Cem Kavuklu

Cem Kavuklu has a diverse work experience spanning various industries. Cem started their career as a Technical Office Engineer at Yüksel - İlci Joint Venture, where they were responsible for project progress reports and purchasing contracts. Cem then transitioned to Yardımcı Prefabricated Elements Inc., where they worked as a Structural Design and Tendering Engineer, specializing in 3D modeling and cost estimation using Autodesk Revit.

In 2016, Cem joined Güçtaş İnşaat A.Ş. as a Technical Office Engineer, contributing to the technical office's operations. Subsequently, they worked at Özbek İnşaat Taah. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. as a Site Manager and Technical Office Coordinator, overseeing site operations and coordinating with the technical office.

During their time at Crossover for Work, Cem held multiple roles, including Software QA Manual Tester Candidate, Software QA Manual Tester, Software QA Specialist, and Software QA Automation Engineer. In their last role at Crossover, they served as the Acting Lead Software Engineer, managing a team of 20 Automation Engineers and providing comprehensive test automation services.

Prior to that, Cem worked at TRK Technology as a DevOps Tech Lead & Python Developer, overseeing infrastructure management and developing data-gathering and reporting modules using Python. Cem then joined Scorp as a Lead QA Engineer, leading a QA team and establishing a test automation framework.

Most recently, Cem has been working at Pointr: The Deep Location Company as the Software Quality Assurance Lead, responsible for all QA processes and the creation of testing procedures and automation frameworks.

Currently, Cem is employed as a QA Automation Consultant at IP Fabric, where they focus on providing test automation services, primarily in API automation, using Python (pytest) and bash scripting.

Overall, Cem Kavuklu has accumulated a wide range of skills and experiences in software QA, test automation, technical office coordination, and infrastructure management throughout their career.

Cem Kavuklu completed their high school education at Meram Anatolian High School from 1990 to 1997, with a focus on Math & Science. Cem then pursued a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Civil Engineering at Middle East Technical University from 1997 to 2013.

Additionally, Cem Kavuklu has obtained several certifications in various areas. These include certifications in machine learning, AI foundations, recommendation system building with Python, deploying scalable machine learning for data science, decision trees in machine learning, design patterns in Python, programming foundations, data structures, databases, fuzzy logic, secure coding, test-driven development, web security, software architecture, CSS animation, algorithms, advanced programming foundations, design patterns, fundamentals of programming, and object-oriented design. These certifications were acquired from LinkedIn and were obtained between 2020 and 2021.