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Resumé for Erden Eruç
INTRODUCTION
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Functional Roles
Project Manager
Technical Lead
Developer
System Architect
Instructor/Mentor
System Administrator
Technical Support
Business
Solutions
Business Operations
e-Commerce
Knowledge Management
Internet/Intranet
Environments
Office 2000
Microsoft Project
Microsoft SQL Server
Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000
Lotus Notes/Domino
Development Tools
HTML, XML
Lotus Script, Javascript
Microsoft Visual Studio
T-SQL, SQL
ERwin
Industries
Healthcare
Pharmaceutical
Federal Government
Information Technology
Professional Services
Financial Services
Manufacturing
Publishing
Telecommunications
Client List
Banco de Venezuela
Black Enterprise Magazine
Cable and Wireless Inc.
Federal Occupational Health
General Electric
IBM
Lotus Development Corp.
Shurgard |
Objective
To drive sponsorships,
partnerships and donations for Around-n-Over.
(Currently
unavailable for technical or corporate duties due to life changing
experiences and decisions. The resume that is displayed here will
stay to provide a strong contrast for my current endeavors.)
Seasoned systems professional in the consulting arena
for nine years who has served in various technical and management
capacities on diverse client engagements under Aris Consulting, Nexgen
Solutions, Lotus Consulting and IBM Professional Services.
Masters degree in Business Administration, technical
background and a former career in engineering provide a valuable
perspective on business processes.
Summary
of Experience
Managed full life cycle projects, including requirements gathering, design, development and deployment.
Helped clients remain within their budgets by implementing proper change control mechanisms.
Managed client/server implementations with web interfaces to data repository.
Led projects on application development, evaluation, testing and deployment.
Delivered infrastructure design and administration solutions for large-scale deployments.
Facilitated migration, co-existence and back-end integration projects.
Advised clients on hardware selection and sizing.
Instructed and mentored fellow engineers on best practices and on relevant work. The teaching exposure
includes classroom experience.
Created in-depth documentation for clients to communicate application and infrastructure design ideas.
Professional Education
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Launch Event
Seattle, March 1, 2002
Microsoft .NET Developer Training Tour
Detroit, August 13-14, 2001
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, Hands-On Lab, SQLSoft
Portland, July 7, 2001
Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory, Hands-On Lab, SQLSoft
Portland, June 29, 2001
Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Hands-On Lab, SQLSoft
Portland, June 1, 2001
Information Systems Project Management
American Management Association, 3-Day Seminar
Seattle, May 2000
M.B.A. – George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
M.S. in Engineering Mechanics – Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering – Boğaziçi University, Turkey
Certifications
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP+Internet)
Publications
Published technical articles in the European Joint Conference on Engineering Systems
Design and Analysis, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Specialty Conference,International
Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, ASME Symposium on CAD and Manufacture
of Cutting and Forming Tools, ASM Conference on Near Net Shape
Manufacturing, and technical reports for OSU Engineering Research Center for
Net Shape Manufacturing.
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WORK HISTORY
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President
Nov 2002-Present
Environment
Outdoors
Application Software
Down parka, fleece jacket, cushioned
bicycle seat, suspension system on the bicycle |
Around-n-Over
Erden Eruç, a.k.a. the Chief Exploration Officer, established the non-profit Around-n-Over as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization following life changing experiences.
Defined the mission of this charitable organization as stated on the Around-n-Over web site.
Applied business skills for social good by focusing on giving back to the society where Around-n-Over became the structural catalyst.
Provided the motivation and the inspiration for the team to promote the human challenge as defined in the Six Summits Project.
Delegated business roles, web site maintenance, and climbing team coordination duties into the capable hands of friends in order to remain focused on the self-powered journey as stated in the Six Summits Project.
Sought, negotiated and secured sponsors, partners and donations.
Promoted the project with the media, ensuring steady coverage with local and nationwide reach. |
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Sales Associate
Sep 2002-Jan 2004 |
Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI)
Erden Eruç joined REI to be involved with the outdoor industry, and later remained as a part-time employee of REI to focus on his duties as the president of Around-n-Over.
Promoted to non-members the benefits of joining the REI co-op as a member.
Provided instruction and ensured a safe learning environment for first time climbers who visited the Climbing Pinnacle at the Flagship REI store.
Provided professional knowhow to customers seeking advice on climbing and camping related products.
Restocked merchandise on the displays to provide a complete shopping experience.
Operated the cash register efficiently to expedite the check out process for customers. |
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Senior Project Manager
Nov 2000-May 2001
Environment
NT 4.0, Win 2000, MS Project
Application Software
IIS, SQL Server 7, ERwin
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Shurgard Storage
Shurgard hired Aris Consulting to develop an e-commerce
enabled interactive web site.
Managed the final phases of the Shurgard project to ensure timely completion of all remaining deliverables.
Provided project management services to estimate costs and timelines for all add-on projects. |
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Project
Manager
Technical Lead
Nov 1999-Nov 2000
Environment
Windows 2000,
Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, MS Project, HEAT
Application Software
MS Visual Studio
IIS, SQL Server 7,
ONYX CRM, ERwin |
Federal Occupational Health
Federal Occupational Health (FOH) is a division of
the Department of Health and Human Services. FOH hired Aris Consulting to process field data, and to build a
web site for use by FOH clients to justify costs and to effect workplace policy changes.
Managed the project by documenting the requirements, preparing the project plans and monitoring
progress. Collaborated with Call Center and infrastructure/network support staff in upgrading the FOH
services.
Provided timely cost estimates and technical feedback for the management to influence the decision making process.
Implemented a change management process to control the timelines and the scope of the
deliverables.
Contributed to the project as a development resource. |
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Technical Lead
July 1999-Sept 1999
Environment
Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Sun Solaris, MS Project
Application Software
Domino Extended
Search, Domino 5.0, IIS,
SQL Server
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General Electric
General Electric (GE) partnered with
Aris Consulting for the maintenance and enhancement of their entire interactive web site.
Building search capabilities into the site was a requirement for Aris.
Investigated and compared in a lab environment the commercially available corporate
search engines for GE web site. Installed, tested and reported on Verity, Excalibur,
InfoSeek, AltaVista and Domino Extended Search products.
Presented the client with a feature-by-feature comparison of the products to decide on the appropriate
search engine for use on www.ge.com site. |
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Managing
Consultant
April 1999-June 1999
Environment
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 98, MS Project
Application Software
Lotus Notes/Domino 5.0 |
Independent
Contractor – ControlSat
ControlSat is a division of Orbital Sciences
Corporation that provides monitoring services to clients for their remote
installations in the field. Miniature devices on these installations feed data via satellite to
central databases that coordinate maintenance and alerts.
Managed and developed a full life cycle Domino R5.0 implementation of a trouble ticketing and
configuration management system for use by a distributed user
base.
Successfully gathered requirements, designed, developed and delivered the system on time. |
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Managing Consultant
Technical Lead
Consultant
Oct 1996-April 1999
Environment
Windows NT 4.0,
AS/400
MS Project
Application
Software
Lotus Notes/Domino
4.x
MQSeries
cc:Mail
NetObjects Fusion
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IBM Professional Services
Nexgen Solutions is an IBM business partner.
IBM hired Nexgen Solutions regularly to assist in projects for IBM and Lotus Development
Corporation.
Technical lead in the development and deployment of an electronic shopping mall for IBM channel
sales for minority and woman owned businesses, where online shoppers buy goods from multiple tenant-
merchants consolidating their shipments and paying once.
Led the development of a web enabled administration interface custom built for the EnterpriseXspan project.
EnterpriseXspan is a multi-database solution to quickly disseminate design and production data to the
supply chain and to coordinate partner activities in the automotive industry.
Designed and delivered a notification process in the Health Data Network project relying on
MQSeries for system generated messages. Health Data Network was designed to allow health professionals
and insurers gain access to patient data over the Internet.
Delivered a Notes based Cost of Ownership model for the sales force of IBM. Prospective clients
used this tool to scrutinize their current investments and to weigh alternatives in hardware investment.
Outlined a cc:Mail to Notes messaging migration plan for Pharmacia and Upjohn. Specifically
dealt with the implementation of workflow and collaborative functions Notes offered to replace the functional
ID’s in cc:Mail. |
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Managing
Consultant
Dec 1998-March 1999
Environment
Windows NT 4.0, MS Project
Application Software
Lotus Notes/Domino 4.6x |
Black Enterprise Magazine
Black Enterprise Magazine is a New York based publication that provides a venue for African American
entrepreneurs and woman owned businesses. Nexgen Solutions was hired to deliver an online version
of the magazine.
Performed project kick-off and requirements gathering for a new web site that aimed to redefine the
web presence of the magazine as “the virtual desktop of the African American businessmen.”
Led many of the technical aspects of development and infrastructure necessary to deliver a
robust solution for e-commerce and for online publishing, including staging of future articles.
Designed databases, templates, forms, views, agents, script libraries and navigators. Addressed the
creation of archive versions of the magazine by importing old data, as well as the staging of new content.
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Managing Consultant
January
1999
Environment
Windows NT 4.0
Application Software
Lotus Notes/Domino 4.6x |
Health Care Management Technologies
Health Care Management Technologies is an intermediary in the delivery of health services, coordinating the
activities of hospitals, doctors and insurance companies. Nexgen Solutions was hired to optimize their
messaging system.
Analyzed the Notes deployment to improve server performance given the heavy messaging demand
placed on the servers.
Provided hardware and server configuration recommendations to help achieve growth objectives in
the total number of users. |
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Managing Consultant
June 1998-November 1998
Environment
Windows NT 4.0,
MS Project
Application Software
Lotus Notes/Domino 4.6x |
Banco de Venezuela for Lotus Consulting
Banco de Venezuela (Banvenez) is one of the largest banks in Venezuela that recently merged with
Banco Santander from Spain. Banvenez has over 2000 distributed users, and Lotus Consulting hired Nexgen
Solutions to provide a reliable messaging and applications platform.
As a project lead in this Lotus Consulting engagement, performed requirements gathering and needs
assessment for Banvenez.
Recommended staffing, hardware, software, best practices, as well as configuration. Achieved high
availability and redundancy through the use of clustered Domino servers.
Mapped the migration path to take live a pilot deployment that had in effect become indispensable,
preserving mail content while recertifying users.
Mentored fellow engineers to perform the necessary tasks for successful transition to the new environment.
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Senior
Consultant
Technical Lead
October 1996-April 1999
Environment
Windows NT 4.0
Application Software
Lotus Notes/Domino, Notes Pump, NetObjects Fusion
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Nexgen Solutions, Inc.
Nexgen Solutions is a Premium Lotus Business partner
focusing on custom solutions and consulting services.
As a Senior Consultant, assumed lead roles on client engagements, primarily on Lotus Consulting and IBM
projects.
Contributed to the evolution of a suite of Lotus Notes applications that tracked time, expense reports
and travel requests.
Upgraded and maintained the NT and Notes/Domino infrastructure. |
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Enterprise
Communications Consultant
October 1995-October 1996
Environment
Windows NT,
Alpha/NT
Application Software
Lotus Notes 3.x-4.x
Isocor X.400 Gateway |
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation, now part of Compaq,
delivers hardware, software and consulting services to the information industry.
Configured Alpha/NT Notes servers for Michelin to give their mobile sales force access over
56k X.25 lines using X.PC and TCP/IP across a firewall.
Set up and maintained a Notes Named Network and servers as part of a messaging coexistence and
infrastructure project for Chemical Bank of New York. Configured gateways, performed
interoperability tests between NotesMail, cc:Mail, Comet and All-in-1 messaging systems over an X.400
backbone using X.500 Directory Services. Ensured successful implementation of the systems from
development to production environment. |
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Developer
October 1994-October 1995
Environment
Windows NT
Application Software
Lotus Notes 3.x, Sybase,
Crystal Reports, ViP, ZMerge |
Cable and Wireless Inc.
Cable and Wireless Inc. is a global
communications company that focuses primarily on business-to-business services in North America.
CWI hired Maxm Systems for on-site development of critical software systems.
Contributed to the design of a Notes based, multi-database Customer Trouble Tracking System that
integrated data from multiple sources.
Maintained separate development and production Notes networks, cross certifications and general
Notes Administration. |
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