Celebrated as a leading social media authority in Asia-Pacific, Jay Oatway is a popular public speaker, delivering seminars and keynotes to business leaders, as well as providing expert testimonials for the media. Marketing magazine calls Jay Oatway “Hong Kong’s answer to Twitter royalty”. He also ranked #22 on the Forbes Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers.
Jay has built an influential worldwide following of more than 100,000 Twitter users, through sharing in technology-related social currency. He is the author of the book, Mastering Story, Community and Influence: How to Use Social Media to Become a Socialeader. He is also co-founder of HKSocial, Hong Kong’s first Society of Social Business Best Practices.
Jay was born and raised in Canada and moved to Hong Kong in 1997 to cover the Handover as a journalist. He fell in love with the fast-paced, highly networked, always-on lifestyle of the city and made it his home.
As a former journalist who has tapped into the latest ways to share stories and build social capital with a community, he has developed a unique first-hand experience as to how the social media landscape is taking shape. From his blogs to his Facebook fan page to his iPhone/Android apps and beyond, Jay has a pervasive online presence which continues to grow.
Jay also provides social media training on how to tell stories that captivate, how to grow a community that matters, and how to cultivate online influence that can accelerate careers in the social media age.
For a full list of Jay Oatway’s online presence. visit his Xeeme.com page
Jay Oatway is a former tech-journalist who has become a regional leader in social media reach and influence. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Mastering Story, Community and Influence: How to Use Social Media to Become a Socialeader. And with more than 
