Michael Cole

Current

• Managing Director at RightSite.Asia

Past

• Managing Director at 8 Days Media Shanghai Ltd
• General Manager at that's Shanghai
• General Manager, Advertising Operations at Global Sources

• Managing Director at Hai Dang Design
• Country Manager-Vietnam at Manager Media Group
• Managing Editor at Vietnam Investment Review
• Supervisor, Database Operations at U.S. Department of State
• Instructor of Composition at University of Minnesota

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Education

• Hanoi University (Dai Hoc Tong Hop Ha Noi)
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• St. Olaf College

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Industry

Online Media

Michael Cole’s Summary

Primary experience is in building systems out of chaos, particularly for media companies operating in Asia. Over the last 16 years I have been involved in everything from setting up Vietnam's first foreign invested media venture to helping Asia's leading online B2B go public.

Michael Cole’s Specialties:

Specialize in building teams and driving profits for media companies in Asia. Also speak three Asian languages fluently.

Michael Cole’s Experience

• Managing Director

  RightSite.Asia

  (Online Media industry)

  December 2007 — Present (2 years )

  New online media company founded to produce Asia's first online marketplace for industrial property.

• Managing Director

  8 Days Media Shanghai Ltd

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 4 months)

  Start up media venture in Shanghai, China. Started it, built it, cashed out. Started another.

• General Manager

  that's Shanghai

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  June 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 4 months)

  Led the development of a small publishing firm into the market leading English language media company in China.

• General Manager, Advertising Operations

  Global Sources

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GSOL; Online Media industry)

  March 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 3 months)

  Managed customer service aspect of sales for Asia's leading online B2B.

• Managing Director

  Hai Dang Design

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  December 1995 — March 2000 (4 years 4 months)

  Top manager for consumer publishing company in Ho Chi Minh CIty, Vietnam

• Country Manager-Vietnam

  Manager Media Group

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  December 1993 — November 1995 (2 years )

  Led a joint venture company in producing Vietnam's first English language daily newspaper

• Managing Editor

  Vietnam Investment Review

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  December 1992 — November 1993 (1 year )

  Managing Editor for Vietnam's first foreign invested media project.

• Supervisor, Database Operations

  U.S. Department of State

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; International Affairs industry)

  June 1991 — November 1992 (1 year 6 months)

  Supervised a database of immigrant visa petitions at the US Embassy in Bangkok.

• Instructor of Composition

  University of Minnesota

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1986 — June 1990 (3 years 10 months)

  Taught undergraduate courses in expository writing

Michael Cole’s Education

• Hanoi University (Dai Hoc Tong Hop Ha Noi)

  Certificate , Vietnamese Language , 1991 — 1991

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Master of Arts , American Studies , 1986 — 1990

  Minor in Applied Linguistics

• St. Olaf College

  1982 — 1986

Additional Information

Michael Cole’s Groups:

Industrial Development Association of Asia (IDAA)

•    Real Estate Connect
•    Invest in China
•    EMS Insider (Electronics Manufacturing Services)
•    Suzhou Network
•    China Private Equity & Investment Banking Insiders
•    Corporate Real Estate
•    China Business
•    China Networking Group
•    St. Olaf College Alumni Group
•    Construct IN
•    Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management Professionals
•    Private Equity Investment Group
•    Connected Shanghai
•    Global Private Equity & Venture Capital
•    Outsourcing To China
•    Real Estate Investment Group
•    Hong Kong Connection
•    Asia NetWork
•    Real Estate and Infrastructure
•    Supply Chain Optimization
•    OLD CHINA HANDS
•    China Real Estate
•    Friends of China
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    SCN Supply Chain Network
•    Auto OEM Network
•    Singapore Open Networkers
•    SINGAPORE Global
•    US-China Trade Association
•    Commercial Real Estate Investment Professionals
•    Wind Power in China
•    Buyers-World EUROPE - NORTH AMERICA - SOUTH AMERICA - MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA - ASIA & PACIFIC RIM
•    American Business Media
•    Real Estate Finance & Investment Society
•    China PR Group
•    The Commercial Real Estate Network
•    China Real Estate Professionals
•    Chinese-Speaking & China-Experienced Business Executives
•    China Asset Manager
•    China Nanjing Networking
•    Global Capital Sources for Conventional & Alternative Real Estate Funding Group
•    Supply Chain Today: Continuous Improvement, Technology Innovation, Executive Jobs, Education 10,000+
•    China Outsourcing/Offshoring Forum
•    AmCham Shanghai (The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China)
•    Global Asia Network
•    Commercial Real Estate Financing Group (CRE Finance)
•    LoopNet.com Commercial Real Estate Professionals Network
•    China Renewable Energy & Clean Tech
•    BUSINESS IN JIANGSU
•    China Industrial Asset Management

Michael Cole’s Contact Settings

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