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Mehmet "James" Bayburt

james@djames.net
Los Angeles, California 90025
Mobile: 918-352-6378
http://james.djames.net
AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Concepts: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Windows Server 2000/NT/2003/2008, UNIX, Linux

Application Servers: BEA WebLogic Server, Microsoft IIS, Sun One LDAP Server, Microsoft Host Integration Server, Microsoft SNA Server, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft System Center 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft ISA Server

Business Inteligence: Oracle Hyperion, SPSS, OLAP

Programming Languages: C++, C#, ASP.NET, Visual Basic .NET, Java, Visual Basic, HTML, XML, Java/VB Scripting, ASP, UML

Database Systems: MS Access, MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL

Other Applications: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, InfoPath, OneNote, Project, Visio)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Graduate Assistant (Aug 2008 - May 2010)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Graduate Assistant with responsibilities of Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at the School of Informatics
Managed two major research projects with Usability Testing, Expert Review, Prototyping, User Experience, Interface Design
Managed a major laboratory experiment to test user’s physiological signals during interface interaction
Instructor for Human-Computer Interaction class for Spring 2010

Application Servers Assistant Manager (Jul 2005 - Aug 2008)
Fortis Bank (Istanbul, Turkey)
Management, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and installations of the Application Servers such as BEA WebLogic, Microsoft IIS, IBM WebSphere, Microsoft Host Integration Server, Apache, SunOne LDAP Server
Management of deployment, infrastructure, maintenance, and upgrades of Oracle Hyperion with hands-on Proof of Concept study experience
Management of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Project, Migration Project, Virtualization Project
System applications development using .net technology with C# programming language
Awarded as a “Result Deliverer” twice for “Delegation of Deployments” project along with the success on problem solving and accomplishment on the other projects
Decreased the operational load of the team by 90% by allowing an increase in productivity by 70%

Technical Support Specialist (Feb 2003 - Nov 2003)
Siemens Business Services (Istanbul, Turkey)
Supported customers calling from North America about the technical inquiries and support for Toshiba notebooks, desktops, servers, and routers as a 2nd Level Technical Support Specialist for the company's Toshiba Global Support Center project
Awarded for the excellence in customer relations and the quality of the technical support provided
The design coordination of team’s newsletter/intranet called "Right Click!"

EDUCATION

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada)
MSc in Informatics / Human-Computer Interaction (May 2010)
(GPA: 3.81/4.00)
Cognate Area on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Concentration on User Experience, Usability Testing, Expert Review, Affective Computing
Project on Upgrade of Metavist v1.6 into v2.0 with HCI Improvements
President and Tournament Coordinator for UNLV Chess Club

Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey)
BSc with Honor in Management Information Systems (Jul 2004)
(GPA: 3.14/4.00)
Designed a decision support system on the entertainment business where the system provides individually customized offers for movies, music, books, games and drinks to users based on an artificial intelligence algorithm
Senior Project on Factors Affecting the Use of Wireless Communication

Ataturk Technical High School (Izmir, Turkey)
Diploma in Computer Technologies (Jul 1999)
(GPA: 3.76/4.00)
First grade degree with high honor
Founder of the chess club. Organized several tournaments as well as competing at local tournaments

CERTIFICATIONS

CompTIA A+ Certificate(Istanbul, Turkey) April 2003
Strategic Management(Istanbul, Turkey) September 2007
Project Management(Istanbul, Turkey) February 2006
Microsoft .NET(Istanbul, Turkey) June 2006

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PUBLICATIONS

F. Nasoz, M. Bayburt (2009) Affectively Intelligent User Interfaces for Enhanced E-Learning Applications. Human Centered Design, HCII 2009, 5619:765-774

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ACM - Association of Computing and Machinery
UPE – Upsilon Pi Epsilon - International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines
USCF - United States Chess Federation as a member and a tournament director

LANGUAGES

English (Excellent) TOEFL Score: 101/120 (= 253/300 = 618/677)
French (Intermediate)
Turkish (Native)