At the young age of 33, Sinan Kanatsiz has effectively made his mark as an
outstanding entrepreneur time and time again. In 1998, while studying for a dual
Master’s degree at Chapman University, he instinctively followed his
entrepreneurial spirit and formed his first company, KCOMM, a web development
and Internet marketing consultancy. The company quickly evolved into, a
full-service Public Relations, Government Affairs and Event Marketing agency
distinguished by its Internet expertise.
In less than ten years, Sinan grew the firm exponentially, attaining several
million dollars in revenue, opening several new business centers in Dallas, New
York, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Argentina and Deli. He has hired over 15 employees in
Orange County, with several more abroad. KCOMM has developed and orchestrated
strategic campaigns for over 700 of the most prominent companies in Orange
County, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Dallas, New York and the United Arab
Emirates ranging from innovative start-ups to New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq
listed companies such as Sony, HP, University of Phoenix and Toshiba. These
efforts have made Sinan a two-time recipient of the PROTOS award, the highest
honor bestowed by the Orange County chapter of the Public Relations Society of
America (PRSA).The effectiveness of KCOMM's strategies has become so widely
recognized that the agency’s clients have now extended beyond the realm of
technology to include Elected Officials (Congressman Ken Calvert),
Municipalities (OCTA), State Government and Multi-National Organizations, such
as T-Mobile.
As a consummate entrepreneur and philanthropist, Sinan takes his
responsibilities to the community very seriously. In addition to mentoring high
school and college students on his own time, he is often called upon to speak on
entrepreneurism and the Internet. He has held engagements at several
universities, including USC, Chapman University, UCLA, Cal State Fullerton, UC
Irvine and San Diego State University. Sinan was the keynote speaker at the
Future Business Leaders of American (FBLA) National Conference in San Jose and
is often called to speak about FaceBook, YouTube and the future of the Internet.
Sinan’s belief in the power of entrepreneurism and politics led him to start
Generation NeXt in 2004, a network of young business and community leaders
committed to making a difference by empowering individuals and causes to provide
long-term solutions that will better the next generation. More information here:
www.gen-next.org
In addition, he founded the Internet Marketing Association, 6 years ago, a group
that has grown rapidly to over 35,000 members nationwide. His philosophy is to
make the association free to join and underwrite all events with corporate
sponsors. Past events have included the founders of Google, SalesForce, Yahoo,
Microsoft, St. Regis Hotel, Wahoos, Quest Software and YouTube. Kanatsiz plans
to expand the group globally and involve technology leaders from Dubai, Abu
Dhabi, Argentina, Istanbul and Deli. More information on IMA can be found here:
www.imanetwork.org
Sinan has launched two major reform strategies to combat Education and
Economic reform. He involves clients, technology and relationships with Elected
Officials to define and implement solutions, evidence includes thousands of new
students enrolled in the Education program defined by the University of Phoenix,
KCOMM, the United States Congress and Lutheran High School.
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Sinan holds a B.A. in Communications, with an emphasis in Computer Science and
Public Relations, and a dual Master’s degree in Human Resources and
Organizational Leadership, both from Chapman University. Sinan was designated
Alumnus of the Year by Chapman University in the year 2000. To this day, he
credits his accomplishments to his personal Five Pillars of Success: personal
integrity; coaches and mentors; family; faith; and education. |
