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Professional Summary
Mike recently joined NEC Philippines as Business Support Development Manager. His mission is to enter new markets and innovate on new revenue generators.
He has 6 action-packed years of business experience and has been instrumental in several tech start-ups. Prior to joining NEC, he has worked as Business Development Manager for GeoSpatial Solutions, Inc. (pioneered Offshore Outsourcing Practice), General Manager for LinkSphere IT Solutions (Self-financed/first failed IT start-up) and Business Development Manager for General Instrument Corporation (Family-financed Engineering Consulting start-up).
He has an MBA from the University of the Philippines, Diliman (2008) as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of the Philippines, Los Baños (2003). He is a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi (www.upsilon.com ) and the UPLB Computer Science Society (www.uplbcoss.org ).
He blogs (www.mikecalma.com) to share some of his lucid (sometimes myopic) moments. He is starting work on his first book with the working title of: "Entrepreneurial Agitation: Starting Trouble to Create Value".
Work/Education
Work Experience
• Facilitated the company’s strategic planning and implementation
• Pioneered IT Offshore Outsourcing business
• Created and managed several strategic alliances
• Key proponent in the creation of an in-house R&D lab
• Taught internal courses on innovation, strategy and marketing
• Currently involved in the advance stages closing a multi-million peso investment deal
• Secured Key Offshore Accounts on the first 4 months of operations. (Liberty Packaging and Extruding, First National of California, American Federation of Musicians [subcontractor for Hollysoft, Los Angeles]
• Headed a crisis management team to resolve client emergencies (i.e. hacking of client servers)
• Bootstraped Standardization and Documentation of Business Methods and Processes for specialized service lines (Systems Migration and Network Security) based on Best Practices to enhance competitiveness (also in preparation for future ISO and CMMI Audit/ Certification)
• Dissolved the corporation in good terms with each partner better educated and each getting a fair amount of cash. I buried my dead company well!
Education
Mike Calma posted a blog entry Jul 20, 2008
The irony of challenging jobs
Contrary to popular perception, challenging jobs are less risky than easy ones. By challenging I mean:tough competitionhostile market environmentnew and untested products You see, when you take on an easy job where success was historically proven, even a small dip in performance would make you look... more »
Mike Calma posted a blog entry Jun 17, 2008
The fear of looking dumb
For most professionals, looking dumb is career suicide. In fact, many highly qualified professionals forego opportunities to ask questions, experiment or challenge the status quo... simply because, it might make them look dumb. This is especially true for people new at the job or perhaps someone... more »
Mike Calma posted a blog entry May 22, 2008
On reading business books
Seth Godin never fails to impress me with his insightfulness and blunt practical. He does it again with his blog entry:How to read a business bookI am a big fan of business books and it's just now that I realized that a lot of people, including myself, do not always read business books properly.How... more »
Mike Calma has new entries on his blog: www.mikecalma.com
May 13, 2008
Mike Calma posted a blog entry May 13, 2008
Whats with the new banner? Beer bong demystified!
My new banner shows me stupidly downing a pitcher of beer using an innovative tool called the beer bong . It also shows my friends (who are IT professionals - perhaps the best in the country) cheering me on.I believe a person should try to use a beer bong at least once in his life. The experience is... more »
Mike Calma posted a blog entry May 8, 2008
Nothing Personal?
"It's nothing personal. It's just business."A ubiquitous statement made famous by The Apprentice. As we all know, this is intended to soften the blow for someone who has just been reprimanded or even fired! For countless times in my career, I have been at the receiving end - and it did help me get... more »
