Sheraan Amod

Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 9:00am.

Sheraan Amod is a 24 year old techno-marketer entrepreneur and social networking evangelist. He is the co-founder and CEO of Personera, a web to print technology startup that launched internationally from the Silicon Cape in November 2009, after acquiring investment and winning the FNB Enablis Business Launchpad- the biggest small business competition in Africa.

Sheraan has previously worked in diverse roles at companies such as Immedia (the first African company to launch at iPhone application) and Unilever, and founded his first company, Trafik Student Networks, when he was 18. His experience with global NGOs includes representing DiploFoundation at the UN Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro (2007), and facilitating at the International Youth Leadership Conference in Prague (2008).

Sheraan holds a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cape Town, and is an alumnus of the Brightest Young Minds leadership project. Find out more about him by visiting www.sheraanamod.com.