Arda Koyuncu's Resume

ARDA KOYUNCU - 21/03/1985
San Francisco, California 94105 - USA - ardakoyuncu@gmail.com 001-415-412-3953

WORK EXPERIENCE
Internship at Havelsan Informatics and Systems, METUTECH/ANKARA/TURKIYE	09/08/2005 - 11/09/2005
Software Engineer
Attended first internship in HAVELSAN Informatics and Systems. HAVELSAN is a software and systems company developing global solutions in Defense and IT industries. Worked with C/C++ and JAVA to apply 2D Convex Hull Algorithms. -
C�?©idot Studios, METUTECH/ANKARA/TURKIYE	17/06/2006 - 01/01/2008
Sound & Script Programmer
Attended second internship in C�?©idot Studios. After the internship period is over, a formal job offer has been made. In C�?©idot Studios, we have worked with Miles Sound System and Integrated the system into the Emergent Game Technologies' GameBryo graphics engine. Also integrated LUA scripting language in the same way. Attended as a vocal artist for the ingame speeches. -
Nurol Holding & Nurol Technology, ERGAZI/ANKARA	07/04/2008 - 22/08/2008
Computer Engineer
Designed the automation systems, also designed and implemented an employee tracking system. Took place in maintenance of network and computer infrastructures. -

SKILLS

Computer Skills:

Well versed in C/C++, Java, OpenGL, Several experiences with HTML, Perl, LUA and lastly Ogre3D Graphics Engine, GameBryo Graphics Engine
Little experience in Verilog, Perl, Cobol, Basic, Visual Basic, Pascal, Ruby, DirectX.

Software Skills:

Well versed in Visual Studio 2003-2005, Eclipse, IBM WSAD JCreator, NetBeans, JBuilder, MS Office.

-Have experience in 3DSMax, V-Ray
-Have a considerable experience in Photoshop and Cubase SX

Platforms:

Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 95/98, Unix/Linux, Mac OS

OBJECTIVE
Being in an executive or in a supervisor position where extensive design, technical and computer skills are required; preferably in movie and video game industry.

EDUCATION
Ar�?± College, Balgat / ANKARA / TURKEY, 1991 - 1996

Hac�?± Omer Tarman Anatolian High School, Ayranci / ANKARA / TURKEY, 1996 - 2003

Bilkent University, Bilkent / ANKARA / TURKEY, 08/09/2003(2003-2004 Fall) - 06/02/2008(2007-2008 Fall)
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Academy of Art University, San Francisco / CALIFORNIA / USA, 26/01/2009(2008-2009 Spring) - Present
Master of Fine Arts in Animation & Visual Effects

COURSE WORK

BILKENT UNIVERSITY

Graphic Drawing Tool: A tool that is able to draw the graphics of the equations given in the X - Y Coordinate System. Implemented in JAVA. Worked with 4 team mates.

Pipelined Processor Design: Computer Organization course term project. Data path and control module design and implementation in Verilog. Worked with 3 team mates on the project.

Design and Implementation of a Language Parser: Programming Languages course term project. Designed and implemented grammar (BNF) and parser of a matrix manipulation language. Implemented by using Lex and Yacc. Worked with 2 team mates.

Shrine of Hope Real Time Single Player Strategy Game: This is a project that is implemented in JAVA. It is a real time strategy game that has many components that are running together. Includes a big design done in several phases. Worked with 3 team mates.

CPU Scheduling Simulator: Operating Systems course project. Simulation of a CPU scheduler under FCFS (First Come First Served), SJF (Shortest Job First) and RR (Round Robin) algorithms. Implemented by using C programming language.

User Space File System: Designed and implemented a user space file system by using C language with a team mate. Implemented a C library for use in the project. Heavy programming with inter-process communication and threads. Worked with 1 team mate.

Unfinished Business Strategy Game: This is the senior project that is implemented in JAVA. It has Graphics, Network and Artificial Intelligence components. Includes a big design that is done in several phases and advanced programming and testing. Worked with 3 team mates.

Several OpenGL projects such as 2D Clipping, Hierarchical Modeling, Transformations, Deformations, Shading.

WABB: This is a design project to make a perfect design that includes and satisfies all GUI heuristics.

Online Auction System: A php based auction system that has databases for users and products being sold. Worked with 2 team mates.

3DHags realistic hand animation: An application that simulates the realistic hand animation and grasping of the human hand.

ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY

FIELD WORK
Designed and programmed a PHP based employee tracking system to determine and store weekly employee performance in Nurol Technology.

REFERENCES
B�?¼lent �?�?zg�?¼�?§, Chairman of Art, Design and Architecture Faculty Fine Arts Bilkent University -		-

Tolga Capin, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Department Bilkent University -		-

INTERESTS
Playing the guitar for about 10 years . Used to play keyboard to compose music. Enthusiastic movie, music fan and archiver. Amateur soccer player. Great fan of console and pc games. Fan of philosophy books. Like to travel. Been to most of the countries in Europe.

OTHERS

Languages:

Turkish (native)

English (fluent): Took several summer schools in England, Germany and awarded with a Certificate.

TOEFL November 10 2007 PBT Score 620(IBT Equivalent is 105/120)

German(basic)

Represented Turkey in Mediterranean nature conference in Tunusia.

Composed and recorded theme music for the short length movie "Diamonds aren't forever"

Arda Koyuncu's Resume (Last updated April 10th 2009)