I was born in July 6, 1976, in Aksaray, Turkey. My dad is Saban Yaman; and mum’s name is Rukiye. I have two sisters: Mine (born in February 4, 1978) and Meltem (born in January 5, 1985).
I lived in Gulsehir, a small beautiful town of Nevsehir in Cappadocia in Central Anatolia, for most of my childhood (1978-1987). We moved to Aksaray and then to Mersin. At Icel Mersin Anatolian High School, I played volleyball:
Turkish volleyball license
and won several prizes in Turkish volleyball championships:
Second prize in volleyball championship
and learned science and math (1989-1994) with GPA 3.98 over 5.00:
High school diploma - Icel Mersin Anatolian High School
I got a BS degree in Math from Koc University (1994-1998) with GPA of 3.20 over 4.00.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
During my studies, I’ve been presented an award from the president of Koc University:
Award letter from the president of Koc University
For about 8 months, I worked for a textile company (1998-1999), from 8/8/98 to 5/5/99 to be exact!
Then, I have attended Marmara University Faculty of Engineering towards master of science degree in Computer Science and Engineering (1999-2002). The dean of Marmara University Faculty of Engineering kindly granted an award for my part in implementing the quality standards at the university:
Award letter from the dean of Marmara University Faculty of Engineering
During numerical analysis course, I started programming in the first months of 1997. I learned Fortran (77 and 90) and Visual Basic (3.0 and 4.0) together with databases Microsoft Access (2.0, 95, 97) and Microsoft Excel with VBA macros for operations management and optimizations. I worked on Wavelet Theory and its applications on world stock exchange markets.
I can say that at Marmara University I got the real logic behind programming esp. after attending digital design, programming languages, compilers, databases and e-commerce courses. With the help of sophisticated instructors, I had a “feel” of various programming languages such as Ada, C, Pascal, C++, Java, Prolog. I wrote C++ console applications for Artificial Intelligence and Fuzzy Logic theory to work on ECG heart signals.
I had a chance to be a research and teaching assistant (for database and software engineering courses). I also maintained and improved student affairs database application written using Delphi and Interbase. I wrote a small ASP web front-end for students. I showed Oracle and MS SQL Server databases to my students. I taught Visual Basic courses. With a close friend of mine (Yusuf Sahin), I administered faculty’s web and email servers running on Solaris, Linux and FreeBSD. I always liked trying and learning new things. Perl and PHP were two of these. On my spare times, I worked as a freelance programmer.
I got married in October 2002. I resigned from my job at Marmara University, and came to the UK.
Esra & Murat at Galatasaray University campus
For about 6 months I worked at various odd jobs. After I met Matthew Bell and finished two projects for Bell IT 2000 Ltd (now Bell ICT Ltd) within 6 months, I established Argeus Solutions Ltd in September 2003. I also became a partner at Employee Share Plans Software Ltd in 2006.
Since then I have been programming, maintaining and managing database applications on Microsoft (IIS, Access, SQL Server, ASP) and open source platforms (Linux, Apache, Firebird, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML).
Bell IT 2000 Ltd - Christmas dinner 2005
Some of the clients I have worked for, directly or indirectly, are:
1stStepUK.co.uk
4-rail.com
AmbaConstruct.com
Amiran Kenya
Amiran Zambia
AutomationPartnership.com
Balton CP Holdings
Balton Tanzania
Black Cat Couriers
CarolineCharles.com
CarolineWebster.co.uk
CIFUK.org
creativezones.com
DashLocums.co.uk
DigitalAnnexe.com
Dizengoff Ghana
DramaticMedia.net
Elite Limousines
FindFashions.co.uk
FrescaGroup.co.uk
InfoActive.net
J De Bruyn Flooring
Knighton Group
LocumPlacementGroup.co.uk
Mercedes-Benz
Orange.co.uk
Plextek.com
RSLocums.co.uk
ZooFashions.com
Esra & Murat - valentines dinner 2011
