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Received his BS degree on Electronics / Communication Engineering from Technical University of Istanbul. Worked as des’gn and test engineer on telecommunication systems Turkey (NETAŞ Northern Telecom - Istanbul), Germany (ALCATEL SEL- Stuttgart) and Belgium (ALCATEL BELL Lab. - Antwerp).  After returning to Istanbul, started a multimedia design company of his own. Since 1999, teaching multimedia / visual communication design at Istanbul Bilgi University,Sabancı University, İstanbul Technical University, Yıldız Technical University. Exhibited his photography work at La Mama Gallery ("city and eye" - 1997) and at The Gallery Marmara-Manhattan ("alice in whirling land"- 2003) in New York. Ertan is co-organizer of the first technology and art festival in turkey -TECHNE06- in 2006. Ertan is the founder of  a-m-b-e_r Body-Process Arts Association, which is a platform for research, production, education and networking on new technologies in art.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
SABANCI UNIVERSTY, Istanbul
(2006-2007 fall & spring)

Instractor ; VA402 4th year students’ project studio; SSBF VACD
Instractor ; VA33 Web Design; VACD FASS

Instractor ; VA33 Web Design; VACD FASS
VA344 Animated Design on the Web; VACD FASS

(2004-2005 & 2005-2006 spring)

Instractor ; VA402 4th year students’ project studio; SSBF VACD

Instractor ; Computer Graphics; TBT Master Degree Program

As a fulltime teacher, I have been giving lectures on Multimedia Design, Multimedia Production and Multimedia Programming and Physical Interface Design at Istanbul Bilgi University, VCD Department, since 1999.
Detailed information can be found at www.bilgi.edu.tr/vcd and at www.forumist.com/forumist/vcd.

I am also giving seminars on new media at Design Culture and Management Sertificate Program - IBU, since 2000. Detailed information can be found at www.bilgi-tasarimsertifika.com

FORUM, Istanbul
(June 1997 -present)

Established a company named FORUM with Murat Germen as partner. Services given are photography, publication and multimedia design and production. FORUM is legally declined by the end of year 2000. But the name continues with me as a free-lancer.

Web Sites:
- Çatı Dans Association; www.catidans.org
- TECHNE Digital Performance Platform
- IstanbulForum; communication site on urban planning problems of İstanbul; www.istanbulforum.net
- product web site www.wallaby-tr.com
- Translation Site www.otomatikceviri.com for ES Bilgisayar. User interface and management application.
- Identity and program interfaces for a local software company
- Web site for Telos Glass, hand made glass company.
- Firm web site www.datainsaat.com for Data Construction Co.
- Yarn trade portal and content management system design and application for Agro Market, Çalik Holding. www.yarnline.com
- Web site for Istanbul liaison office of David Game, London
- www.boysan.com for Aydin Boysan Architects.
- Web site for the presentation of “Iznik Tiles and Rüstempasa Mosque” CD-ROM for for Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture
- A database driven web site for monitoring service members that provides press cuttings online to customer, for the publication and broadcast monitoring company Ajans Press
- Medya Bilgi Bankası, Web Site; database driven web site for an information providing company

CD-ROM design and production:
- Multimedia presentation of qSTC-Turkey; IT education company
- Educational CD-ROM for Kotonline web site clients for Agro Market.
- “Iznik Tiles and Rüstempasa Mosque” for Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture
- “Askaynak Interactive” Firm Profile and Product Catalog for Eczacibasi & Lincoln Electric
- “Eston Ardiçli Evler” Presentation CD-ROM for Eston Insaat A.S.
- Firm Profile for MIAR Architects.
- Presentation CD-ROM for “Ya Da” Theatre Company
- CD-ROM Catalogue for BOSCH Power Tools, for Bosch Turkey.
- Promotion CD-ROM for a music group supported by JTI (Tobacco Company)

Publication Design:
- cover design for music CD "Steel & Bamboo" by Genji Ito
- identity, leaflets and package design for Wallaby, mobile telephone accesories producer company
- Company Identity and brochures for qSTC-Turkey; IT education company
- A monograph for Aydin BOYSAN
- 16-page brochure for Boysan Yapi Planlama industrial construction systems
- A 60-page presentation booklet and visualization of Ardiçli Evler Master Plan for Eston Insaat A.S.
- Design and pre-press production of a monthly business magazine named “Turkish Business World”

ALCATEL BELL, Antwerp, Belgium
(March 1995 - June 1996)

Company Background: ALCATEL Design and Development Unit

As an engineer, I was responsible for design and development of S/W modules of Line Device Handling.

My duties were:
Detailed Design and coding of Line Device Handling module for EC8.0 (new S/W release based on Object Oriented Modeling analysis).
Modification and implementation of different features on Line Device Handling modules for various ongoing projects.
Design Assistance for Test, for Line Device Handling module for the Belgium Telecom project.

ALCATEL SEL, Stuttgart, Germany
(February 1992 - July 1994)

Company Background: ALCATEL Design and Development Unit

As a design engineer, I was responsible for the design and development of S/W modules of Trunk Device Handling (TDH) Subsystem for 24 channel PCM and Service Circuit Device Handling (SVCDH) Subsystem of SYSTEM-900 (GMH2000) exchanges.

My duties were:
Modification and implementation of 24 channel PCM Trunk Device Handler module (used in an Asia project previously) to GMH2000.
GMH2000 feature implementations on TDH module.
Writing PCM Alarm Handling code for 24 channel TDH in assembly language.
Implementation of Service Circuit Device Handler (FMM, SSM and ASM parts which were used in different projects previously) to GMH200 (specifically USA project).
Design and coding of R1 sending and receiving for USA project on GMH2000.
Implementation of R2 sending and receiving for Mexico, Tataristan and Netherlands.
Designing and coding RSIG (Service Circuit SSM) R2 registering in a data driven way so that it can be used for any country via different relational data tables. First application was Indonesian R2.
Design and coding of DTMF sending for Roomer-Port feature of USA project on GMH2000 and many other features in TDH and SVCDH.

NETAS, Istanbul, Turkey
(September 1988 - January 1992)

Company Background: A joint venture of Northern Telecom of Canada, manufacturing DMS-100, PBXs and telephone sets.

Research and Development Department, Domestic Design Section

As a design engineer I was responsible for Trunk Device Handler (32 ch) and Trunk Signaling Modules.

My duties were:
Development of Trunk Device Handler and Signaling Control Units, which have been partly designed for NETAS's small rural exchanges.
Overall design and development of Trunk Device Handler and Signaling Control modules, PCM Alarm Control Interface including firmware, R1 and R2 trunk signaling and maintenance on ELIF exchanges (a rural exchange up to 10.000 subscribers which has been designed and developed by NETAS).
I took part in a team of five engineers for top-level design (including a new operating system) of a new S/W for ELIF exchanges. I designed and partly coded modules for port scanning and network switching. I also designed and coded Trunk Device Handler and Trunk Signaling Modules with all aspects.

(May 1986 - February 1987)

Quality Control Department, H/W Design Quality Control Unit

As a quality control engineer my task was to design, develop and apply quality control methods on the H/W design to sustain the quality standards.

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME, SURNAME : EKMEL ERTAN
CONTACT ADDRESS : İlyas Çelebi Sokak 9/10 Cihangir 34433 BEYOGLU ISTANBUL
TELEPHONE : 0212.252370 / 0532.4738971
AGE : 44

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
2007 - Ma in Interactive Media Design at Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Art
1983 - B.Sc. Degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ISTANBUL, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

OTHER RELEVANT TRAINING
Microprocessors (Motorola, Intel) NETAS, Turkey
Small Rural Exchanges NETAS, Turkey
System-12 S/W Concept (FMM, SSM) ALCATEL SEL, Germany
System-12 Integration ALCATEL SEL, Germany
VAX Tools for System-12 Testing ALCATEL SEL, Germany
CHILL S/W Programming Language ALCATEL SEL, Germany
S-900 (GSM) System Introduction ALCATEL SEL, Germany
OO Analysis for Call Handling ALCATEL BELL, Belgium
Introduction in The Booch Notation ALCATEL BELL, Belgium

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
Intel Assembly
PL-1
PLM
CHILL
C
C++
HTML, ASP, VBSCRIPT, JSCRIPT
LINGO, ACTINSCRIPT


PERSONAL INTERESTS
I play percussion.
My other interests are cinema and cooking.


WORKS
PHOTOGRAPY WORKS
-“Conceptual Meets Ordinary” Photo installation; Kaffee Haus, Tunel – İstanbul; September 2006
- Whirling Istanbul (with Murat Germen)
Marmara-Manhattan Gallery, New York, 30th January-30th March 2003;
VakıfBank Gallery, Ankara, 27th January-15th February 2004;
Diyarbakir Sanat Merkezi, Diyarbakır, 20th February- 5th March 2004.
- City and Eye
La MaMa La Galleria, New York, 16th January-2nd February 1997
- International Photograph Awards; Honorable Mention in Professional Photography, City Scapes; for Whirling Istanbul series.

INSTALLATIONS AND NEW MEDIA WORKS
- curator and director of amber'07 body process arts festival, 9-17 November 2007, İstanbul; www.a-m-b-e-r.net
- Belly-C: Interface for Belly Dancer; Research and performance project – under development
-“Tribute to Buddha”; Video installation; Sinopale 1 – Sinop Biennial; 15 Aug- 3 Sep 2006; amber'07, 9-17 November 2007 İstanbul.
- Co-curator and organizer of TECHNE06 International Istanbul Digital Performance Platform - 17-22 April 2006; www.techne-net.org
- Video Installation; Alice I; Darphane-i Amire; During Europist Meeting -2005
- Interactive Installation (live video, sensors and programming); OUT/IN OUT in exhibition “tele-Kent” (“tele-City”) at Siemens Art Gallery, Istanbul, 31 January – 1 March 2005
- Realtime interactive light design for JUST MARKING; dance piece by Özlem Alkış & Pep Garrigues with Ekmel Ertan; Performed at Taksim Sahnesi September 2004; CND Panten Paris, April 2005; CNDC Angers April 2005; Fondation Cartier Paris September 2005; TECHNE06, İstanbul April 2006
- TECHNE Digital Performance Platform - Design and execution of TECHNE's Presentation Night at Roxy, İstanbul, May 20th 2004