Alper Sarikaya
Senior Data Visualization Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAlper Sarikaya is a Senior Data Visualization Engineer at Microsoft with 13 years of experience building analyst-facing authoring systems for Power BI and owning core visualization components and formatting workflows. He holds a PhD from UW–Madison and blends research-driven design with product engineering to make large, complex datasets immediately understandable through tailored summary-and-detail visuals. His background spans academic visualization for biological data, R&D internships at Microsoft Research, and a CTO role where he translated customer feedback into actionable visual analytics for time-series video data. An active front-end contributor to community projects like the ieeevis.org site, he pairs strong UI/CSS chops with a systems mindset honed earlier in roles managing multi-terabyte telemetry systems. Based in Seattle, he prioritizes thoughtful, user-centered design and prefers direct, one-on-one professional connections via email.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Chemistry at University of WashingtonDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
css10
navigationbar10
navigation-drawer10
html10
navigationview10
responsive-design9
tailwindcss9
user-interface8
jekyll8
interface-design8
ui-design8
github-pages7
data-visualization6
ssh6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ieee-vgtc/ieeevis.org
Nov 2017 - Nov 2021
Website for ieeevis.org
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:27 releases, 2 reviews, 439 commits in 4 years
Contributions summary:Alper primarily contributed to the website's front-end, making changes to the sidebar, navigation, and footer components. They focused on updating the site's look and feel, including CSS modifications, and ensuring proper linking and display of content across various sections. The user also addressed issues related to canonical links and overall site structure, particularly focusing on the blog's layout and navigation.
uwgraphics/d3-twodim
Jan 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:76 commits, 2 PRs, 35 pushes in 1 year 9 months
js-modulerepresentationsvisualization
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