Arif Gursel Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Los Angeles, CA, US

8genc is led by executives with a combined 50+ years of experience building, deploying, and amplifying entertainment and consumer brands for Fortune 500 companies. We provide strategic guidance and top-notch execution to those participating in and making a living off of the creative economy. We partner with professional creatives, consumer brands, and.

Seattle, WA, US

• VIBEHEAVY is a brand, movement & company. As its founder and chief vibe officer, I lead music, film, and fashion ventures through the holding company VIBEHEAVY Inc. and its various subsidiaries. We specialize in.
• Microsoft
• Salesforce
• Twitter
• Netflix
• Coogi

Mountain View, CA, US

I lead efforts to drive platform growth by striking innovative partnerships to support the subscriber acquisition and retention goals for YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium and partnerships that support the broader Music product area.

Los Gatos, CA, US

I lead the global partnership with Google, one of Netflix’s most strategic global partners. I work to deliver an amazing Netflix experience on Google devices and services. I operate as the organizational glue between business development, product development, product marketing, business operations, and partner engineering to influence Netflix’s positive.

San Francisco, California, US

I led the Ecosystem team at Heroku, a business unit of Salesforce, driving over $100MM ARR for the division with 30% YoY growth. As the GM, my team consisted of technical product and program managers, software engineers, marketers, and designers who partnered together to plan, build, and deliver consumer cloud platform features and partner apis. I led the.

Bellevue, Washington, US

I joined Point Inside as the first product leader in a fast-growing startup. I led the product strategy for a team of 60+ engineers, product managers, and UX designers, building a white-label SaaS platform that powered the shopping experiences for customers of Target, Lowes, and Meijer. Our SDK and mobile apps provide location-based mobile SaaS solutions.

I joined MyStay through the acquisition of technology assets developed by VIBEHEAVY. As CTO and Chief Product Officer, I designed next-gen set-top boxes and integrated TV systems to deliver OTT content to limited-service properties. By driving a superior linear programming UX and F.A.S.T. (Free, Ad-Supported, Subscription, and Transactional) VOD, MyStay.

Seattle, Washington, US

• At Zillow I drove innovative product development for the largest revenue generating business unit. My role oversaw the product development roadmap, sales strategy and execution. I reported to the VP of Sales and Ad Ops.
• Discover and validate market problems; define and size market opportunities.
• Provide direction for strategy, technical, operational, and marketing aspects of portfolio products.
• Lead engineering to deliver features from detailed requirements and prototypes.
• Drive go-to market planning, positioning, pricing, and the buying process.
• Key product and technology evangelist and authority for platform.Accomplishments:

Redmond, Washington, US

• Responsible for setting and directing technical strategy for industry solution areas of:-Gaming-Point-of-Sale (POS)-Property Management Systems (PMS)-Casino Management Systems (CMS)-In-Room Guest Experience Solutions I.
• Signed largest partner cloud deal (8MM committed revenue)
• Created “Restaurant of the Future” (concept) deployed at National Restaurant Association
• Partnered to develop the industry’s first purpose built SaaS property management system (PMS)
• Successful conversion of Linux based slot machines to Windows Embedded for IGT and Aristocrat

Redmond, Washington, US

• As a Technical Global Alliance Manager I was responsible for increasing Microsoft and partner revenue by creating new flagship products and innovating within current offerings. In this role I managed partnerships and.
• Founder of Microsoft Audio Music Partnership AMP Alliance (Breadth Engagement Organization)
• GISV Partner Collaboration Award 2009
• Drove license revenue of $100MM through alliance portfolio engagementsGlobal Alliances Managed (Account Portfolio):
• Consumer: Nero, Sonic, Avid
• Media/Entertainment: AVID, Pinnacle, Roland, Yamaha, Cakewalk, Open Labs, Gibson

Redmond, Washington, US

• As the PM on the Audio and Video Excellence team in the Digital Media Division my responsibilities covered both audio and video. In addition to feature ownership I was responsible for UX design and the “Go To” person.
• Pro-Audio API development (Apple Compete)
• UI design of the Windows Volume Control
• PM owner of Audio Roles (Default, Communication)
• Creator of Windows Audio Summit
• Video PM: Evangelize the global eco-system of feature adoption Accomplishments:

Redmond, Washington, US

• As the first technical member of the Xbox Alternative Entertainment team I was responsible for creating products and scenarios to push the capabilities and expectations of video game consoles. In this role I was.
• Feature development of new entertainment titles
• Developed, implemented, and managed software testing processes and procedures
• Managed a team of 20 (internal/external) software test engineers
• Drove external focus group testing requirementsOverall Accomplishments:
• Patent Award: Method and Apparatus for Managing Sounds in a Gaming Console

Seattle, Washington, US

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Technology & Corporate Strategy

Bs, Computer Science

High School, Architecture