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Jim Szafranski

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Chief Executive Officer at Prezi
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Jim Szafranski is the CEO of Prezi, where he leads the companys strategy in transforming virtual presentations and visual communication. He was instrumental in creating and launching Prezi Video, driving its integration with major collaboration platforms. He holds degrees from both MIT and Stanford University and is often described by colleagues as intelligent, thoughtful, and a good "people person".

Jims passion for visual communications has been a consistent theme throughout his career, dating back to a 1995 project transforming a microfiche-based service into a digital one. He is also an advocate for public health, using his platform to raise awareness about important health information, such as recognizing the symptoms of a stroke.

He wrote his Masters thesis on AI at MIT in 1992, giving him a long-term perspective on its current applications.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Hybrid Work
He frequently discusses the challenges of hybrid work, such as proximity bias, and advocates for using asynchronous video to improve meeting effectiveness and culture.
Visual Communication
His entire career is built around this, from leading Prezi's visual suite to a past project in 1995 converting microfiche services to digital.
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Career

Work history

7-2020
Chief Executive Officer
Prezi
11-2019 - 7-2020
President
Prezi
1-2018
Board Of Directors
Prezi
6-2015 - 7-2020
Chief Operating Officer
Prezi
12-2013 - 5-2015
SVP, Customer Platform Services & Product Management
MaaS360 by Fiberlink, an IBM company
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Education
1996 - 1998
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Stanford University
1992 - 1993
Master of Science (M.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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