Ari Kesisoglu

Current

• Head of Operations, Emerging EMEA at Google
• Senior Manager, Sales Finance at Google

Past

• Founder and Managing director at kahkaha.com
• Business Analyst at Andersen Corporate Finance

Education

• INSEAD
• Bogaziçi Üniversitesi

Connections

332 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Blog

Ari Kesisoglu’s Summary

Highly experienced in developing sales plans and guiding its execution in online media. Specialized to monetization in fast growing/highly volatile environments such as start-ups, emerging markets or emerging products; INSEAD MBA.

Ari Kesisoglu’s Experience

• Head of Operations, Emerging EMEA

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  April 2009 — Present (9 months)

• Senior Manager, Sales Finance

  Google

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GOOG; Online Media industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)

  Emerging Markets & New Media Platforms (Youtube and Display Ads)

• Founder and Managing director

  kahkaha.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  September 2000 — August 2003 (3 years )

• Business Analyst

  Andersen Corporate Finance

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

  September 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Ari Kesisoglu’s Education

• INSEAD

  MBA , MBA , August 2003 — July 2004

  Awarded INSEAD Alumni Fund (IAF) Diversity Scholarship

• Bogaziçi Üniversitesi

  BA , Business , 1995 — 1999

  Ranked 16th out of +1 million in Turkish University Entrance Examinations

Additional Information

Ari Kesisoglu’s Websites:

• My Blog