Kemal Ugur

Co-founder & CEO at Pixery

Kemal Ugur, PhD, is an accomplished entrepreneur and expert in digital media technologies, currently serving as Co-Founder and CEO of Pixery since July 2014, where innovative mobile applications are developed to empower digital creators. Alongside this role, Kemal Ugur is also Co-Founder and CEO of Funimate, which has created a highly popular app for music and lip-sync videos, recognized among the top 10 in the Photo & Video category. Previously, in a direction role at NGCodec Inc., Kemal Ugur focused on algorithm development for H.265/HEVC products. A significant portion of Kemal Ugur's career was spent at Nokia from 2004 to 2014, where various positions included leading audio-visual standardization efforts and managing a consortium project with industry partners. Kemal Ugur holds a PhD from Tampere University of Technology, a Master's degree from The University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor's degree from Middle East Technical University.

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Pixery

Pixery (formerly known as AVCR) is a global tech company building innovative video focused apps for next generation mobile creatives. With two R&D offices in Istanbul & Ankara and a satellite office in San Francisco, Pixery is a team of 50 people developing tools used by millions of people. Pixery's first app Funimate is the fastest and easiest way to make awesome music videos with never before seen effects. Using a groundbreaking tech, Funimate packs capabilities earlier only possible in complex video editing software, in a very responsive and playful app. Funimate was featured by Apple as a "Best New App"​, selected among "Best of 2016"​ and "Editor's Choice"​ by Google. Impresso is the easiest way to create video ads for social media. Featuring more than hundred video templates suitable for every occasion, creating a professional looking video is a breeze. Impresso was featured by Apple at its launch and was recently featured at the "Today's Picks"​ globally.


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Istanbul , Turkey

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11-50

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