Arif Ozcanlar

Arif Cemil Ozcanlar is a seasoned usability expert, strategist, and team leader with over 20 years of experience in the Creative and Technology fields and a decade of international exposure across multiple continents.

He excels in team leadership, collaborating closely with client teams, facilitating ideation sessions, mentoring, roadmap building, research, prototyping, and user observation.

Cemil has contributed to the development of cutting-edge mobile apps and websites for industries such as banking, insurance, telecommunications, and healthcare.

His expertise spans client and vendor relations, negotiation, partnership building, and innovative marketing strategies, all while adhering to timelines and budgetary constraints.

With a strong background in New Business Development, Sales & Marketing Management, he thrives in startup environments across diverse geographical regions, covering both front and back-end operations.

His specialties include User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Agile and Lean methodologies, Mobile and Web technologies, Strategy development, Product Management, Design Thinking, User Research, Usability, Prototyping, and User Engagement strategies.

Arif Cemil Ozcanlar holds educational credentials in Mathematics, Business Administration, and Electrical Engineering from institutions like Luleburgaz Anadolu Lisesi, Istanbul University, and Kocaeli Üniversitesi.

He has held key roles such as Managing Director at Argus Asia, and Strategic Partner at UXArmy, building on his experiences at organizations like Objective Experience, Aleph-Labs, Potoq Creative, Vega Foods Ltd, Computorium, BYTE MAGAZINE, and Softium.