Curriculum Vitae

WORK EXPERIENCE

• November 1994 ­ Present, Controller (contract position)
  
  • Bytown Marine Ltd.

    In a project oriented environment, responsible for operating, maintaining, enhancing, and automating financial control systems, also preparing SR&ED claims, and remittances.
    Monitored monthly financial processes, job costing, segment reporting.
    Augmentation of financial system led to increased efficiency and effectiveness in job costing.

• January 1991 ­ Present, Principal
  
  • S.H. Tekbas & Company

    Provided attentive service for small businesses, including financial statements preparation and analysis, tax planning, preparing, and filing (individual, corporate).
    Service also included bookkeeping, payroll, monthly statements, installing and customizing computer software packages, on­site training and support.
    Incorporation of modem use speeded up and simplified some applications.

• October 1988 ­ September 1991, Accounting Supervisor
  
  • Executone of Ottawa Ltd.

    Performed the whole accounting function, including A/R, A/P, payroll, bank reconciliations, collections, invoicing, financial reporting.
    Supervised staff, upgraded communications equipment leased by and sold to customers on files in order to streamline revenues from maintenance agreements.
    Instrument in designing and setting up a data base that identified each customer with status.
    One year leave of absence in 1989 for Bernier & Partner's, C.A.'s. Resumed work in 1990 as contractor.

• October 1989 ­ April 1990, Staff Accountant
  
  • Bernier & Partner's, C.A.'s

    Responsible for monthly bookkeeping, accounting, payroll, and taxes of clientele.
    Performed a two­year compliance audit for four departments of Sports Canada.

• June 1986 ­ September 1988, Financial Administrator
  
  • T. Okeren Architect Ltd.

    Managed office of six employees with concentration on personnel, G/L, A/R, A/P, bank reconciliations, payroll, and financial statements up to trial balance.

• September 1982 ­ September 1985, Teaching­Research Assistant
  
  • U of S, Department of Economics

    Taught, lectured, and marked examinations in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics.
    Compiled and reorganized data on Canadian and American manufacturing industries, built econometric models, applied fixed coefficient regression techniques.
    Analyzed time series of cross section (panel) data on the largest ten publicly held Canadian corporations. Reexamined and rebuilt a random coefficient regression model to utilize, test, and forecast the investment finance decisions based on the 'Market Value of the Firm'.

• September 1981 ­ September 1982, Accounting Chief
  
  • Cukurova Holding, Baytur Construction Co.

    On campsite, responsible for reporting progress on infra structure project to head quarters and government.
    Performed G/L, A/R, payroll, and international money transfers on behalf of company and employees.
    Worked out money transfer impasse, intermittent labour grievances subsided.
    On assignment in Libya, one year contract.

• September 1978 ­ July 1981, Bank Officer
  
  • Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

    Dealt with exchange transactions, served customers, communicated with chartered and correspondent banks.
    Instrument in founding Clearing House of Branch. Trained staff from participating chartered banks. Supervised and reconciled daily clearing meeting sessions.

• May 1976 ­ August 1978, Cost Assessor
  
  • State Hydraulic Works, Turkey

    Tracked maintenance­repairs and operational costs of machinery. Prepared charts to reflect on performance and productivity of each machine.