About Me
I'm a free-minded developer
My Story
I'm Ugur Kirbac, living in Tampere, Finland.
I enjoy developing web and mobile applications, especially with Javascript, Objective-C, PHP, MySQL, Angular.js and Node.js. In addition to web applications, I have developed several native and hybrid mobile applications for N900, Windows Phone, iOS. In the past, when Qt/QML was hit in Finland, I also implemented a number of small projects such as autofocus application for N900, JPEG en(de)coder, watermarking of images, photo enhancement and restoration. In addition to above, I have huge experience in RESTful webserver with PHP-MySQL and Java EE and its native side support with C++. Picture Besides my technical qualifications, I believe that socializing really can help keep the brain in tune. Acting and photography are two important passions of my life and it gives a thrill when I get on the stage and hold a camera.
Picture Besides my technical qualifications, I believe that socializing really can help keep the brain in tune. Acting and photography are two important passions of my life and it gives a thrill when I get on the stage and hold a camera.
Education
Background
2013
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2010
Master's Degree in IT
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
2004
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2008
Bachelor's Degree in Electronics
University of Kocaeli, Turkey
Graduation with distinction, GPA 3.0 out of 4.
Experience
Working to make a change
04/13-current, Safetracing Ltd.
Founder
Prowebdesign.fi
A modern and professional web development service for small and medium scale companies. We offer Web Design, E-commerce, Content Management(CMS), Mobile adaptation, E-marketing and SEO solutions for businesses. The address is http://prowebdesign.fi
Angel(Demo Only)
A BLE(Bluetooth Low Energy) wearable gadget that can be attached to keys (or just about anything) and be located via Bluetooth when you're close enough, and via a crowdsourced community of users and people that install the app. The use case is attaching the gadget to people in nurseries and children in daycare centers and locating them using the free iOS app. The website: http://angel.safetracing.com
Social Shutter
A BLE(Bluetooth Low Energy) wearable gadget for that controls autofocus and shutter triggering of iOS devices and captures images without camera shake. When the image is captured, it is immediately uploaded to the user's Twitter account.
03/11 – 04/2013, Research Assistant at TUT
D2I (Data to Intelligence) (TUT-MUVIS side)
(PeCoCo) collaborated with NRC Tampere
(MMR) collaborated with NRC Tampere
D2I (Data to Intelligence) (TUT-MUVIS side)
- Agile software development in a scrum.
- RESTful Java back-end application server design.
- Reverse GeoCoding (Nokia Maps API), JSON and XML parsing (xStream).
- Lucene Indexing, Metadata extracting and management
- Back-end REST API documentation.
- Converted abstract specifications into executable code. Responsible for unit and integration testing of various modules.
- Meeting client’s face to face at their offices. Developing new applications, components & functionality to existing systems. Involved in accurately providing estimated development times. Analyzing data and conducting compatibility and quality assurance testing. Identifying & addressing conflicts with newer client-implemented software. Investigating alternate configurations & implementing better solutions.
(PeCoCo) collaborated with NRC Tampere
- Flickr Crawlers (Java and Qt)
- A back-end server for image similarity search in Qt.
(MMR) collaborated with NRC Tampere
- Content-based image searching and retrieval application for N900, Qt/QML
- UI is designed with QML
- Logic with C++
02/09 – 08/09, R&D Engineer at ENTES LTD
Electronic Devices Manufactory, Istanbul,TURKEY
03/08 – 12/08 R&D Engineer at AHES
Military Communication and Electronic Inc. Co. Ltd, Kocaeli University Technopolis, Kocaeli, TURKEY
Technologies
Technologies used so far
Hightlights
Apart from technical stuff
- New Factory Startup Incubator Alumni
- Startup grant for one year from Pirkanmaa Employment and Economic Development Office
- Active Networking at Ice Live Business Forum 30.-31.01.2014 Tampere, Finland
- Branding Workshop at Mediapolis by Michiel Maanandag
Graduation with distinction, GPA 4.1 out of 5.