Ugur Turan, Ph.D.

Senior Group Engineering Manager

Ankara, Türkiye

About

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Senior Engineering Manager skilled at people/technical leadership, communication and innovation. Proficient in strategy and execution. Experienced in full project life cycle including quality assurance management. Highly skilled in accommodating easily to any technology stack. Leaded hiring process in many different companies.

Experience

  • Atlassian (Ankara, Türkiye · Hybrid)
    • Senior Engineering Manager
      Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Engineering Manager
      Dec 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs

  • Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    May 2021 - Oct 2021 · 6 mos

    • AWS Shield (D-DoS Protection Service) • Java Stack • Infrastructure as code • CI/CD Management

  • Senior SDET at Avira
    Dec 2018 - Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Avira Software Updater & Avira Security • Architecture design and development of new features • Product ownership for the Software Updater project • Improving existing development processes and establishing new processes for quality assurance • .NET Stack • CI/CD Management

  • Head of Engineering at Teta Electronics Inc.
    Aug 2014 - Sep 2018 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    • Cashless Payment Systems using Mifare/Desfire Cards o Built in ASP.NET C# 4.0 with DevExpress o Database management with MSSQL Server with Stored Procedures o Firmware Development with C++ on Embedded Linux o WCF Web Service Development o Mifare Card SDK Development with C o Designed an encrypted TCP Communication Library o Windows Service Development with C#.NET o Basic SQL Query Optimization • Smart Card and Ticket Validator Hardware and Management Software o Firmware Development with Embedded C Programming o C# Based Encrypted TCP Communication Library Developed o Windows Service Development with C#.NET • Custom I/O Control Card Firmware Development o RS485, RS232, Ethernet, GPRS protocols are used. o Firmware implemented using Proton Basic • Ambulance Automation System o C based Firmware Development • UHF/RFID Based Solutions o Developed using Indy R2000 o Distance approximation algorithm designed using RSSI o Developed using C#.NET • Car Park Guidance Systems o Developed a C# based Real-Time Graphical Management and Monitoring System • Personal Sleep Monitoring Hardware with Mobile App Integration o Developed using Arduino o Basic Native Android Application Development • Secure Bluetooth Low Energy Token System o One-Time-Key Algorithm Design for Secure BLE Broadcasting o Implemented using Java on Raspberry PI • Queue Analysis Simulation for Tolling System o Basic Open-GL Implementation o Numerical methods implemented on MATLAB • Remote Water Contamination Detection System o UDP based JSON communication implemented o Firmware Developed with C Language (Minimal Battery Usage) on Friendly Arm, o Narrowband IOT Integration, o Python Scripting • Physical Access Control System o Developed RESTful Web Services with WEBAPI o Windows Service integration for Push/Pull oriented Communication with Hardware o SAP Integration via Web Services • Cloud Based Mobile Attendance System o SaaS infrastructure designed

  • Senior Principle Architect at Tilya Corp.
    Sep 2011 - Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Human Fall Detection System o Implemented on Arduino using ADXL345 Accelerometer, o Backend JSP Development o Frontend Single Page Web App using Ajax, Comet, JavaScript • Web Based Questionnaire Software o SSL Integration • ECG Holter Device with Accelerometer o Embedded Firmware design & Development using C++