Name : Sumaya Kazi
Designation : CEO
Company Name : Sumazi
Topic : Next-Generation of Social Media
Abstract : Emerging social ecosystems -- social media spaces, user generated content spaces and virtual worlds -- are being used across startups, small businesses and Fortune 500 companies to drive business objectives for the company. A new generation of tools, disciplines and best practices are being developed to reach customers, prospects and partners in entirely new ways. This talk will provide an overview of the different tools and strategies businesses and individuals are using in social media to succeed.
Bio : Sumaya Kazi is an internationally recognized innovator, leader, speaker and award-winning entrepreneur. Sumaya is the Founder and CEO of Sumazi, a platform that discovers, recommends and introduces you the people you don't know, but should. Sumazi is currently building on top of social ecosystems such as Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter to discover a user's hidden network. Sumazi was selected from over 1,200 international startups to compete at the prestigious TechCrunch Startup Battlefield where it won the Omidyar Network award for "Startup Most Likely to Change the World".
Previously, Sumaya served as a Senior Social Media Manager at Sun Microsystems where she was responsible for the global strategy and implementation of social media across across multiple platforms. While at Sun, Sumaya founded The CulturalConnect. Her team published 800+ interviews across 5 weekly publications of under-35 leaders that led a viral chain of meaningful connections and tools for mobilization of young adults across 100 countries. For her passion and success around her endeavors, Sumaya has been recognized by BusinessWeek as one of America's "Best Young Entrepreneurs," CNN as a "Young Person Who Rocks," Silicon Valley Business Journal as a "Woman of Influence," and most recently by UTNE Reader Magazine as one of "50 Visionaries Changing Your World." Sumaya has a strong passion for progress and has been deeply committed to the nonprofit community. She has served as a mentor for BUILD.org, a nonprofit social venture that empowers underprivileged and under-resourced high school students with an education in entrepreneurship. She is also on the steering committee for the San Francisco Women’s Giving Circle and advisory council for Jolkona Foundation.