“It is energizing to watch our clients' possibilities become measurable realities.”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Michael began his professional career in Japan and China. He was a pioneering entrepreneur in China, developing an agricultural and industrial supply-chain for a Fortune 50 food and beverage company. He also developed a multi-million tree plantation in China to supply a highly strategic ingredient for a Fortune 50 food and beverage company.

On behalf of Agripure, a publicly listed Thai company that Michael directed, he created or catalyzed key-account or long-term projects with Del Monte USA, Del Monte Asia, Seneca Foods Corporation, The Bonduelle Group, Hagoromo Foods Corporation, and other industry leaders. Michael drove constant expansion of value and perception; reframing the company's strengths, position, and vision. The company transformed from a domestic player to an international peer of industry giants.

Michael also conceptualized and developed joint ventures and new projects including Siam Del Monte, Asia's first manufacturer of Tetra Recart packed products, which Kikkoman Corporation later joined as of major shareholder. He was a Managing Director for Southeast Asia for a global family-owned business with sales over 1 billion U.S. dollars. Key customers included McDonald's, Yum!, Cargill, General Foods, Ajinomoto, and most other major restaurants, food services, and food manufacturing companies around the world. In addition to geographic authority, his unit was responsible for large and complex manufacturing operations critical to the company's Asia-Pacific supply-chain.

Prior to joining Insigniam, Michael founded a consulting company focused on supply-chain integrity and anti-corruption in Asia. Over 15 world-experts in complementary fields have joined forces to benefit developing nations whose enterprises are perverted by corruption to the detriment of consumer's physical and financial health.

ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS

• Fellow, Thai Institute of Directors

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science in Economics with a concentration in Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a concentration in Psycholinguistics and Personality, The College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
• Graduate Certificate, Japan America Institute for Management Science (JAIMS), Honolulu, USA, and Tokyo, Japan
• Graduate Lecture Series, Sophia University, Ichigaya Campus, Tokyo, Japan
• European Studies Program, Sommerhochschule, University of Vienna, Strobl, Austria

LANGUAGES

• Conversant in English, Mandarin, Japanese, Thai, and Spanish
• Basic knowledge in Cantonese and French

MICHAEL AFTER WORK

Michael has two sons with special needs and it has been an inspiration to raise them, Alwyn 18 and Austin 15. Along with spending time with his family, Michael also loves to travel, read, play basketball, ski, and learn how to DJ. He is passionate about the two books he is currently writing: one is about Asian style international business development and the other is about increasing Western acceptance of misunderstood Asian cultural phenomena by explaining the context in which they exist.