Maja Kazazic Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000
Speaking Fee:
$20,000 to $30,000
Travels From:
Available Upon Request
Travels From:
Available Upon Request
Primary Topic Category:
Leadership and Management
Primary Topic Category:
Leadership and Management
Secondary Topic Category:
Business & Entrepreneurship
Secondary Topic Category:
Business & Entrepreneurship
Maja Kazazic Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Maja Kazazic is a Leadership & Growth Strategist, tech entrepreneur, and author of Scale Up Blueprint™. After surviving a grenade explosion during the Bosnian War and rebuilding her life in the United States, she went on to lead high-impact technology initiatives and help Fortune 100 organizations scale through disruption and change. Featured by the BBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, and Discovery Channel, Maja translates extreme resilience into practical strategies for leadership, performance, and sustained growth. Her keynotes equip leaders and teams to navigate pressure, drive momentum, and turn adversity into measurable results.
Maja Kazazic is a Leadership & Growth Strategist, tech entrepreneur, and author of Scale Up Blueprint™: 7 Essential Building Blocks for Unstoppable Business, Leadership, and Life. She helps organizations navigate disruption, strengthen resilience, and scale performance under pressure.
At sixteen, Maja survived a grenade explosion during the Bosnian War that left her critically injured and forced her to rebuild her life from the ground up. After immigrating to the United States, she went on to found and scale a successful IT consulting firm, leading high-impact initiatives and delivering complex technology programs for Fortune 100 companies and government agencies.
Through decades of entrepreneurship and enterprise leadership, Maja developed a practical framework for scaling growth in the face of adversity. Her work integrates strategy, disciplined execution, and human resilience—equipping leaders to sustain momentum through uncertainty, change, and transformation.
Featured by the BBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, Discovery Channel, and major national publications, Maja translates extreme pressure into measurable performance insights. Her keynotes combine strategic clarity with lived experience, helping leaders and teams build cultures of accountability, adaptability, and high performance.
Organizations leave with actionable tools to lead through disruption, turn setbacks into strategic advantage, and drive sustained growth in complex environments.
“Her talk was extremely relevant, timely and most of all moving. Her ability to share her story with such honesty while driving home the message of empathy was incredible. We have received over the top feedback from so many attendees and her impact is being felt throughout the enterprise.”
— Jen Farmer, Caterpillar
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“Maja’s an incredibly compelling speaker. Her style is a perfect balance of tenderness and blunt reality, and she maintains a commanding presence. I appreciated her willingness to adjust her presentation and approach to fit our event’s broader themes.”
— Allyson Ensinger, Experiential Director, Octagon
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“She had the attendees captivated and focused from the very beginning through the end of the presentation. That’s the way we like to end our meetings.”
— Clark Muligan, President, Laboratory Products Association
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“She had the room riveted and connected her life experience directly to our current context. She put our important work of education in perspective while motivating us to do more as individuals.”
— Katy Anthes, Ph.D., Colorado Commissioner of Education
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“Maja was absolutely amazing. Her message of overcoming hardship with a positive attitude was exactly what our team needed to hear. I would recommend her for future events.”
— Sara Levinson, HR Director, Nevada Donor Network
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