CURRICULUM VITAE
General Information
Name - Surname: GÖKHAN
e-mail: yeltang@doruk.net.tr
Date of Birth: 07/ 07/1971
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Single
YELTAN
Place of Birth: Istanbul/TURKEY
Nationality: Turkish
Military Service: Completed
Driving License: B class
Professional Experience
January 2004-: Bilgi Birikim Sistemleri Ltd. Co., Project Manager
I was responsible for vendor relationships (IBM, HP, CA), the whole enterprise computer hardware business,
pre-sales customer consultancy, solution design, and customer satisfaction related to:
 Intel based servers
 Hard disk storage systems, (DAS, SAN, NAS, iSCSI), tape storage systems (drives, autoloaders, libraries),
optical disk storage systems (magneto drives and jukeboxes), storage management and backup management
software
September 2001-December 2003 : Tepum Technology Co., Product Manager
I was responsible for vendor relationships (IBM, Compaq, HP) and pre-sales customer consultancy and solution
design, up to the proposal level, related to:
 Intel based servers (IBM, Compaq, HP, Intel)
 Desktop, notebook and pocket PCs and workstations (IBM, Compaq, HP)
 Disk (DAS, SAN, NAS, iSCSI) and Tape Storage systems (IBM, Compaq, HP), Storage Management and
Backup Management Software (Tivoli, OpenView, Computer Associates, Veritas, Legato)
January 2001- February 2001 : IBM Turk Ltd. Co., System Sales Specialist, (Competitive Sales Division,
Enterprise Systems Group.)
I was responsible for pre-sales customer consultancy and solution design, up to the proposal level, related to:
 RISC based UNIX servers (IBM RS/6000, e-server pSeries)
 UNIX based operating systems (IBM AIX, Linux)
 Clustering and disaster recovery systems (IBM HACMP & HAGeo)
 IBM RISC based UNIX servers’ competition against Sun, HP, Compaq
 IBM Intel based NT (Netfinity & NUMA-Q) servers’ competition against Compaq, HP, Unisys, Dell
 IBM Storage systems’ competition against EMC, Hitachi, Compaq, HP, Sun
February 2000- December 2000 : Prosoft Communication Systems Ltd. Co., Pre/Sales & Product
Marketing Specialist
I was responsible for pre-sales customer consultancy and solution design, technical product marketing activities
up to the proposal level, related to:
 UNIX operating systems on Intel architecture (SCO Unixware, Caldera Linux)
 Clustering systems (SCO Non-Stop Clusters)
 Network Computing (Tarantella) over WAN and network bandwidth optimization
October 1997-January 2000 : BILTAM Group of Companies., Pre/Sales Engineer, Product Manager
I was responsible for technical relations with vendors, pre-sales customer consultancy and solution design, up to
the proposal level, related to:
 Computer systems (Compaq, HP, IBM, Microsoft), especially Intel and RISC CPU based servers
 Peripheral systems (printers/scanners, -SCSI/fiber- storage systems, etc.)
 Software systems (relational databases, ERP, communicaton, convertion, Internet applications)
 Network infrastructure systems (Campus LAN switches, WAN access routers)
 Multiservice applications over IP and Frame Relay, node integration with PBXs by 3rd party devices
 Backbone integration with Turkish Telecom Authorithy’s ATM, TDM (Frame Relay, Leased Lines), PCM
(leased lines, X.25) networks by digital, analog; baseband, broadband; asynchronous, synchronous modems
 Internet and ISP turnkey systems including security (hardware, software firewall products)
 Wireless LAN systems (BreezeCom/AiroNet) - Personally participated on-site, in a remote IBM Host access
project
 Videoconferencing systems (PictureTel) over ISDN, PRI/BRI conversions - Personally participated on-site, in
an interactive, live, overseas medical symposium project
 Structural Cabling systems (Lucent Technologies, Molex)
 Server-based thin client computing systems (Microsoft, Citrix) for LAN, WAN and dialup access
March 1997-August 1997: Sistek Computer Services Ind. & Trade Ltd. Co., Sales Engineer
I was responsible for pre-sales customer consultancy and solution design, up to the proposal level, related to:
 Computer systems, especially Intel CPU based servers
 Network systems, especially workgroup LAN
 Oracle RDBMS systems for customized enterprise commercial/industrial applications
 2.4 GHz wireless automatic identification and data acquisition devices and networks
July 1996-February 1997: Bilesim Publishing Co., Editor-in-Chief of “Industrial AUTOMATION”
I was responsible from all parts of the monthly technical periodical except commercial ad pages. The sections
included technical articles, periodical columns, new product introductions, short sectoral news, personally
prepared detailed research files, (two published and one other to be published in 4 issues) interviews with
specialists; all on industrial control & communication technology and applications.
On-Job Training
August 2004: EMC EMC CLARiiON Sales Training, Istanbul-TURKEY
May 2004: IBM Tivoli Solutions Sales Specialist, Internet
March 2003: IBM Migration and Uptime Offerings, Internet
January 2003: HP ENSA Storage Solutions, Amsterdam-NETHERLANDS
December 2002 : Compaq/HP Network Storage Systems, Istanbul-TURKEY
November 2001 : IBM e-server xSeries Sales Support Specialist, Istanbul-TURKEY
October 2001 : Compaq Proliant ASE (Accredited Systems Engineer) Windows 2000, Istanbul-TURKEY
February 2001 : IBM e-Server and Storage University at South EMEA, Rome-ITALY
February 2001 : IBM Enterprise System Group Solutions for Telco. Industry in EMEA, Nice-FRANCE
October 1999 : Motorola WAN Technology, Istanbul-TURKEY
June 1999
: Telindus E-Business & Security on Internet, Istanbul-TURKEY
June 1999
: Motorola Voice over IP (VoIP) and Voice over Frame Relay (VoFR) Tech, Ist.-TURKEY
April 1999
: 3Com Enterprise Networking, Istanbul-TURKEY
1999
: Cisco Many partner training sessions by Cisco Turkey/EMEA, Istanbul-TURKEY
1999
: Biltam ISO 9000 Series Quality Management, Istanbul-TURKEY
June 1998
: Telindus TCP/IP and ISDN, Istanbul-TURKEY
October 1997 : IBM NETeam Partner Training, Istanbul-TURKEY
October 1997 : R&C Consultancy Sales Training, Istanbul-TURKEY
May 1997, October 1998, November 1999: HP NSP (Networked Systems Professional) , Istanbul-TURKEY
1997 – 1999
: BreezeCom, Extreme Networks, Lucent Tech., Microsoft, Molex, PictureTel, RAD
Education
1995-1999 : MSc, Bosphorus University - Dept. of Electrical Engineering (GPA: 3.06/4.00)
1989-1994 : BSc, Istanbul Technical University - Dept. of Electrical Engineering (GPA: 2.80/4.00)
1982-1989 : Istanbul English High School (GPA: 7.13/10.00)
1977-1982 : Istanbul Dost College (Degree: Excellent)
Academic Training
September 1992 : Makina Kalip San. A.S., Dept. of CNC Systems, Istanbul–TURKEY
August 1992
: SISECAM Genel Mudurlugu, Dept. of Systems & Automation, Istanbul – TURKEY
July - August 1991: E.D.P. (Electricidade de Portugal) Lisbon – PORTUGAL
Personal Information
Computing Experience:
Platforms: Intel-based computers Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Application Software: Office: MS Office XP, Engineering: AutoCAD, Mathematica, MATLAB, PSpice
Browsers: MS Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator
Configurators: Cisco ConfigMaker, Motorola Designer, Compaq , HP, IBM configurators
Foreign Languages: English (advanced), French (intermediate), Italian (elementary)
Sports: Basketball, tennis, table-tennis
Arts: Music (Keyboard, organ, piano)
Fields of Interest: Automation (Mechatronics), Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, International Relations,
metaphysics, music (rock, new age, jazz, classics), movies, Internet, chess