Akif Arsoy

About

• 16 years of professional experience in the U.S., 4 years in Switzerland, 1 year in India • 15+ years in team management (team size ~200) • 10+ senior management years reporting to CEO • P&L, strategy, product and engineering management • Experience in the Internet and Telecom industries

Experience

• Google (Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Director, Product Management
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Reporting to Senior Director Commerce, Merchant Shopping

  • Group Product Manager
    Apr 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Reporting to Director, Product Management. Commerce, Merchant Shopping.

• VP, Engineering and Product Development at sahibinden.com
  Dec 2011 - Mar 2022 · 10 yrs 4 mos

  Reporting to CEO, managing department of ~200 employees. sahibinden.com is one of the top five classifieds platforms in the world serving 7 billion monthly pages, over 40 million monthly unique visitors with over 900 employees.

• Vice President of Product Management at Telenity
  Jun 2009 - Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  Reporting to CEO. Telecom equipment vendor with deployments in over 40 countries in the EMEA and APAC regions.

• Product Manager at VeriSign
  Apr 2004 - Jun 2009 · 5 yrs 3 mos

  Reporting to Senior VP, Next-Generation Products

• Director of Engineering at sentitO Networks, Inc.
  Jul 2002 - Apr 2004 · 1 yr 10 mos

  Reporting to VP, Engineering. sentitO was a startup focusing on last-mile infrastructure for VoIP-based networks.