Arif Gürsel

StoreMode™ helps shoppers answer the two most popular questions, “Do you have it?” and “Where can I find it?”. Point Inside’s search, recommendation, and mapping services help connected shoppers make an in-store purchase. StoreMode™ powers the mobile platforms of Target, Lowes, and Meijer.

Discovered is a music driven dicovery platform that allows user to learn about new music, products and services that most interest them. Curated by industry insiders; "Hear New Music & Meet New Brands". Availble on iPhone, Andriod, Windows Phone, and Connect TV platforms.

While at Microsoft I worked closely with the team at Par Springer-Miller on the architecture and development of their next generation property management solution purpose built for the cloud including mobile functionality. I drove a considerable investment in the developemnt of this solution, oversaw the architecture and development and worked with executive team to drive customer adoption.

While at Microsoft I worked closely with the team at Suitelinq to transition their on-premise in-room guest experience solution to the cloud. In addition I created a mobile application that used restful services to connect multiple properties to other property solution to drive integration via mobile applications.

I drove the strategic partnership between Microsoft and OpenLabs which introduced the cutting edge Miko all in one computer and music instrument targeting the Pro-fessional and Hobbyist computer musician. In addition to technology roadmap we also drove strategic marketing initiatives with some of the planets largest musicians and celebrities to drive awareness of the PC as a viable production platform.

As the lead PM for audio and video features, I deployed changes in class drivers for global hardwae manufacturers, drove innovation in pro-audio features, and implemented UI changes for manipulating sound which included introduction of audio roles and the multi input audio mixer.

I was in charge of driving the development and marketing effort of a startegic partnership between AVID and Microsoft with the goal of driving feature parity between the solution offering on the PC and Mac platform. This also included updating the midi functionality in the core Windows operating system

This was the first entertainment title ever released on the Xbox Platform. Not only am I on the cover of this title but I also served as producer. This title pioneered karaoke in games, opening system trays without console reboots, AMG database updates of CD titles and the first game console to connect with a PC for shared funtionailty.

The console that changed the "game". We baked all of the learnings from Xbox and the Xbox titles into this console including visualizers, advanced music integration, and expanded entertainment scenrios via Xbox Live.

This was the first game console offering from Microsoft. As a SDET with the platform team I was resposible for developing atest frameworks and scripts. to test core functionality.

The precursor to the Kinect device, Xbox vision brought interactive visuals into game consoles. This device enabled video chat in game.

This was an aggregated game demo title. Released quarteyly it allowed gamers to play demos of upcoming releases prior to hitting store shelves. The disc were distributed via Xbox magazine and given out at retail outlets.