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Chairman & CEO, KCOMM (www.kcomm.com)
Chairman and Founder, the Internet Marketing Association (www.imanetwork.org)
Member of the Board of Directors, Pretend City Children's Museum (www.pretendcity.org)
National Outreach Chairman, YMCA Youth and Government (www.ymca.net)
Advisory Trustee, Boys Town California (www.boystownofcalifornia.org)
Email address: sinan@kcomm.com
Phone: 949-443-9300
Mailing address: 10 Mar Del Rey
San Clemente, CA 92673
Sinan Kanatsiz has effectively made his mark as an outstanding entrepreneur. In 1998, while studying for a master’s degree at Chapman University, he followed his entrepreneurial spirit and formed his first company, KCOMM, a web development and Internet marketing firm. The company quickly evolved into a full-service public relations, government affairs and event marketing agency known for its Internet expertise and results-oriented approach.
In less than ten years, Sinan grew the firm to several million dollars in revenue, opening business centers in Dallas, New York, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Montreal, London, Argentina and Delhi. Currently, KComm has over 55 employees in 14 countries, and has developed and orchestrated strategic campaigns for over 700 of the most prominent companies throughout the world. These include firms and organizations ranging from innovative start-ups to New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq listed companies such as, but not limited to:
Sony
Hewlett-Packard
Quiksilver
University of Phoenix
Toshiba
IBM
Oakley
T-Mobile
KComm’s dedication to strategic programs and results-oriented campaigns has earned the firm several PROTOS awards, 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 PR Newswire and T-Mobile.
As a consummate entrepreneur and philanthropist, Sinan takes his community responsibilities very seriously. In addition to mentoring high school and college students, he is often asked to speak about entrepreneurship 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. Additionally, he was the keynote speaker at the Future Business Leaders of American (FBLA) National Conference in San Jose and is often called to speak on a variety of topics including 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 others for the betterment of the next generation. Additionally, he founded the Internet Marketing Association in 2000, a group that has grown to over 65,000 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, Oakley and YouTube. Kanatsiz plans to expand the group globally and involve technology leaders from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Argentina, London, Istanbul and Delhi.
Sinan has launched three major reform strategies to combat education, energy and economic reform. He involves clients, technology and relationships with elected officials to define and implement solutions. Evidence of success 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 Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership with a certificate in Human Resources, 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 Four Pillars of Success: personal integrity; coaches and mentors; family; and education.
However, to date, his greatest success is being married to his wife Kai. They got married on October 11, 2007, which Sinan credits as the happiest day of his life.
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