
He is currently a Product Manager at Google, where he works on various products that help publishers (the good folks that put interesting content up on the web) maximize their display and video advertising revenue.
In addition to his professional work, Ari is a pixel artist and game designer who is probably best known as the creator of SpriteLib, a free collection of pre-drawn 2D artwork that has been featured in or bundled with over a dozen computer programming books and with several game development tools.
Speaking of computer books, Ari actually wrote a 504 page tome of this own called "Designing Arcade Computer Game Graphics" (ISBN: 1-55622-755-8), which is now long out of print and freely available for anyone to download (and mock).
Speaking of computer books, Ari actually wrote a 504 page tome of this own called "Designing Arcade Computer Game Graphics" (ISBN: 1-55622-755-8), which is now long out of print and freely available for anyone to download (and mock).
When he's not working on new product features or enhancements, Ari enjoys spending time with his family, learning new software, and perusing various industry blogs.
