Tayfun Bilsel is IT Manager & Systems Analyst of Welding Alloys Group, a leading welding technology provider located 27 locations worldwide.

He is responsible for the all aspects of the WA Group information infrastructure including application development, web development, databases and other information services.

He holds an MSc in Information Technology (Software Engineering) from the University of Liverpool and degree in Computer Technology & Programming from Bilkent University. His professional experiences include 10 years in information technologies as an IT manager, system analyst, software developer and engineer. He also worked for computer and software industry as a director in Turkey.

His software skills including object oriented programming languages, scripting languages as well as databases and socket programming. He also comfortable with Linux operating systems and networks.

Tayfun likes to be involved with others to develop open source software projects on the internet. His life in Cambridge includes developing himself and reading the latest developments in software and computer industry.