data Access Layer - persistent
database access to ease operation function, enhances performance, and
provided cost-effective solution using technologies: C# 3.5, ASP.NET,
AJAX, LINQ, XML -Web services and SOA techniques.
. Implemented database intensive logic to improve performance and
reusability by developing T-SQL stored procedures, triggers and user-
defined functions on SQL Server 2005.
. Analyzed customer requirements, created Requirements Traceability
Matrixes, Cross Functional Diagrams and UML documents -diagrams using
Visio 2007.
Technologies: .NET 3.5, Silverlight 2.0, Expression Blend, WCF, C# 3.5,
ASP.NET 3.5, XML, SQL Server 2000-2005, SSRS 2005, T-SQL, LINQ, Crystal
Reports 12.0, UML, Visio, Visual Studio 2008.
Software Developer Feb 2007 - March 2008
Fintek LTD, Ankara, TURKEY
Fintek Limited was founded to provide the IT requirements, banking and
financial services to Ziraat Bank which is one of Turkey's largest banks
with more than 1500 branches around the country with over one million
transactions per day.
. Involved in Design and development phases of the cambio banking and
foreign operations module of a banking application.
. Created and developed robust,high performance and scalable windows-
based modules such as Incoming - Outgoing Drafts, Money Conversion and
Exchange, Charges - Commissions, Global Money Transfer; using C#
programming language, Visual Studio.NET, .NET Remoting technology,
ADO.NET, Web Services, SOAP, XML, Oracle 10g database and PL/SQL query
language throughout the application.
. Integrated Swift Alliance and Western Union services with Global Money
Transfer module using ASP.NET technology with a daily transaction
volume of one million.
. Experienced in multi-tier architecture.
. Developed and created advanced queries, views, triggers and user-
defined functions for databases.
. Designed and builded multi-dimensional and parametric reports for
Central Bank of Turkey using Business Objects.
. Created detailed UML diagrams such as use case, class, activity and ER
models using Visio and Enterprise Architects to meet the software
development standards ISO 9000 and COBiT (Control Objectives for
Information and Related Technology).
. Used VSS as Source Control Tool.
Technologies: .NET, C#, ASP.NET, SOAP, XML, Oracle 10g, PL/SQL query
language, .NET Remoting, UML, Visio, Enterprise Architects.
Software Developer Sept 2004 - Feb 2007
Havelsan LTD, Ankara, TURKEY
Havelsan is a software company developing solutions in the Defense and IT
industries. It develops its core competencies in C4ISR, Simulation and
Training Simulators, and Information Management Systems.
. Designed, developed and tested ERP module of an e-government project.
. Took part in the analysis, development and test phases of the windows-
based modules such as Employee Personal Information, Employee Payroll,
Employee Salary, MIS Reports and Promotions. During the Development
Phase using Delphi programming language, Borland Delphi Builder, SQL
Server 2005 and COM+ Technology and ADO. To generate parametric
reports for example in MIS Reports screen Crystal Reports tool was
used.
. Involved in analyzing the requirements of customers and prepared the
requirement specification in detail.
. Analyzed the technical requirements and details required for
developing the system and proposed solutions for implementation.
. Communicated with domain experts to get a better understanding of the
different functionalities of the software. Analyzed how the end user
will utilize the functions and what features they would like to see in
that function.
. Created UML Diagrams such as ER, Class, Use Case, Sequence using
different tools; ErWin, BpWin and Visio. The software development
standards ISO are applied to the development process.
. VSS used as Source Version Control Tool.
Technologies: Delphi, Borland Delphi Builder, DCOM, COM+, SQL Server 2005,
T-SQL, Crystal Reports, ErWIN, BPWin, Visio and UML.
Trainee Engineer July 2003 - August 2003
TURKCELL, Ankara, TURKEY
. Developed a project in which objective is to calculate the costs of
phone calls made between Cyprus and Turkey.
. Developed code using Java on Java Builder IDE, and used PL/SQL query
language and Oracle database.
Courses & Seminars Attended :
. .NET Framework 3.0 (WCF & WPF & WWF) Seminars, 2007 (3 weeks)
. C# and OOP Principles Seminar, 2007 (2 weeks)
. Basic Banking, Banking Institute of T.C Ziraat Bank, 2007
Technical Skills:
. Languages: C# 5.0, WPF 4.0, MVVM, Silverlight 5.0, MVVM, .NET 4.5,
ASP.NET 3.5, AJAX, C, C++, Xml-Web Services, WCF, .Net Remoting.
. Databases: SQL Server 2000-2005-2008-2010, Oracle 10g-11g.
. Design: UML, Visio, ErWIN, BpWIN, Balsamiq, Sketchflow, Expression
Studio.
. Reporting Tools: SSRS, Crystal Reports.
. Source Control Tools: Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, TFS, ClearCase.
Strengths:
. Good Communication skill to present points precisely and clearly
. Good problem solving ability and analytic skill to solve the problem
efficiently
. Good team player and have excellent interaction skill to coordinate
and work within a team
. Good deliver output in less time without losing efficiency
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