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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www.rofo.com
Rofo.com specializes in connecting small businesses looking for commercial space with those that have it. We scour the web to find any potential space and deliver them to the consumer in one place. We also provide reviews and neighborhood overviews.
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famebook
famebook is a media startup changing the world by...being the first site to amalgamate all celebrity, fame and top brand content in one social networking based framework in partnership with the world's most well known individuals and brands!
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TravelMuse
A travel-planning Web site that aims to make the process of researching and organizing family travel easier and more enjoyable.
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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.