Vural Cifci

Vural Cifci

Director, Digital Design and Development @ Abu Dhabi Media Office

About

Global business executive with 20+ years driving organizational growth, market expansion, and digital transformation across enterprise and high-growth technology companies. Track record of scaling businesses from startup to $100M+ revenue, expanding into 19+ international markets, and building high-performance teams. Proven ability to deliver measurable business outcomes: 900% sales growth, 100% YoY revenue increases, and 75% cost optimization. Demonstrated expertise in AI implementation for marketing operations, business intelligence, content automation, and predictive analytics to drive competitive advantage

Country

United Arab Emirates

City

Abu Dhabi

Industry

Entertainment

Skill

Expert Advisor, Business Advising, Online Marketing, E-commerce, Web Analytics, SEM, Digital Marketing, SEO, Digital Strategy, Mobile Marketing, Product Management, Marketing Strategy, Strategy, Online Advertising, Email Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Digital Media, Marketing, Customer Acquisition, Product Development

Experience

Abu Dhabi Media Office

Director, Digital Design and Development

Abu Dhabi Media Office

LinkedIn
2026-1 - Present · 9 mos

Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Cineshort

Board Member

Cineshort

LinkedIn
2023-12 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos
İTÜ Çekirdek

Startup Mentor

İTÜ Çekirdek

LinkedIn
2021-7 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Istanbul, Turkey

Radian Arc

Advisor

Radian Arc

LinkedIn
2022-10 - 2026-3 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Western Australia, Australia

RadianArc is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service business that provides cloud gaming, AI and DaaS solutions.Radianarc.io specializes in deploying GPU compute, storage, and networking infrastructure within telecommunications service provider networks. Services are designed to create a highly distributed, local GPU edge, which allows for Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and cloud gaming services and DaaS to reach a vast number of consumers and businesses

STARZPLAY

SVP of Growth

STARZPLAY

LinkedIn
2024-1 - 2025-12 · 2 yrs

Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Kapsch TrafficCom North America

Vice President Global Digital Product Management and Marketing

Kapsch TrafficCom North America

LinkedIn
2022-5 - 2023-12 · 1 yr 8 mos

P&L responsibility for North American operations of Uproad (Kapsch TrafficCom subsidiary). Led organizational restructuring and process optimization to achieve profitable growth in competitive mobility technology market. ▪ Delivered 100% YoY Monthly Recurring Revenue growth while expanding active subscriber base by 25% ▪ Reduced operational costs by 51% YoY through team efficiency optimization and process automation ▪ Achieved LTV:CAC ratio exceeding 3:1 while reducing Customer Acquisition Cost by 75% ▪ Generated $5M+ MRR pipeline through B2B website relaunch and lead acquisition optimization ▪ Increased organic search traffic by 96% and subscriber conversion by 84% through content strategy implementation ▪ Reduced churn rates by 25% across active subscribers and trial users through retention program design ▪ Established Voice of Customer framework integrated with product development and support operations ▪ Launched trial subscription program generating 100% increase in paid channel conversions

Earth Class Mail

VP of Marketing and Mobile Product

Earth Class Mail

LinkedIn
2020-10 - 2022-5 · 1 yr 8 mos

Executive oversight of mobile product development and marketing operations for mail management technology platform. Led organizational transformation across four business units: Brand & Content, Product Marketing, Performance Marketing, and Marketing Operations. ▪ Exceeded iOS App adoption targets for Q4 2020 and 2021 among existing customer base ▪ Increased organic search sign-up rates by 12% YoY through technical development collaboration ▪ Reduced Customer Acquisition Cost by 37% YoY across performance marketing channels ▪ Launched referral and advocacy programs driving word-of-mouth acquisition and third-party platform ratings improvement ▪ Completed analytics and customer messaging technology stack migration for mobile applications ▪ Implemented marketing automation supporting transactional, sales, and customer communications ▪ Deployed lead nurturing and Account-Based Marketing systems for B2B customer acquisition ▪ Integrated Voice of Customer framework into product development cycles

SITO

Vice President- Digital Media Strategy

SITO

LinkedIn
2018-12 - 2020-9 · 1 yr 10 mos

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Strategic leadership of client marketing solutions and data platform operations. Collaborated with product development and account teams to deliver cross-channel media strategies for retail, automotive, entertainment, travel, and healthcare clients. ▪ Led infrastructure migration of SITO Mobile and third-party data systems ensuring CCPA compliance ▪ Managed transition of Demand-Side Platform data and active campaigns to third-party Bidder-As-a-Service solution ▪ Directed data science team in audience development and campaign execution optimization ▪ Established attribution modeling framework for online activities and offline conversions across multiple verticals ▪ Implemented outsourcing strategy for client overflow management maintaining service level agreements

STARZPLAY

Vice President (VP) of Digital Marketing

STARZPLAY

LinkedIn
2015-10 - 2018-12 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Built and scaled digital marketing operations for premium American content distribution across 19 MENA countries. Executive responsibility for web, digital, email, social, affiliate, search marketing, and mobile applications. Presented strategy and performance outcomes to board members, company executives, and global partners including Samsung, Apple, Huawei, and Etisalat. ▪ Exceeded business plan targets through digital marketing and business intelligence strategy execution ▪ Scaled platform from 50,000 to 40M+ monthly users and 1,000 to 700,000+ paying subscribers within 24 months ▪ Generated 3M+ app installs through multi-channel acquisition strategy ▪ Reduced customer acquisition costs by 50% within 12 months of implementation ▪ Increased Facebook following from 5,000 to 2.3M+ through CRM-social media integration and targeting optimization ▪ Implemented Customer Lifecycle model with CRM (IBM Silverpop) and social media integration ▪ Established user experience optimization framework and conversion rate improvement tools for product team ▪ Created structured KPI reporting system for bounce rate, funnel conversion, and content consumption analysis

Emirates

Vice President (VP) of Digital Marketing

Emirates

LinkedIn
2015-4 - 2015-10 · 7 mos

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Digital marketing strategy integration with corporate objectives and global performance-based marketing framework development. Led multi-channel attribution models, lifetime value models, audience segmentation, and retargeting initiatives. Managed technology partner identification, contract negotiation, RFI processes, and procurement coordination. ▪ Reduced Meta Search Marketing operational and administrative costs by 21% YoY through business case development ▪ Decreased advertising unit costs by 40% through Programmatic DMP Platforms and direct publisher inventory acquisition ▪ Generated $6.4M annual positive impact through single campaign optimization ▪ Developed search engine marketing load factor and origin-destination model for cost reduction

Education

Roosevelt University

Roosevelt University

LinkedIn

Management Information Systems, General

Istanbul Technical University

Istanbul Technical University

LinkedIn

Engineering

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