Michael Wright

Current

Executive Vice President & Chairman at Idealpeople International
Managing Director at Idealpeople

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Michael Wright’s Summary

Founder and Player/Manager of a highly regarded IT Recruitment and Executive Search business - delighting customers since our foundation in 2001. Offices in Stockley Park, London, Beachampton in Buckinghamshire and now fully operational in Hong Kong & Chaoyang District - Beijing.

Specialist with a proven record in providing any scale of staffing solution in these areas:

Enterprise Software, 3G and Wireless Technology, Security & Storage, SOA SaaS, Web 2.0 and E-Business, Consumer Electronics and Embedded Systems, IPTV & Digital Broadcast, Digital Media, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics & Visualisation, Datawarehousing, Social Media, 'Impossible to find' skills, CRM, Financial Services, BPO/Offshoring, LINUX and Open Source Software, Grid, High Performance and Distributed Computing, Pervasive and Disruptive Computing, Social Media & Entertainment, Mobile Advertising, Digital Content & Supply Chain, DRM.

Goal: To connect the most talented people in the world with the most exciting businesses in the world. To create competitive advantage and value with every interaction.

Michael Wright’s Specialties:

End to end staffing stragies and execution, offshoring, BPO, recruitment branding, sales strategy, marketing, web branding and identity, salary surveys and benchmarking, CV advice, career counselling, staff retention, competitor analysis, market analysis, social media, executive search and seletion, advertising campaigns and management, PR & analyst relations, technology trends, employment trends.

Michael Wright’s Experience

Executive Vice President & Chairman

Idealpeople International

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

November 2007 — Present (10 months)

Following a re-organisation of the UK business, I have now taken charge of our journey into Asia.

Our intention is to offer our existing clients a service whereby they can access the best global talent, and our candidates the best possible range of exciting opportunities.

Operating from offices in both Beijing and Hong Kong, It's our mission to be recognised as the premier staffing service for both Exec and Mid-Level positions in the APAC region, focussing only on the High-Technology and Financial Services markets.

We're in the talent business, so we understand (more than most) the importance of developing people who works for us to reach their full career potential.

See our websites:
www.idealpeople.hk
www.idealpeople.cn
www.idealpeopleblog.com

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Managing Director

Idealpeople

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

March 2001 — Present (7 years 6 months)

Managing a high-growth technical search and recruitment business. We take our work very seriously, and serve FTSE 250, NASDAQ, AIM businesses as well as VC funded start-ups. We operate internationally, but have an especially strong presence in Europe, particularly tech-hot-spots such as Cambridge, Bristol, Ireland, Holland and Germany. Most recently, we are pushing our presence in the Asia Pacific region, in particular focussing on developing business and relationships in China.

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Michael Wright’s Interests:

LINUX, Mandarin Language, Psychology, Web Design, Pervasive & Disruptive Computing, Linguistics, Asian Culture and Religion, Manga, Wines, Fashion, Photography, Digital Music, Guitars, Ethical Hacking (CEH Trained), Knowledge Based Systems