Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Presentations
Honors Awards
Publications
Timeline
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Irfan Okay

New York City

Summary

Very versatile and ambitious scholar with extensive research experience and top notch teaching skills in muitiple STEM academic fields.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Algorithmic Trader

OKAY Group IT Services
01.2021 - Current
  • Developing Software Applications for Algorithmic Trading.

Assistant Professor of Applied Economics and Finance

Dalton State College
08.2016 - 08.2020
  • Overall Average Course Evaluation: 4.5+/5 Courses Taught: Risk Management, Finance Case Studies, Business Statistics, Quantitative Business Analysis, Essentials of Business Computing

Data Analyst

Enterprise Business Solutions
03.2014 - 08.2016

Assistant Professor Of Mathematics

Dalton State College
08.2008 - 01.2013
  • Overall Average Course Evaluation: 4.5+/5 Courses Taught: Developmental Mathematics, College Algebra, Precalculus, Calculus, Statistics, Differential Equations, Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms, Numerical Analysis.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD - Mathematics

North Carolina State University
08.2004 - 05.2008

Post-Doctoral Bridge Certificate - Finance

University of Florida
01.2018 - 04.2019

Economics

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
06.2013 - 05.2014

Bachelor's of Science - Mathematics

Mersin University
09.1995 - 05.1999

Skills

Presentations

  • Fifth International Conference on Dynamic Systems and Applications Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, May 30 - June 2, 2007, 28th
  • Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations (SEARCDE) University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 10-11, 2008
  • Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS 2008) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Murray State University

Honors Awards

  • Summa Cum Laude - North Carolina State University, 08/2008
  • Phi Kappa Phi - North Carolina State University, 05/2005, 4.0 Coursework GPA
  • Valedictorian - Mersin University, 06/1999
  • Study Abroad Scholarship - Turkish Ministry of National Education, 08/2002, Merit Based Annual Nationwide Scholarship
  • NAEP Consultant - US Department of Education, 04/2011
  • NSF Research Assistantship - National Science Foundation, 08/2006

Publications

  • Completions of implicitly defined linear time varying vector fields Linear Algebra and its Applications
  • Sep 1, 2007Linear Algebra and its Applications
  • Sep 1, 2007
  • The additional dynamics of least squares completions for linear DAE's Linear Algebra and its Applications, Volume 425, Issues 2-3, Pages 471- 485
  • Sep 1, 2007Linear Algebra and its Applications, Volume 425, Issues 2-3, Pages 471- 485
  • A Multi-Round Teaching Strategy Journal of Academic Excellence, Dalton State College. Feb. 2018Journal of Academic Excellence, Dalton State College. Feb. 2018
  • A New Approach to Developmental Mathematics (Textbook)A New Approach to Developmental Mathematics (Textbook) The book utilizes a new pedagogical approach to teaching developmental mathematics that is aimed at students who lack the necessary background to succeed in a traditional curriculum. NAEP project. The book utilizes a new pedagogical approach to teaching developmental mathematics that is aimed at students who lack the necessary background to succeed in a traditional curriculum. NAEP project.
  • A New Strategy for Riemann Hypothesis Arxiv, Dec 2017Arxiv, Dec 2017
  • An Analysis of Optimal Stopping Strategies for Assets of High Volatility In Progress
  • Identifying and Isolating Key Implicit Concepts and Skills in an Academic Course. Journal of Academic Excellence, Dalton State College., April 2018Journal of Academic Excellence, Dalton State College., April 2018
  • Stabilized Least Squares Completions of Linear Differential Algebraic Equations Conference Proceedings, Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS 2008)

Timeline

Algorithmic Trader

OKAY Group IT Services
01.2021 - Current

Post-Doctoral Bridge Certificate - Finance

University of Florida
01.2018 - 04.2019

Assistant Professor of Applied Economics and Finance

Dalton State College
08.2016 - 08.2020

Data Analyst

Enterprise Business Solutions
03.2014 - 08.2016

Economics

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
06.2013 - 05.2014

Assistant Professor Of Mathematics

Dalton State College
08.2008 - 01.2013

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD - Mathematics

North Carolina State University
08.2004 - 05.2008

Bachelor's of Science - Mathematics

Mersin University
09.1995 - 05.1999
Irfan Okay