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TULIN MANGIR
Country: United States of America
Profession: Professor of
Autobiography:
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I have been an educator, consultant, manager, and trainer, worldwide, as well as, a world traveler. I have
developed several product ideas, prototypes, troubleshot projects and teams for international companies,
around the world. I have more than 20 years of technology and end-to-end product development, and large
systems development and integration experience in academic, commercial and government sectors.
In addition to academic experience, I have a broad experience base in Fortune-500, as well as
multinationals. I have also been a consultant many start-up companies in high tech and Internet based
businesses, including the European Economic Commission, and NASA (Ames & JPL). As the Director of
e-commerce, Information Technology and Information Systems programs at UCLA, where I developed
multi-platform (Microsoft and Unix/Oracle) based end-to-end e-business systems solutions for corporate
customers and start-ups.
I have several patents, more than seventy journal publications and more than a hundred conference and
book chapters. I am involved in many professional societies of IEEE, ASEE, and Women in Technology
International (WITI)- from its inception-, as well as e Business Communications Association. (eBCA)
I belong to Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum, LA Area Technology Alliance (LARTA), Digital Coast Project,
and UCLA Entrepreneurship Studies group. I take great pride and satisfaction combining technology with
business needs and have been working with many companies as an Information Systems/Information Technology
consultant, and systems consultant defining and designing business and technology strategies, building
large systems, over the years I have built many departments and business units from scratch, and the
academic programs, I have developed with NSF (National Science Foundation) support, have been used as
model programs by NSF and other academic institutions.
I am a Distinguished Lecturer (IEEE – LEOS), and Fellow candidate for the IEEE, and am listed in various
Who is Who publications, and American Biographical Institute’s 2000 Notable Women.
I have been involved in Turkish Community since my student days. In ’73 when our diplomats in LA were
assassinated, we started the first campaign for expressing the opinions of Turkish Americans. In ‘82,
when our Los Angeles Council General was murdered, we organized the first mass letter writing campaign
for fund raising, formed the first Anti-Defamation Committee, and conducted news conferences and public
briefings, including TV appearances.
I was the first Western Area V.P for ATAA, between 82-84.
I have continued my involvement in the Turkish American Community as an educator, including the Executive
Director of the ATA-SC Community School, and as a mentor to our youngsters, and university students.
Currently I am a member of the Advisory Board for Turkish Forum, and a member of Turkish American
Alliance for Fairness (TAAF).
I am the founder of new non-profit organization named “TulipGrants” to help young people, especially
people who are first time visitors to California and need mentoring and help to get started in their
career in the U.S.
Sema Karaoglu
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