Ozgur Akbaba

Senior Frontend Engineer

IBISWorld•  January 2019 - Present

IBISWorld is the world’s largest independent publisher of market and company research reports on thousands of industries and products across the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and China. • Implementation of the User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI) designs (Figma) and business logic for the new features and functionality into high performing, responsive, and scalable public-facing web products with reusable, modular code structures tracked by quarterly set OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, .NET (VB, C#, Microsoft Azure, and Azure DevOps (TFS/Git)), AWS and Umbraco CMS • Migrated the legacy source code of six geo-targeted retail websites into a single codebase and a global, multi-lingual e-commerce website which increased the Organic Traffic up by 20% YOY • Refactored the legacy Industry Insider blog and developed a new Industry Classifications web application by using Umbraco CMS (ASP.NET C#) as the back office with custom web services (Rest API) using Node.js/Express and Next.js (a React based framework) for the client-side development • Designed the new Information Architecture (IA) for the buyer’s journey and developed custom payment modules with Stripe which increased the retail sales up by 15% and conversion rates up by 40% YOY • Collaborated with the Design and Product Teams for the ideation and development of the global IBISWorld Design System based on Material Design and Constraint-Based Design Principles which reduced the time to market by 25% • Improved the overall site performance (Core Web Vitals) and accessibility (a11y) by 30% (all page templates scoring above 90) by utilizing common UX patterns and technical SEO best practices • Functioned as a technical leader and skilled resource to drive organizational growth toward modern web development technologies, continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and decoupled architectures

Senior Front End Developer, Contractor

Hogarth Worldwide•  August 2018 - October 2018

• Implemented and deployed a large-scale, multi-lingual, and complex client facing retail website within a cross-functional team by utilizing modern web development technologies and version control tools (SVN) with Agile methodologies (Scrum) for an external client

Senior Frontend Engineer, Technical Program Manager

Dgmnd VR•  November 2015 - April 2018

Dgmnd VR is the Extended Reality (XR) and emerging technology R&D division of Dgmnd. • Designed, implemented, and deployed an interactive Augmented Reality (AR) booth showcased at ICCI 2016 with Unity and Vuforia AR SDK • Produced, designed, and developed a web-based 360 virtual tour for Kos Island, Greece with WebVR (A-Frame) • Awarded as one of the Global Top 360/VR Content Creators by Pie VR and Veer TV Platforms in 2016 and 2017 • Prototyped, optimized, and built next generation immersive XR projects and original 360 video content for YouTube 360 and Head-Mounted Displays (HMD) including Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Google Daydream View with Unity • Produced and co-directed professional 360 music video for Sony Music Turkey released on YouTube • Produced and co-directed professional 360 promo video for Mey Diageo showcased at Contemporary Istanbul 2017

Frontend Engineer

Dgmnd•  January 2010 - November 2015

• Key technical owner to assess, improve, and manage complex, multi-disciplinary web software development projects from ideation to delivery of high-quality consumer-facing products and services within project scope, schedule, and budget • Designed, developed, and deployed Istanbul Technical University’s (ITU) website with Sitefinity CMS and Microsoft Technology Stack (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, .NET (C#) and MVC) in collaboration with ITU IT Department • Selected as one of the fastest-growing companies and supported by Microsoft BizSpark program in 2015 • Designed, implemented, deployed, and maintained more than 30 responsive, adaptive, content-first, SEO optimized websites, and digital web products utilizing Cloud Services (Azure, Google Cloud Services) on Windows and Linux servers with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS Frameworks including Bootstrap and Foundation, using WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Sitefinity as Content Management Systems (CMS) • Designed, manufactured, developed, and operated a custom built Photo Booth used for Fox Crime’s Turkey launch campaign for FOX Network Group

Full Stack Web Developer

Dgmnd•  December 2007 - January 2010

Dgmnd is an award-winning digital design, production, and development agency. • Designed and developed a web-based Client Resource Management (CRM) software with ASP.NET (C#) and MySQL to improve client support and service-level agreements (SLA) by 60% YOY • Designed, developed, and maintained a 3D promotional microsite for Gerolsteiner with Papervision3D and ActionScript 3 • Implemented and maintained an interactive Augmented Reality (AR) magazine cover for an independent digital life-style magazine by ActionScript 3 and custom generated QR codes • Developed award-winning websites, online marketing campaigns, and digital services for advertisement, entertainment, and consumer industries developed with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash (ActionScript) and .NET (C#) languages

Software Developer

Siemens•  October 2006 - November 2007

• Designed and implemented unit and component tests which reduced errors pushed to production to less than 25% for a large-scale and distributed network management and control system (NMCS) developed with ASP.NET (C#) and MsSQL • Implemented user interface (UI) designs, including prototypes, and design iterations with C#, C++ and MsSQL in Microsoft Development Stack • Actively developed and tracked development cycle with version control systems SVN and IBM Rational ClearCase • Implemented maintainable and extensible code in a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary global development team

Bogazici University, İstanbul

Software Engineering, MS•  September 2007 - June 2010

Department of Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.58

Bilkent University, Ankara

Computer Information Systems, BS•  August 2002 - June 2006

Department of Computer Technology & Information Systems, GPA: 3.39