Education

Ph.D. , Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University

M.S., Business Management - Computer Information Systems, Colorado State University

M.S., Civil Engineering - Water/Waste water, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

B.S., Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Certificate in Business Management, Business Management, San Antonio College

Biography

Dr. Cesur has more than 20 years of experience in Engineering, Information Technology, and Project/Program/Strategic Management/Management fields. He has been working as an Application Support Manager (GIS, Database, Web and other enterprise and cloud applications/systems) at DCHC MPO currently. He has worked in private, public, and academic sectors nationally and internationally at various roles and capacities including analyst, program manager, manager, adjunct professor, consultant and Sr. Consultant. He has been licensed as Professional Engineering (PE) in the State of Texas, and have project management professional (PMP), Certified Floodplain Management, Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP), and ESRI Authorized and Certified Instructor and have been teaching ESRI certified GIS classes since 2003 with excellent feedbacks, ESRI Enterprise Associate and ArcGIS Desktop Associate and Professional and CompTIA - Certified Technical Trainer Certifications (CTT+) certifications. He is a reviewer in several Journals, and committee member and advisor in GIS/IT/Water related national/international organizations such as Journal of American Water Resources AWRA, Air and Waste Management Journal, GITA, HarmonIT, Floodsite etc. He is being awarded various awards in GIS including Special Achievement in GIS in 2004 and being listed as GIS Expert in Who’s Who in America List since 2009.