Chris Chandler

Current

Head of Mobile Services, Online Services Group (Southeast Asia) at Microsoft

Past

Head of Mobile Products - Asia-Pacific at Yahoo!
Co-Founder & Spokesperson at MobileMonday Singapore
Director of Operations at Mikoishi (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd

Director of Product Management at EarthLink, Inc.
Senior Product Manager at EarthLink, Inc
Director of Product Development at MindSpring Enterprises

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Education

Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business

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Chris Chandler’s Summary

More than twelve years of leadership experience in the production of consumer software, online and mobile services.

I am currently focused on markets where consumers are going online via the mobile before the PC which I refer to as "mobile first" markets.

Chris Chandler’s Specialties:

mobile internet, product management, consumer software, Asia, India, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Australia, emerging markets, mobile first

Chris Chandler’s Experience

Head of Mobile Services, Online Services Group (Southeast Asia)

Microsoft

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Manage the Windows Live and MSN mobile business for Microsoft's Online Services Group in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).
Head of Mobile Products - Asia-Pacific

Yahoo!

(Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

November 2004 — November 2007 (3 years 1 month)

Launched mobile products across Asia including Yahoo!Go, the Yahoo! WAP portal, SMS Messenger and mobile content downloads.
Co-Founder & Spokesperson

MobileMonday Singapore

(Non-Profit; Wireless industry)

September 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 2 months)

Established partnerships with mobile and IT related organizations, publications and conferences to gain exposure and sponsorship for the organization.

Hosted monthly industry talks and networking sessions and represented MobileMonday at other functions such as the Singapore Wireless Venture Forum and Mobile Content World.
Director of Operations

Mikoishi (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

April 2004 — November 2004 (8 months)

Setup operational procedures and systems to ensure service level agreements with mobile operators were met and established a product development process to speed up production of new games.
Director of Product Management

EarthLink, Inc.

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ELNK; Internet industry)

May 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 7 months)
Senior Product Manager

EarthLink, Inc

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; elnk; Internet industry)

February 2000 — May 2000 (4 months)
Director of Product Development

MindSpring Enterprises

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MSPG; Internet industry)

January 1997 — February 2000 (3 years 2 months)