Jan Zajac

Entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Sotrender (www.sotrender.com ), a social media analytics company that makes data work for you. Assistant Professor at the Chair of Social Psychology, University of Warsaw. Graduated from University of Warsaw (Psychology) and Warsaw School of Economics (Management & Marketing), studied also at Universita Bocconi (Milan, Italy) and Katholieke Universitaet Leuven (Belgium). Frequent speaker and trainer on industry events regarding social media, marketing research & startups, including 3 times Infoshare. Mentor in various startup programs & accelerators (MIT Enterprise Forum, SAR, Huge Thing, Founders Institute).

Companies

• Mentor The Founder Institute (2013)
• Founder, CEO Sotrender (2011)
• Assistant Professor Warsaw University (2009)
• Founder, co-owner SmartNet Research&Solutions (www.snrs.pl) (2008 — 2011)
• Director of Value Added Services Marketing & Sales Department GG Network SA (in past: Gadu-Gadu SA) (2009 — 2010)
• Lecturer & researcher Institute of Psychology, Warsaw University (2004 — 2009)
• Head of Research Team GG Networks S.A. (in past Gadu-Gadu S.A.) (2009 — 2009)
• Business Intelligence Specialist GG Network S.A. (in past Gadu-Gadu S.A.) (2008 — 2008)
• Internet researcher Free lancer (2006 — 2008)

Education

• Ph. D., Social Psychology University of Warsaw (2004 - 2008)
• M.A. University of Warsaw (1999 — 2004)
• M. A. Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) (1998.10 — 2003.06)
• A-level XXXVII LO im. Dabrowskiego (1994 — 1998)