Deniz K Acikbas

Application Developer and Computer Science Student

I am Deniz, a student pursuing a Computer Science degree at the University of Michigan-Dearborn`s College of Engineering and Computer Science. I have a strong interest on building mobile, desktop and cross-platform applications. I was the President and the Studio Lead of the Developers Without Limits, a community where developers voluntarily build mobile, desktop and cross-platform application for getting experience before going into industry. As Developers Without Limits, we built two projects. Those are Project Husky - a finance application designed with cryptocurrency investors in mind and Xase - a database program which helps employers to select the best candidate for software engineering positions. During the development process, I collaborated with 14 developers and created 12 UI mockups and 8 application pages for Project Husky and the entire form of Xase using Adobe XD, Windows Forms, UWP, XAML, MySQL and C#. If you can visit the experience section of my profile, you will be able download Project Husky and Xase. I also worked at WolverineSoft Studio as a UI Designer, where I made more than 30 icons and cursors and 6 UI mockups. I participate hackathons twice a week to improve my programming, design and team management skills. So far I attended 8 hackathons. We build 3 web applications, 4 Universal Windows applications and one Windows Desktop Application. One of the most impressive projects I think I made are Children`s Market, Queer Hub, Travelery, Safety my hackathon projects. I also have 11 personal projects 7 of them are Windows Desktop Applications, 2 of them are Java GUI Applications, 3 of them are Universal Windows Applications, and another one is a GUI design project. One of the most impressive projects I think I made are Hirex, 90`s Music, X Calculator and Xurrency. As you visit the featured section, you will be able to visit my GitHub profile to see more of my personal projects. I am proficient in C#, Java, Python, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS as well as XAML. For the UX/UI design part, I have experience on Adobe Creative Cloud Software (primarily Adobe XD and Illustrator), 3DS Max and AutoCAD. For task management, I also have experience on Atlassian software products (primarily Trello, Confluence and Jira). Additionally, I speak fluent Turkish and conversational German and have success and participation certificates by Automotive Summer Camp organized by leading auto manufacturers in Turkey (including Ford Otosan).

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