Background

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Sabanci Business School, Istanbul, Turkey — 2004- ..

Instructor, Sabanci University; Istanbul, Turkey — 2008-2024

Managing Partner, Ortogon IT Services; Istanbul, Turkey — 2009-2012

Developing software projects, institutional and personal education, consulting

Owner, Tanaltay IT Services; Istanbul, Turkey — 2006-2007

Developed dynamic web sites using PHP, ASP 1.1/2.0, XML, Macromedia Flash, MYSQL and MSSQL

Sales Engineer, Bimeks Ltd.; Istanbul, Turkey — 2004-2005

Auditor, Ernst&Young; Istanbul, Turkey — 2003-2004

Teaching Experience

Sabancı University; Istanbul, Turkey — Aug 2008 – Present

Full time instructor offering courses of Object Oriented Programming with Java, Advanced Java Programming, Advanced Web Programming, Mobile Programming, Big Data, Machine Learning and Consulting for Industry Oriented Graduation Projects.

Education

Sabancı University School of Management, Business Analytics and Operations Management — PhD , July 2023

Sabancı University, Information Technologies, Istanbul — M.Sc., 2007

Galatasaray University, Marketing & Logistics, Istanbul — M.Sc., 2007 Middle East Technical University, Ankara — B.Sc., 2003

Kadıköy Anatolian High School, Istanbul — 1999

Publications

Tanaltay, Altuğ, Ozturkcan S., Kasap N., Decoding Digital Engagement: A Comparative Analysis of English and Turkish Brand Post Popularity Dynamics on Platform X.  Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing, (March 2024)

Tanaltay, Altuğ and Öztürkcan, Selcen and Kasap, Nihat (2022). A cross-cultural analysis of emoticon utilization in social media branding communication.In: AIRSI2022 Technologies 4.0 in Tourism, Services & Marketing Conference, Zaragoza, Spain

Tanaltay, Altuğ and Öztürkcan, Selcen and Kasap, Nihat (2022). Unpacking emotion on social media marketing in global and emerging local market contexts with evidence from big data. In: AIRSI2022 Technologies 4.0 in Tourism, Services & Marketing Conference, Zaragoza, Spain

Tanaltay, Altuğ, Amirreza Safari Langroudi, Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaei, and Nihat Kasap. Can Social Media Predict Soccer Clubs’ Stock Prices? The Case of Turkish Teams and Twitter. SAGE Open 11, no. 2 (2021): 21582440211004153.

Ozturkcan, S., Kasap, N., Ozdinc, M., & Tanaltay, A. (2019). Digital national currency: example of Sweden and e-Krona. In 2nd International Conference on Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Financing, Valencia, Spain, December 2-3, 2019 (pp. 1-7).

Ozturkcan, S., Kasap, N., Tanaltay, A., & Ozdinc, M. (2019). Analysis of tweets about football: 2013 and 2018 leagues in Turkey. Behaviour & Information Technology38(9), 887-899.

Conferences

AIRSI 2022 International Conference, University of Zaragoza, Spain – July 2022

“A Cross Cultural Analysis of Emoticon Utilization in Social Media Branding Communication”

AIRSI 2022 International Conference, University of Zaragoza, Spain – July 2022

“Unpacking Emotion on Social Media Marketing and Emerging Local Market Contexts with Evidence from Big data”

INFORMS 2019; Seattle, Washington, USA – October 2019

“Can Twitter Data Improve the Stock Price Predictions for Sports Clubs? Case of Turkish Soccer League”

Bogazici University School of Management, Feb 2021

Can Social Media Predict Soccer Clubs’ Stock Prices? The Case of Turkish Teams and Twitter.

Corvinus University of Budapest, Jan 2021

Can Social Media Predict Soccer Clubs’ Stock Prices? The Case of Turkish Teams and Twitter.

Seminars

Sabancı School of Management, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 2021

Can Social Media Predict Soccer Clubs’ Stock Prices? The Case of Turkish Teams and Twitter.

Sabancı School of Management, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 2020

Can Social Media Predict Soccer Clubs’ Stock Prices? The Case of Turkish Teams and Twitter.

Sabancı University; Istanbul, Turkey – 2017 – 2020

Data Preprocessing with Python

Oracle University; Istanbul, Turkey — June 2018

Programming Java 8 for Turkcell

Oracle University; Istanbul, Turkey — Feb 2017

Developing ADF Fusion Middleware App. for Turk Telekom IT staff

Oracle University; Istanbul, Turkey — May 2016

Developing ADF Fusion Middleware App. for Allianze Insurance IT staff

Oracle University — Apr 2016

Developing JSF Web Applications for Istanbul Technical Univ. IT staff

Oracle University; Istanbul, Turkey — Oct 2016

Fundamentals of Java Programming for Allianze Insurance IT staff

Oracle University; Istanbul, Turkey — Aug 2015

Developing ADF Fusion Middleware App. for 9 Eylul Univ. IT staff

Kliksa-Bimsa; Istanbul, Turkey — Oct 2014

Java Programming, Developing Enterprise Applications with Spring Framework

OBSS Academy; Istanbul, Turkey — Jul 2013

Developing Web Applications with Java

Oracle University; Istanbul, Turkey — Feb 2013