Gökhan Tekkaya is a highly experienced software engineer specializing in image processing and computer vision systems. With 16+ years of experience in the field, he has worked on the design and development of these systems as well as enterprise web services. His expertise in image and video processing, software architectural design, customer relations, and mathematical and analytical skills make him an ideal technical lead for any R&D software engineering organization. Tekkaya has a strong knowledge of message and data parsing and data distribution services focused on video distribution, as well as experience in Agile software development and good knowledge of design patterns.

Tekkaya has excellent programming skills in MATLAB, C/C++, Objective-C, and Java, and is experienced in using IDEs such as Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, XCode, Android Studio, IntelliJ, and Qt Designer. He is also proficient in using CASE tools such as Rational DOORS and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Configuration Management tools like CVS, SVN, and Git, as well as unit testing tools such as CppUnit, JUnit, AdaTEST, and TestNG. He has extensive knowledge of scientific/computation libraries such as VTK, ITK, OpenCV, Intel IPP, and libsvm, and is experienced in cloud services such as AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, Step Functions, CloudFormation, and S3.

Tekkaya holds a Ph.D.-level qualification in Computer Engineering from the Middle East Technical University. He also holds M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Computer Engineering from the same institution. Before joining Amazon Web Services as a Software Development Engineer II, Tekkaya worked at InfoDif as a Technical Project Manager, Torc Software Solutions as a Co-Founder and Owner, and MilSOFT Yazılım Teknolojileri A.Ş. as a Software Engineer.