Alp Ocal

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Co-Founder and CEO @ BOATSY
London, GB
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London, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Alp Ocal

Endless curiosity and passion about anything digital, satisfied by 19+ exciting years of experience in this space as a senior digital business leader. During these years, had an exciting journey with incredible teams across multiple sectors, such as SAAS software services, e-commerce, OTT services, digital payment services, and online gaming services.

Alp Ocal's Current Company Details
BOATSY

Boatsy

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Co-Founder and CEO
London, GB
Website:
boatsy.com
Employees:
10
Alp Ocal Work Experience Details
  • Boatsy
    Co-Founder And Ceo
    Boatsy
    London, Gb
  • Boatsy
    Co-Founder & Ceo
    Boatsy Dec 2023 - Present
    Boatsy serves as a marketplace platform for consumers to book their sailing holidays with key features such as custom-curated routes and many value-added services to enhance the predictability of the overall quality of service for a better experience for guests and hosts.
  • Happymindlabs
    Co-Founder
    Happymindlabs Apr 2023 - Present
    London, Gb
    HappyMind is a science-backed AI-based, mental health self-help app to identify mental schemas and provide personalised AI-powered conversational therapy exercises to boost your mental well-being.
  • Comestri
    Global Coo
    Comestri Feb 2022 - Jun 2023
    Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    Lead product, delivery, tech, UK growth and sales, and marketing teams.
  • Comestri
    Service Delivery Manager
    Comestri Nov 2021 - Feb 2022
    Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    UK office coordination, growth and customer onboarding.
  • Alegra
    Founder
    Alegra Dec 2014 - Aug 2021
    London, England, Gb
    A U.K.-based SAAS multi-device e-commerce platform provider with a proprietary headless e-commerce storefront layer and unique instant e-commerce platform delivery on Magento engine.· Drove the product vision and led the creation of a robust e-commerce headless storefront and CMS layer for multi-devices on Magento engine as a SAAS service.· Served e-commerce platform and content platform services to over 46 leading global brands, including Loreal, P&G, Bosch, and Godiva and many other smaller brands for multi-devices covering e-commerce engines, websites, native mobile apps, and PWA mobile platforms, processing over £2.8M worth of transactions each month.· Built the business ground up and coordinated product, project, development, marketing, UI/UX, and finance teams of 48 people. · Oversaw multiple projects for overall scoping/implementation for building e-commerce platform and ERP, OMS, CMS, WMS and other omnichannel integrations and workflow designs. · Led the sales and marketing teams for growth and managed P&L and investor relations.Some key retail | e-commerce | B2C | B2B | B2B2C projects:- Loreal – B2C e-commerce platforms- Godiva – B2C e-commerce platforming for the U.K., U.A.E., and Turkey - B.P. & Bosch – Location-based commerce B2C – Netherlands- Micro Scooters – B2C e-commerce – U.S.A.- Etre Cecile – B2C Australian fashion brand – U.K., A.U., K.R.- P&G – B2B retail partner sales portal
  • Doğuş Yayın Grubu
    Director Of Digital Services
    Doğuş Yayın Grubu Mar 2012 - Oct 2014
    Istanbul, Şişli, Tr
    Dogus Media is the leading T.V. broadcaster group in Turkey, with 7 top-rated national T.V. channels. It is also the owner of the leading and most reputable Internet portals delivering premium content to over 12M visitors each month.• Envisioned the business opportunity in the digital video and gaming space for the group and presented the business case as a new investment opportunity. With the endorsement of these new investments, led the digital strategy of the media group and the establishment and growth of these companies.• Led the foundation of TVYO (digital video initiative), website, mobile apps, and Smart T.V. apps which became the top VOD platform in the territory by achieving 14M Unq. V. and 1M mobile downloads in 6 months from release, and in the first year, increased the group's ad revenues by 7x.• Managed a team of 42 people for product, technology, operations, and ad sales (matrix org.). • Led restructuring of all 7 T.V. channels, web portals, mobile apps, and digital strategy for better monetisation and user engagement. Reached over 6.5M registered users and 1.2M concurrent video viewers in the second year and became the country's largest premium video advertising network.
  • Mynet
    V.P. Of Gaming Services
    Mynet Feb 2011 - Mar 2012
    Istanbul, Maslak, Tr
    V.P. of Gaming in Turkey's largest Internet portal with 27M monthly unique visitors and leading online gaming company in the Middle East with over 20M global MAU (monthly active users) • Managed a team of 36 people focusing on various gaming services with Facebook games, MMO, Mobile Games, and the game development studio team.• Led the digital marketing team for growth with a USD 1.5M monthly budget and generated over $2.5M monthly revenue from in-game monetisation and ad-serving within the games.• Partnered with leading global gaming studios, including E.A. games, Bigpoint, and Webzen on game localisation projects. Brought 12 new games into the game portfolio in 2 years, including 4 in-house-built games by our game studio team; acquired incremental 1.6M MAU to the business.• Coordinated the teams and activities around Marketing, Technology, Products, Business Development, International partnerships, Customer Care, Localisation, Community Management, Ad Sales, CRM, retention, and new game acquisition/management of all commercial activities.• Led all global partnerships with Facebook, A.D. networks, agencies, Payment G.W., game development houses, and third-party partnerships.• Managed renewal of complete gaming commerce engine and related systems to accommodate new modules to upsell, cross-sell, and enable effective reporting and flexible promotion and campaign capabilities and CRM integrations in games. Increased revenues by 43% in the second year and increased the consumer lifetime by 24% with such promotions and loyalty program designs on new systems and workflow designs.
  • Sinema.Com
    Managing Director
    Sinema.Com Nov 2009 - Feb 2011
    Built Turkey's first premium video and cinema-listing portal with over 3.5M monthly viewers.· Foresaw the business opportunity and built the business case for one of the leading tech companies in the market and initiated the incorporation of the business from scratch with their buy-in and investment.· Built a team of 28 people, collaborated with a few tech partners to build the required platform software and infrastructure, and led product and tech teams.· Led the creation of all underlying technology, including content management system CMS, the establishment of e-commerce modules and workflows, ERP, the web portal, mobile apps, VMS systems, and custom video players with entitlement systems.· Led the creation of the service strategy, GTM, product feature set, and monetization model.· Managed all marketing activities, SEM, SEO, and all other growth operations and sales activities. Resulted in becoming the leading premium video advertising service with 30M video views a day and a 3x increase in unit ad revenues.
  • Paypoint Plc
    Country Manager
    Paypoint Plc May 2009 - Nov 2009
    Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb
    Country manager in PayPoint plc (digital payment business listed on the London Stock Exchange) to establish and lead their Middle East market rollout.• Conducted market expansion studies, such as market research, technology deployment plan, product roadmaps, and budgets.• Designed with U.K. H.Q. the service workflow, sales, and strategic plans for market rollout.• Reported directly to the global CEO of PayPoint H.Q. in the U.K. and worked in coordination with business development teams in the U.K. H.Q.• Built rollout budget and legal framework studies and executed the corporate structuring of the company• Led partnerships and vendor collaborations and regulatory research and relations.
  • Doğan Holding
    Director Of Product & Tech
    Doğan Holding Nov 2006 - May 2009
    Üsküdar, Istanbul, Tr
    Director of product & tech in the largest POS digital payment network company Pratik A.S. , consisting of 9.600 service points issuing GSM & utility bill payment and gift card services/transactions from the company's establishment to exit.• Led the development of a digital payment service platform for issuing bill payments and gift card services through the bank's POS terminals for consumers by leading product and tech teams of 36 people that reached 9.600 locations and $110M turnover in 24 months.• Was trained in the U.K. by industry leaders and built an adequate solution design for the local market by creating product and tech teams and working closely with them.• Managed an investment budget of $10M that resulted in PayPoint PLC (the U.K. market leader) offering x7 to acquire the company in the second year of operation.
  • Tikle
    Product Manager
    Tikle Aug 2004 - Nov 2006
    Top-Tier Value-added services partners and platform provider to Turkcell (the largest GSM operator in the Middle East) • Managed multiple web and mobile app projects in close partnership with GSM operators• Built business plans and marketing roadmaps for new services working closely with tech and marketing teams.

Alp Ocal Skills

Product Management New Business Development Mobile Applications Monetization Online Marketing Start Ups E Commerce Mobile Devices Strategic Planning Digital Marketing Management Online Gaming Mobile Games Strategy Business Development Digital Strategy Digital Media Sales Management Project Coordination Telecommunications Online Advertising Advertising Gaming Industry Vod Budgets New Media Social Media Marketing Mobile Marketing Business Strategy Team Management Online Video Web Tv Negotiation Digital Broadcast Seo Marketing Strategy Strategic Partnerships Casual Games New Business Generation Start Up Operations Budget Management Deal Structuring Localization Website Management Website Monetization Premium Video Commercialization Commercial Management Gsm Digital Payment

Alp Ocal Education Details

  • Bahcesehir University, Istanbul
    Bahcesehir University, Istanbul
    Department Of Computer Engineering
  • Sisli Terakki Lisesi, Istanbul
    Sisli Terakki Lisesi, Istanbul
    Computer Engineering

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Alp Ocal attended Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Sisli Terakki Lisesi, Istanbul.

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