Tara Lutman Agacayak

Current

Co-Founder at Behind the Bazaar
Co-Founding Partner at Intarsia Concept
Co-Founder at Citara's

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Past

Information Specialist at Defense Manpower Data Center

Education

Naval Postgraduate School
Santa Clara University

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Tara Lutman Agacayak’s Summary

My goal is to see creative people build viable businesses that are both lucrative and fulfilling.

I work to achieve this goal at -

Citara's: Where I curate independently handcrafted Turkish products to promote and sell online. {http://www.citaras.com}

Behind the Bazaar: A service where my partner and I promote artisans with visits to local designer showrooms and workshops in Istanbul. {http://www.behindthebazaar.com}

Intarsia Concept: A place for creative entrepreneurs to gather and share resources.. {http://www.intarsiaconcept.com}

Tara Lutman Agacayak’s Specialties:

Observing, organizing data to divine underlying meaning, planning, strategizing, encouraging, networking, writing, sincere interest in using social media to improve business and build community to make lives better

Tara Lutman Agacayak’s Experience

Co-Founder

Behind the Bazaar

(Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Boutique-style excursions that introduce you to artists and designers that can only be found behind the bazaar in Istanbul.
Co-Founding Partner

Intarsia Concept

(Design industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

IC gathers and shares resources for people to use for building their creative businesses.
Co-Founder

Citara's

(Arts and Crafts industry)

March 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)

An online boutique of handcrafted Turkish products and stories about the designers who make them.
Information Specialist

Defense Manpower Data Center

(Government Administration industry)

September 1995 — February 2002 (6 years 6 months)

Tara Lutman Agacayak’s Education

Naval Postgraduate School

MS , Information Technology Management , 1996 — 2001

My thesis was: The Defense Manpower Data Center pay data warehouse: development and lessons learned
Santa Clara University

BS , Psychology , 1991 — 1995

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Tara Lutman Agacayak’s Groups:

Professional American Women of Istanbul (PAWI)
Chair of PAWI's Civic Involvement Committee
Global Women's Leadership Network (GWLN)
2006 Graduate of GWLN's Women Leaders for the World program