I have been intrigued by computers since my mom lent me her Macintosh Classic in 1983. At the time, I was also fascinated by history, and I took that path initially, completing a PhD in History at Harvard University. I worked for years as a historian, but recently I decided to take the other path: in 2020, I completed Lighthouse Labs Web Development Bootcamp; in July 2022, I completed Datacamp's Data Analyst Certification, and in September 2022, I completed Datacamp's Data Scientist Certification. In July 2023, I passed CompTIA Security+ exam and in August 2023, I will complete Springboard.com's Cyber Security Career Track. I am now seeking work as a cybersecurity professional.
| Springboard |
Dec. 2022 to Aug. 2023
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| Datacamp |
June 2022 to Sept. 2022
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| Datacamp |
Oct. 2021 to July 2022
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| Udacity |
Apr. 2021 to July 2021
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| Lighthouse Labs |
Aug. 2020 to Nov. 2020
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| Harvard University |
Sept. 1993 to Aug. 2001
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| University of Alberta |
Sept. 1984 to June 1982
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| Canada Revenue Agency |
Victoria, BC, Canada
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| Collections Contact Officer |
July 2018 to Current
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Worked with tax payers who were late in their tax payments. From this work experience, I acquired advanced customer service skills, often helping tax payers to set up a plan to get their finances back on track and, as a result, to worry less.
| Koc University |
Istanbul, Turkey
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| Assistant Professor |
Sept. 2009 to Aug. 2017
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Taught undergraduate and graduate students east European history, researched, wrote, and published papers on eastern European history, and worked as chair of the history department.
| California State University, Bakersfield |
Bakersfield, CA, USA
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| Associate Professor |
Sept. 2002 to Aug. 2009
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Taught CSUB undergraduate and graduate students east European history, researched, wrote, and published papers and one book on east European history, and carried out various administrative duties. In addition, I created and maintained the history department's website.
| Wordle Solver |
Dec. 2021 to Mar. 2022
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I became obsessed with Wordle last December; I wrote a python script to solve it more quickly. Then I built this React web app to make the solver accessible to anyone. I am still working to improve it, but for most days, it solves the Wordle in less than 6 guesses.
| Spelling Bee Helper |
July 2021 to Oct. 2021
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I wrote the script initially in Python to help me solve the NYTimes Spelling Bee Puzzle. I then transformed the script to React and created a small web app with a user interface to make it available to anyone wanting a little help to become a "genius" on the NYTimes puzzle section.
| See O2 |
Oct. 2020 to Nov. 2020
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The site maps and tracks air quality sensors built by the three-member team, using an arduino module and aq sensor. We link these sensors to a server, which then renders them on a map. Users can click on the sensor markers to get more info and sign up for alerts whenever that sensor detects bad air quality. Users can also build/buy their own sensors and add them to the network. Stack: node, express, sockets.io, react frontend with google maps apis.
| Scheduler |
Oct. 2020 to Oct. 2020
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This scheduler is a react project that helps students to book, edit and delete appoints with interviewers. They can choose a time, enter their names, choose an interviewer and save. There is also some error handling.
| KWIZY |
Sept. 2020 to Sept. 2020
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The midterm project for LL Web Development Bootcamp. Users can take quizzes made by other users, create their own quizzes, delete their own quizzes, and share their quizzes and quiz results with others via links.
| Tweeter |
Sept. 2020 to Sept. 2020
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Tweeter is a single-page Twitter clone. It has a button to open the form to compose a tweet. It checks to see that the tweet is 140 characters or less, but not empty; it adds tweets in real time.