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Meet Cengiz Han – Visual Studio ALM MVP from Turkey
Tell us who you are?
My name is Cengiz Han; I am a software developer with 7 years experience as a professional. If we consider before the period that I started to get paid for developing software, I am developing software for 13 years. I am passionate about best practices of enterprise application architecture and software development life-cycle practices. Furthermore, I am following alt.net community and alt.net technologies and using some of them in real life projects. I am from Izmir, Turkey. I am currently located at Nicosia, North Cyprus and working as a software development consultant and trainer.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I am a Microsoft MVP since 2004, I am one of the MVP’s who are honored as first MVP’s of Turkey. My MVP competencies are ASP.NET and Microsoft Visual Studio ALM (current).
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
First of all I try as much as possible to keep in touch with others from community. I participate at meetings as much as I can, both online and offline. I am reading books and blogs, my OPML list has a lot of RSS feeds. Furthermore, I am following some community luminaries on twitter to keep up to date.
MEA MVPs Announced – July 2010
The Microsoft MVP Program is a worldwide award and recognition program that strives to identify amazing individuals in technical communities around the globe who share a passion for technology and the spirit of community. Microsoft MVPs are recognized for both their demonstrated practical expertise and willingness to share their experience with peers in Microsoft technical communities.
Microsoft MVPs are awarded every quarter and recognizes the contributions of an individual to technical communities over the past year. The MVP list includes all Microsoft technologies, divided by area of interest. This year’s new and renewing MVPs for South Asia region include:
Egypt
- Mina Nagy – Communications Server
- Hisham Hassan – Dynamics GP
Meet 50+ Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professionals
The Microsoft MVP Program is a worldwide award and recognition program that strives to identify amazing individuals in technical communities around the globe who share a passion for technology and the spirit of community. Microsoft MVPs are recognized for both their demonstrated practical expertise and willingness to share their experience with peers in Microsoft technical communities.
Microsoft MVPs are awarded every quarter and recognizes the contributions of an individual to technical communities over the past year. Here are some of the Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professionals interviewed by us:
Meet Merve Bayramusta – MSP from Ege University, Turkey
Tell us who you are?
Hi, I’m Merve Bayramusta. I’m studying at Computer Engineering Department of Ege University and this is my last year as a student. I’m also MSP of the Ege University and I’m interested in developing windows and web applications. In addition to I’m studying Agent Oriented Software Engineering and Multi-Agent Systems recently.
Tell us about your University?
Ege University was founded in 1955 and located in İzmir, Turkey. It has one of the biggest campus in Turkey and also an university hospital is included. Our university has lots of social, health and education opportunities for the students.
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
After having an internship at Microsoft for 45 days, I decided not to take apart from the Microsoft Community. So I applied from Ege University as an MSP and I was awarded in October 2009 for the 2009-2010 academic term.
Meet Ezgi Kaysı – MSP from Yasar University, Turkey
Tell us who you are?
I am Ezgi KAYSI. I’m 20 years old and I’m 3rd year student at Yasar University and studying computer engineering department. Also, I’m Erasmus student of information technology at KHLEUVEN ( Katholieke Hoogeschool Leuven ) in Belgium now. I am MSP of Yasar University during 2009- 2010. Also, I am manager of Marro.ws project in Turkey.
Tell us about your University?
Founded in 2001, young Yasar University is an academic institution that acknowledges the universal identity of a scientific organization with enthusiasm, genuineness and devotion with its 300 staff members, 200 being academics, and 2600 students in İzmir; the city of the Aegean’s civilized, humane and art and science conscious people.
The vision of Yasar University is to identify Yasar University as a “boutique university” which is loyal to scientific, ethical and moral values, responsive to global change, practising efficiency as an indispensable part of quality, and making efficient progress resulting in success, coordinated by carefully-considered decisions , educating experts who have the highest “designing skills”, “project-based work experience” and “artistic sensitivity”.
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
I was awareded to msp this year 2009-2010. I am happy to be member of MSP and Microsoft groups. Unfortunately, I left my role of MSP because of my Erasmus program. But I want to be MSP next year again.
Meet Tamer Öz – Visual C# MVP from Turkey
Tell us who you are?
My name is Tamer Öz, I live in Istanbul. I graduated from Mechanical Engineering Department of Yildiz Technical University. After graduating from university I realized that I should work in computer related job. Becoming a developer seemed the job of my dreams and I started learning Microsoft .Net. I started my professional life with developing projects in Microsoft .Net 1.1 in 2004 and I am currently working as software development consultant. I like writing articles, answering questions in forums. I generally write articles at Yazgelistir and Codeproject, answer questions at MSDN and Codeproject forums, post blog entries to my website, share opensource projects at Codeplex.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I’ve been awarded MVP since 2006. And category has always been Visual C#.
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
Following blogs, especially the blogs of product groups or people that work in product groups. Also following msdn, using beta versions of tools can be very useful to stay up to date. For instance I’ve been using Visual Studio 2010 since its beta version.
Meet Nevzat Yusan – MSP from Bahcesehir University, Turkey
Tell us who you are?
My name Nevzat Yuşan. I am from Gaziantep in Turkey. I’m MSP of Bahçeşehir University attending “Computer Engineering”. Out of the MSP I’m a Software Developer, Information Technology Professional(elementary) and licensed tennis player from “Republic of Turkey”. I would like to play tennis in a free time. I’m Interested in new technologies such as Business Systems, Game Technologies ,Web Site Systems. I’m working on integration these technologies together these days.
Tell us about your University?
Bahçeşehir University was founded in 1998 as a foundation university by Bahçeşehir Uğur Educational Institutions. Bahçeşehir University is aiming to take its place among the leading universities in the world with its strong academic staff, research and educational-instructional programs on international level, study abroad opportunities and modern technical infrastructure. Campus is located in Beşiktaş at the heart of Istanbul, the city, where Europe meets Asia. Approximately there are 40.000 students attending university.
Meet İlkay İlknur – MSP from Ege University, Turkey
Tell us who you are?
My name is İlkay İlknur. I’m 4th year student of Ege University and studying at Computer Engineering Department. I’m MSP of Ege University and also INETA K12 Speaker. I’m developing Rich Internet Applications using Silverlight and focusing on upcoming technologies like Silverlight 4.0, C# 4.0, .NET Framework 4.0, Parallel Programming and WCF.
Tell us about your University?
Ege University is the biggest university, which was founded in 1955, at Aegean Region of Turkey. More than 44,000 people are studying at Ege University located in İzmir. Our Computer Engineering Department was founded in 1983. Now, more than 600 people studying at Computer Engineering Department.
Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
I was awarded this year and this is my first time but unfortunately last time because this is my last year at university 
. Last year I didn’t have enough information about Microsoft Student Partners Program. I wish I had applied this program last year.
Meet Daron Yöndem – Silverlight MVP and Microsoft Regional Director from Turkey
Tell us who you are?
My name is Daron Yöndem. I’m a Microsoft Regional Director, currently a Silverlight MVP leading INETA Turkey. I’m the founder of Deveload Software, an ISV based in Istanbul. For the last five years we are focused on UX as a .NET house. We are building Silverlight and WPF apps including rich multitouch implementations. I have two books about ASP.NET AJAX and one about Internet Explorer 8 development.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I got awarded on 2008 as an ASP.NET MVP and had the chance to be one of the first five Silverlight MVPs in the world. It was a great luck to have the new competency declared at the same moment as my renewal period
I’m an MVP who likes capturing screencast, writing articles on local User Groups and physical interaction which is (for a computer geek) seminars and conferences about technical beauties. I feel very lucky leading INETA Turkey and our 30+ User Groups. We have annual events with different concepts where we get 10+ INETA Speakers and lots of MVPs contributing to the community.
Meet Burak Selim Senyurt – Connected System MVP from Turkey
Tell us who you are?
My name is Burak Selim Şenyurt. I am from Turkey. Actually I am a mathematics engineer and also I have a graduate degree for Master of Business Administrative program. I have been developing a .Net Applications since 2001 and my first application was written in Delphi. Then I followed the steps of Andres Heijsberg. Now a days, I have been working as a Application Development Consultant for Turk Telecom Company.
Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I have been an MVP since 2006. In 2006 and 2007 my MVP scope was Visual Developer-Visual C# but it’s Connected System Developers for the last 2 years. During my MVP history I produced a lot of technical articles, web casts, screen casts and seminars for a C#Nedir (www.csharpnedir.com) and NedirTv (www.nedirtv.com) communities.
What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
I have been working with Visual Studio 2010 for a long time. Especially I concentrate on these technologies; WCF 4.0, WF 4.0, Workflow Services, RIA Services, WebHttp Services, Data Services, Parallel Programming, C# 4.0…
