Erdal was the founder and Senior Microsoft Instructor of CEO IT Training, which has now merged with Flane Asia Pacific After building a business from scratch and selling it Erdal joined "Kemp Technologies " as the Regional Director for ANZ. His role there is to introduce World's #1 Load Balancer to the ANZ market.
Erdal is still advising and creating content to Government departments ,Fortune 1000 companies and Information Security Professionals to ensure they are getting prepared against latest "Cyber Crime" and being able to defend their organizations against any security breaches. He is actively involved in the complex IT security solutions, and enforcing regulatory requirements to the organizations, to protect their digital assets.
Erdal is also actively participating in worldwide events as a Technical Lead and Speaker. He was awarded “Best Technical Learning Guide” and “Best Speaker” in Microsoft Technical Education Seminars (TechEd) Australia. He specializes in Windows Client and Server O/S’s; Security/Exchange 2007/2010/2013; Sharepoint2007/2010; EC-Council Security and ISO 27001/27002/ 27005.
The passion and commitment that Erdal has shown to his work has been recognized by Microsoft. In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 Erdal Ozkaya was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (Windows Expert -IT Pro) award. Erdal is also a Security Consultant and Certified Ethical Hacker Trainer.
In April 2010, Microsoft went one step further and announced Erdal Ozkaya as the FIRST Microsoft Certified Leaning Consultant in Australia. There are only very few recipients of this award in the world, with only one recipient in Australia.
Recently EC Council announced Erdal Ozkaya as the Global Instructor of the Year Award (2011 & 2012). The award was in recognition of instructors that have contributed significantly, and made a difference to the information security community by providing leading EC-Council certification programs. At 2012 Erdal won the "Circle of Excellence Award" from EC Council.
Even more recently, Microsoft Learning welcomed Erdal to the new MCT Regional Lead program. Erdal is now an MCT Regional Lead as well as in the Microsoft Learning Advisory Board
AWARDS:
2007 : Best Technical Learning Guide , Tech Ed Australia
2008 : Windows Server 2008 Heroes Happen Honour Member
2008 : Top evaluated Speaker in Tech Ed Australia
2009 : Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (WDE)
2010 : Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (WDE)
2011 : Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Expert : IT Pro
2011 : EC- Council Instructor of the year
2012 : Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Expert : IT Pro
2012: EC Council List of Honour
2012: EC- Council Instructor of the year (Circle of Excellence)
2013 : Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Expert : IT Pro
EDUCATION
2013/14 Doctor of Information Security (Charles Sturt University)
2012 Master of IT Security (Charles Sturt University)
2006 Bachelor of IT Support (UWS Sydney)
2004 Network Engineer (TAFE)
2001 Literature( Hacettepe U, Ankara)
Languages Spoken
English, German, Turkish & Arabic
Conferences Attended as Speaker :
http://www.erdalozkaya.com/page/Erdal_Ozkaya_speaking.aspx
Certifications:
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant (MCLC)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE v2)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MSCA v2)
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE v1)
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MSCA v1)
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist -Dynamics
EC Council Certified Ethical Instructor (CEI)
EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
EC Council Certified Ethical Forensic Investigator (CHFI)
EC Council Certified Licenced Penetration Tester (ENSA /LP)
EC Council Certified Security Analyst (ENSA)
EC Council Certified Network Security Administrator (ECSA)
ISO 27001 and Information Security Instructor (ISO 27001 Lead Implementer & Auditor)
ISO 27005 and Risk Management Trainer
ISO 20000 and IT Service Instructor
Palo Alto Networks Certified Instructor (Firewall Brand)
Astaro Certified Engineer (Firewall Brand)
Hacettepe University – IT Management
TAFE + in IT
To be continued