Berksan Ates
Software Engineer at IBM
Round Rock, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolBerksan Ates is a seasoned Software Engineer with seven years of focused experience in Java/J2EE and enterprise middleware, currently working on WAS/Liberty JAX-WS development at IBM. He brings a long history with Lotus Notes and XPages from early-career roles in banking and healthcare technology, giving him deep expertise in legacy-to-modern integration. Comfortable in large-enterprise environments, he has progressed from hands-on Lotus development to specialized Java middleware engineering and application development. Based in Round Rock, Texas, he pairs practical implementation skills with an academic background in computer science coursework at Kent State and a B.Arch. from Istanbul Technical University. Colleagues rely on him for steady delivery on complex integration projects and pragmatic modernization strategies. An underappreciated strength is his cross-domain perspective—combining architecture training and decades of legacy system experience to bridge technical and business requirements.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Took prerequisite classes for MS in CS, Computer Science, 3.61, Took prerequisite classes for MS in CS, Computer Science, 3.61 at Kent State UniversityBachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning, 72/100, Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning, 72/100 at Istanbul Technical University
English, French, Turkish
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Github Skills (12)
application-server10
microservices10
runtime-environment10
composable10
server10
java10
tla3
rfc3
soap2
openliberty2
xml2
documentation1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
BerksanAtes/open-liberty
Jan 2019 - Mar 2025
Open Liberty is a highly composable, fast to start, dynamic application server runtime environment
Contributions:320 pushes, 158 branches, 3 issues in 6 years 3 months
open-libertyruntimelibertycomposableruntime-environment
OpenLiberty/open-liberty
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Open Liberty is a highly composable, fast to start, dynamic application server runtime environment
Contributions:212 reviews, 219 commits, 217 PRs in 3 years 10 months
open-libertyruntimelibertycomposableruntime-environment
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