About

Industrial engineer, editor and PIM consultant, based in İstanbul.

Emre Güneş in front of his book wall

I'm an industrial engineer who loves automation. I studied at Galatasaray University in İstanbul, then did a master's at Grenoble INP. My first job was product manager for notebook and desktop computers at Beko. I stayed ten months.

Then, by a series of coincidences, I started a lighting design magazine. I was the editor-in-chief of PLD Türkiye from 2006 to 2018: 66 issues. From 2007 to 2014, I was also the Turkish representative of the PLDA (Professional Lighting Designers' Association). I organised more than 20 events: conferences, workshops, Guerrilla Lighting, light walks. I wrote editorials and spoke at events in Turkey and abroad. When I started, Turkey had no independent lighting design offices. When I stopped, it had more than ten.

In 2014, I co-founded Ağustos Teknoloji to bring innovative lighting brands to Turkey. In a market that looks at price first, we win specification projects through our relationships with lighting designers and architects.

Since 2015, I've also worked as a consultant for lighting manufacturers: first on marketing, then on product data. Today I work with several lighting manufacturers on 4 continents: North America, Australia, Asia and Europe. I help them run their product data from a PIM (Product Information Management): a single source of truth. It's the engineer in me: I find a process that people repeat by hand, and I automate it.

Career

since 2014
Co-founder, Ağustos TeknolojiIncluding consulting for lighting manufacturers since 2015.
2006 to 2018
Editor-in-chief, PLD TürkiyeIncluding the PLDA representation in Turkey, 2007 to 2014.
2005 to 2006
Product manager, Beko

Education

  • Master's, Industrial Engineering. Grenoble INP - UGA, 2003 to 2004.
  • Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering. Galatasaray University, 1998 to 2003.

Languages: Turkish (native), English, French.

I live in İstanbul. I read a lot, and my shelves are on this site: Reading.

Some of my writing is personal: personal essays.

Recommendations

He is a lighting enthusiast in real therms. Very extrovert innovative personality, full of new exciting ideas. It is always a great pleasure to meet him in various lighting sector activities, exchanging ideas and feel updated about recent developments.
Dilara Altınok, Lighting Application Manager, Schréder
Emre Güneş is a lighting professional who does his job really well and has a command of every aspect of his field. Beyond the scope of his work, he also has effective communication skills and the ability to work with others.
Damla Altuncu, Professor, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi Automatically translated from Turkish.
During the time of our co-operation and beyond, Emre has always been a loyal, honest and most professional business partner and friend. With his abilities, adaptability and dedication, Emre was an asset to the business and I highly recommend him
Jeremy Delport-Barrett, Area Sales Manager Southern Germany, PROCOPI
Emre is a very result oriented, social and committed person. He has established a unique network in Lighting sector. He, himself has been an advocate of "Lighting Designers" as a profession. He always had an innovative approach to build up a qualified community in Lighting environment. He is capable of producing a marketing approach in his field from scratch and execute it with great results. He has a deep knowledge about Lighting Industry, designers, architects and engineers on national and international levels.
Banu Uçak, Creative Director, förni
He brought a new, high-quality approach to the Turkish lighting sector. With his meticulousness, his openness to new ideas, his sense of quality and his refined taste, Emre is a reliable partner whom we greatly enjoy working with.
Hakan Unsalan, Project Manager, LITPA LIGHTING CO. Automatically translated from Turkish.
I heard about Emre for the first time from Architect Piero Castiglioni in Milan. He gave me Emre's contacts then we had possibility to meet in Frankfurt during light+building 2012. His talent to contact people easily, his knowledge and passion for lighting design were my first impressions of him. In addition, I think he plays a key role as being a meeting point of professionals in lighting design sector in Turkey.
Baran Bacak, Founder and MD, Curateur Atelier
Emre Güneş is a smart, talented, responsive and reliable professional. You can see a great energy directed effectively on the topics he is responsible of. At the end.. you can be sure to see great results without any doubt.
Korhan Şişman, Founder, PLANLUX
I met Emre Gunes for the first time during PLDA Light Focus conference at L+B 2010. He is get an ability to connect people easily. His enthusiasm conduct him to promote Professional Lighting Designers with an Architectural Lighting Day in Istambul. Personally, thank you for writing an article on Lighting Culture in Turkey in Luminous 6 magazine!
Vincent Laganier, President, LZL Services
I have been following Emre's efforts to better the lighting business in Turkey with great pleasure. He has managed to turn PLD magazine to a very beneficial unique platform for all of us in the sector. His efforts to combine local and international professionals call for recommendation. I believe he will be an asset to any organization that he is in. His energy and vision will take him up the ladder which I will be very happy to follow.
T. Fırat Kasapoğlu, Freelance Executive Producer, Self-employed
He is very active and passionate about his work!
Elettra Bordonaro, Principal and Creative Director, Light Follows Behaviour Limited
Emre is one of the most enthusiastic and active members of the lighting community I have ever known and I respect him greatly for his contribution to our cause. I also regard Emre as a friend and would not hesitate in recommending him.
Paul Traynor, Principal Designer & CEO, Lightr Lighting Design
Light Collective spoke at the Architectural Lighting Day event organised by Emre and we were highly impressed by both the programme he had put together and the logistical organisation of the day. He had assembled an excellent array of speakers with a wide range of subject and his marketing worked as the attendance was high.
Martin Lupton, Co-founder, Light Collective UK
Emre is a well organised marketing specialist whom looking from a engineering menthal side. We worked several times with him and in these works he was well organised, really creative and forever positive. I hope that to work with Emre again.
Kagan Firat, Lighting Engineer, LEEDLITE
Emre Güneş is a connection point for lighting sector.  He is the creator of many stunning events which gathers local and international players together.  He is known to stay calm and positif even in most complicated situations.  I am sure he will keep on "illuminate" the sector with his energy.
Serkan Özkök, Head of Sales Trade, LEDVANCE
It was a great pleasure working with Emre. As Osram we always enjoyed participating the PLD events as visitor or sponsor. The organisations always were well realised. The early planning and transparency gave us a secure and trustful workflow. I am looking forward to work with Emre in the future.
Volkan Çallar, Lead Client Solutions Manager, Global Strategic Accounts, LinkedIn
Emre is very well known as the PLDA representative in Turkey. Always positive, enthusiastic, full of energy. Whenever I had questions about some of our projects in Turkey, he was always there to help and give advise on local matters. I would definitely recommend him.
Koert Vermeulen, Founder & Principal Designer, ACT Lighting Design
Emre organised a large event with lectures and demonstrations of architectural lighting design in Istanbul. He invited me to speak at this event. The whole event was very well organised and raised the profile of architectural lighting. I was impressed by Emre's skill and abilities. Mark Sutton Vane. Sutton Vane Associates.
Mark Sutton Vane, Director, Sutton Vane Associates
The Istanbul ALD October 2010 was such a success because of Emre and his team. The synergy among speakers was great and the response and interaction with the audience and participants has been fantastic. many potential collaboration arises from this wonderful interaction. great planning and execution, Emre !
Kulapat Yantrasast, Creative Director and Founding Partner, WHY Architecture
I think extremely highly of Mr. Emre Gunes, and therefore it is my great pleasure to write few notes of recommendation on his behalf, for his future career development. During the occasion We works together he demonstrate very high professional. He is very well organized, diligent in his work. Mr. Gunes is very likeable and ambitious person. I have no doubt that he will be a serious and enthusiastic professional in his field, and someday a successful senior level manager. Sincerely, Marco Palandella
Marco Palandella, Professor of lighting technique, SUPSI
Emre is dedicated to organising events which further the lighting design industry, inviting international speakers to Turkey in order to share ideas.
Sharon Stammers, Co-founder, Light Collective UK
Emre is a very professional, knowledgeable and determined person who understands the lighting market .It was always my pleasure to work together with Emre and he was always suprised me with his innovative thoughts : I believe that he successed a very important thing for the Turkish lighting market ; the lighting design is imposed as a profession with his contribution
Zeynep Akkaya, Secretary General, AGID
Emre is doing fantastic work for the PLDA in Turkey. He is an assent for the Architecture Lighting Design field, his country and the PLDA organisation. As we are representing the Organisation in the Middle East it is a real pleasure to have some one to share the love of good Lighting Design over here.
Dorit Malin, Co-founder, IDEA LTD

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