Janice Ozguc
About Janice Ozguc
My name is Janice Ozguc. As a proven technology executive and entrepreneur, I drive business development, marketing and sales efforts from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. During my years in the high tech industry, I discovered a passion for building and be a part of great companies. One of my most rewarding and exciting experiences occurred when I joined Octalica as the VP of Business Development. Not only did I get the opportunity to be part of building a great start-up, who developed semiconductors for distributing multimedia content throughout the home, but I was also an instrumental member of the executive team that led the company to a successful acquisition by Broadcom. The experience of building a company and making it a success really ignites me! As a result, for many years, I have been a consultant providing a full range of business development and marketing services to start-ups and education institutions. Projects have included (1) defining business and marketing strategy (2) developing collateral for investment and customer engagement (3) developing, implementing and driving digital marketing strategies internally and managing outside firms (4) working with early stage start ups to determine the viability of an idea and build a business plan (5) defining product specs to meet targeted markets including assembling and managing focus groups and (6) other various tasks to help drive awareness and adoption of a product. During this time, I also founded my own company, Artware, with the former CEO of Octalica. Artware developed mobile apps for the social photo sharing segment using a proprietary, patented technology. Our flagship product, layrs, had a successful run with over 3M downloads prior to the current decision to sell the technology. With a strong technology base, years of business development and marketing and the last several years working with start ups, I am positioned to take on all and any new challenges!