Firat Ileri
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Management graduate from MIT. Last worked as Research Assistant at MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Industries: | Computing, Financial, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile |
| Skills: | Business, Computer Engineering, Design, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, French, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Product design, Web design |
| Location: | Boston, MA |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Tags: | Innovation, product development, web 2.0 |
| Schools: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
FEATURED STARTUP
Arzlan Online ERP Community
Arzlan Online ERP Community
Arzlan is an online global trading community that is integrated with a free, high quality and modular Enterprise Resource Planning software package, which creates enormous value by increasing the efficiency of company operations and supply chains.
- Startup type: Competition Entry
- Status: Active
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, Cambridge, MA |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2008 - April 2008 |
| Description: | • Performed statistical analysis in order to determine an optimal spare parts provisioning strategy in a denim factory.
• Developed a strategy which reduced the holding costs of the weaving department by 12%. |
| Employer: | JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, NY |
| Position: | Sales and Trading Summer Analyst |
| Time period: | May 2007 - July 2007 |
| Description: | • Rotated in Asset-Backed Securities Trading, Interest Rate Derivatives and Credit Hybrids and Exotics Structuring.
• Developed a tool that analyzes historical swap rates to assist the Interest Rate Derivatives desk. • Created a spreadsheet that automatically updates the profit and losses statements for the Asset-Backed Securities Trading desk. |
| Employer: | Lycos, Inc. Waltham, MA |
| Position: | Search Engine Innovation, Winter Extern |
| Time period: | December 2005 - January 2006 |
| Description: | • Evaluated, updated and improved image and text selection algorithms of Lycos Retriever, a web summarizer technology, that automatically gathers, compiles, and presents information from several websites on over 500,000 popular topics.
• Researched and tested Amazon’s new web service, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, by designing Human Intelligence Tasks (HITs) to strengthen topic categorization of the Retriever. |
| Employer: | Macit II Pharmacy Ltd. Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Position: | Software Development, Summer Intern |
| Time period: | May 2005 - June 2005 |
| Description: | • Collaborated with external software engineering company in order to develop more efficient accounting software compatible with the existing processes of the pharmacy. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2009 |
| Degree: | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MEng |
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Degree: | Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Management |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Scuba Diving, Guitar, Poker, Movies, Soccer, Tennis, Entrepreneurship, Traveling. |
| Awards: | • Granted full CASP Scholarship by Fulbright for studies in the U.S.
• Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) eligible • Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society eligible • Attended summer school in England on merit scholarship from the British Council, 2002 • Attended summer language school in France on merit scholarship from the French Embassy, 2001 • Attended conflict resolution camp in Norway on scholarship from the Government of Norway, 2003 |
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Arzlan Online ERP Community
Arzlan is an online global trading community that is integrated with a free, high quality and modular Enterprise Resource Planning software package, which creates enormous value by increasing the efficiency of company operations and supply chains.
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Novalsys
Novalsys is a software company catering to the needs of groups and walled communities. Its main product is called eCampusGroups and is used by student clubs & organizations at colleges and graduate schools.
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Akhtaboot
Akhtaboot is an online career network that is committed to providing a user-friendly way of linking the right person to the right career opportunity.
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Soorbe.com
Soorbe.com offers a platform that is people can easily share their knowledges by creating groups and answering other questions.
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Volkan Gurel
Pursuing BSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and in Management Science, and a Masters in Engineering at MIT. Also working as Software Developer as Summer Intern and Part-time Employee at Hunch Inc.