Who am I ?

I am a computer engineer working at Alcatel-Lucent. Currently, I provide worldwide tier-3 support for Alcatel-Lucent NGN product family and all the underlying platforms.

I started enjoying the life with computers as early as 12. I realized how fascinating to write a program while I was playing with my Amstrad CPC 464. Soon, I choosed computer engineering for profession. I got my BSc in Computer Engineering from Marmara University.
After working part time as student assistant for 3 years and research assistant as 1 year, I switched to business side.
I worked at Koc.net and BNET which are two of the leading ISP in Turkey.
Later, I worked at Parkyeri which was very fun. Parkyeri is focused solely on free software and supports free software activities in Turkey. It is notable that Parkyeri was also chosen as the fastest growing company in last 5 years in 2007 according to the Deloitte.

I completed my compulsory military service as Lieutenant IS officer at Kuleli Military High School. I have to be careful when choosing words about the army here because it is legally forbidden to say anything that can be considered "negative". (Yes, there is a law for that) Still, I am considered to lead a tank platoon in case of war. I'm pretty confident about that because I was trained for this for 2 whole months!

Besides these, my hobbies are mostly computer oriented except collecting toys and photography. I am interested in operating system kernels, programming and network operations. I read a lot to maintain continuous learning and I enjoy this.