TANLA BILIR

tanla [at] gatech [dot] edu
portfolio: www.tanlabilir.com

2008 Spring - Current

School of Literature, Communication &Culture website www.lcc.gatech.edu
Redesigning and maintaining the website

2007 Aug-Current

Mermaids
Mermaids is a massively multiplayer game (MMOG) developed around the principle of utilizing large-scale emergent group behavior as a design material. The game takes place in an underwater fantasy world in which players are part of a new generation of an extinct mermaid, or merrow, society.
I am a team member of the project and I am responsible for 3D modeling, texturing, animation, art direction, and print graphics.

2008 Fall

Digital Improvisation
This research focuses on the roots of human creativity, as it relates to the development of artificial intelligence (AI). I am a member of a team that examines the cognitive functions of improvisational actors through the process of protocol analysis and behavioral coding. I am responsible with camera and lighting setups, data coding and interviewing with the actors.

2005-2006

Department of Communication website www.comm.fsu.edu
Redesigning and maintaining the website

2003

Project Midas (Financial Planning Service) of HSBC
Core team member of the Project Midas team. The key role between business and IT departments during the project, beta-tester of Banksoft program, programmer of Financial Planning Model, a financial program based on VB with MS-Excel front-page, designing all printed and online marketing materials.

2003 - 2002

HSBC Premier Project
Active participant of the project as designing all printed and online marketing materials.

Web Design

PHP, CSS, HTML, Dreamweaver

Graphic Design

Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks

2d Design

Flash

3d Design

Maya

Programming

Java, Processing, Flash Actionscript , Visual Basic

Video Production

“Digital Video Production Certificate” from Florida State University
After Effects, Avid, Pinnacle Studio

Statistics

SPSS

Office

Ms Office -Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project-, Lotus Notes, Outlook

Academic

Northwest, Blackboard

Banking

Banksoft, Transact, DBOS,

2008 Jan-Current

Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Literature, Communication &Culture
Graduate Research Assistant

• Redesigning and maintaining school’s main website www.lcc.gatech.edu
• Creating a personal website for the school chair

2005 Jan-2007 Aug

Florida State University Department of Communication
Program Assistant

• Scheduling
• Drop/adds
• Grade changes and incomplete grades
• Room Reservations
• Book Orders
• Web site design/management

2004.May – 2001.Feb

HSBC Bank A.S. / Istanbul-Turkey
Assistant Manager /PFS Product Management and Marketing Department

• Product Management (Investment, Deposit, Structured Products): Product / Service Development, Research And Analysis, Internal Notification, Publicity, Reporting, Answering Customer Request & Questions, Pricing, web site content management
• Product Management (Credit Card): Product / Service Development, Research and Analysis, Internal Notification, Publicity, Reporting, Answering Customer Request & Questions, Pricing
• Product Management (Credit Card Additional Services): Credit Card Loyalty Program (DemirAvantaj), Travel & Home Assistance Program (DemirYardım), Mileage Program (Milpuan) Product / Service Development, Research and Analysis, Internal Notification, Publicity, Reporting, Answering Customer Request & Questions, Pricing

2001.Feb – 1998.Feb

Demirbank T.A.S. / Istanbul-Turkey
Supervisor / Retail Sales Department

• Branch Coaching: Auditing the Branch Progress, Setting Branch Targets and Observing Realized Targets, Retail Loans Campaign Management, Customer Visits, Branch Visits, Coordination of Branch& Headquarter Relationship, Determination of Target Customer Segments, Branch Trainings,

2007 – current

Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Digital Media program

2005 - 2008

Florida State University
Master of Science in Interactive & New Communication Technologies program

1997 – 1993

Istanbul University / Istanbul-Turkey
Bachelor of Economics

1993 – 1990

Kadikoy Suadiye High School / Istanbul-Turkey
Mathematics

English

Good command of writing/speaking/comprehension

2002

Wall Street Institute/Istanbul

1997 -1996

Marmara University Foreign Languages Research Center/Istanbul

Turkish

Native language

2007 Max Carraway Employee of the Year Award nominee

2008 Spring

• CS8803-Creativity and Design Cognition

This seminar engages in readings and discussions about the nature and studies of creativity and design cognition, ranging from the literature of design thinking and methods, representations and theories on design, models and computational support for creativity, and design process or collaboration.

• LCC6650-Mermaids Project Studio

Please refer to the information under projects section

2008 Fall

• COA8843-Design Games

An interdisciplinary class to explore, research and design physical and virtual games that challenge and stimulate our intellectual and physical conditions, enhance skill building, social interactions, decision making and designing

• LCC6650-Mermaids Project Studio

Please refer to the information under projects section

• LCC6650-Digital Improv Project Studio

Please refer to the information under projects section

2008 Spring

• LCC6312-Design, Technology, and Representation

Exploring the social and historical contexts of technologies of representation ranging from orature (oral literature) to computer programming languages, the nature of technological literacies, and uses of technology to represent social identities. Consists of both critical analyses and the creation of digital artifacts.

• LCC6650-Mermaids Project Studio

Please refer to the information under projects section

2007 Fall

• LCC6310-Computation as Expressive Medium

Georgia Tech School of Literature, Communication &Culture
The goal of this course is to learn Java programming in the context of an art and design practice, that is, to understand computation as an expressive medium. Weekly readings/discussions of seminal articles in computational media with Java programming projects designed to exercise specific technical skills as well as encourage conceptual explorations in computational art and design.

• LCC6311-Visual Culture & Design

Georgia Tech School of Literature, Communication &Culture
Explores visual media through a mutually instructive and integrated interplay between critical analyses and the creation of digital artifacts.

2007 Spring

• ART5929-Advanced Animation

FSU College of Arts & Sciences
This class is structured to provide students with advanced tutorials and conceptual strategies for the production of professional, relevant, and well-crafted time-based artworks. Weekly high-level technical demonstrations will build upon Maya, Final Cut Pro and Flash.

• RTV6425-Multimedia Project Planning

FSU College of Communication
Course topics include: Planning and documentation, production, persuasive media, design strategies and presentation strategies.

2006 Fall

• COM 6403-Foundations of Integrated Marketing Communication

FSU College of Communication
This course is designed for students who will become decision makers in almost any company concerned with consumer/customer communications including:  advertising, public relations, promotions, Internet, marketing, media, and client organizations. 

• RTV 5325-Documentary  Video Production

FSU College of Communication
This class will explore the contemporary world of documentary video theory and practice with an overview of the history and major trends in documentary theory and production. The course will combine critical viewing skills with practical instruction in documentary production.

2006 Summer

• COM 6400-Foundations of Digital Video Production

FSU College of Communication
This course is a video production class emphasizing the fundamental skills of digital video including shooting, audio recording, lighting, non-linear editing and production planning.

2006 Spring

• COM 5339 – Interactive Programming and Design for the Web

FSU College of Communication
This course covers the principles of effective web-based communication, vector based graphics, cell animation, interface, information and page design, website development, architecture and server-site strategies.

• COM 5316 – Statistical Methods in Communication Research

FSU College of Communication
This course introduces a wide range of quantitative methods that can be used to address research problems. SPSS for Windows version 13 is used through the applications.

2005 Fall

• COM 5338 – Desktop Multimedia

FSU College of Communication
This course focuses on computer hardware and software in the design, production, and delivery of multimedia communication. The tools and techniques in this course are relevant in publishing, advertising, entertainment, and education.

2005 Spring

• EME6507 - Multimedia Design & Development

FSU College of Education
Guest Student
During the Spring 2005 semester, we created new Instructional Systems web site which can be seen from
http://saint.coe.fsu.edu/departments/epls/Instructional_Systems_Website/index.htm

2009

• Presenting Data and Information by Edward Tufte

2003

• Forward Transactions and Derivative Products / TBB
• Effective Communication and Leadership / Internal
• Product Development in Retail Banking /TBB Atilla Tormus
• Financial Mathematics / Done Consultancy

2002

• Interim Credit Card / Internal
• Investment & Treasury Products / Internal
• Insurance Products / Commercial Union
• Money Laundering / Internal

2000

• Basic Accountancy& Bank Accountancy /Göksel Yücel, Yücel Ercan
• Explaining Macro Economic Indicators  / Deniz Gökçe
• Banks Act

1999

• Upper Excel, Visual Basic, Ms Access / Ant Egitim
• Effective Time Management / Victor Sidi

1998

• Lotus Notes, Upper Word, PowerPoint / Ant Egitim
• Effective Sales  / Ekser Danışmanlık
• Transact, Banksoft / Internal
• Understanding Human Behaviors / Mehmet Gürkaynak
• Telephone Doctor