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Mike Somerville is an accomplished Senior Executive, Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Board Member with more than 35 years of success in the technology, radio, TV, IT, cloud, and start-up industries. Leveraging extensive experience as a global IT leader, Mike is a valuable asset for start-ups or small to mid-sized technology or consumer-focused companies based in or looking to do business in SE Asia, with a focus on Thailand and Vietnam, and seeking expert assistance with translating business needs to the technical staff. Mike’s broad areas of expertise include engineering, team building, customer service, communications, enterprise software, engineering management, global strategy, and organizational leadership. Currently, Mike lives in Bangkok, Thailand and is revitalizing the Radio Industry with his new definition of "Radio". In 2020, he founded the fully English speaking Internet Radio station that originates from Bangkok: [link-omitted] Shortly thereafter, he began re-birthing heritage radio property 91.75 KISS FM in the very popular vacation and party city: Pattaya, Thailand. These two properties are now the foundational brands for South East Asia's newest radio network. Mike continues to share his positive outlook on life via his successful YouTube channel. "LiveMyAssOff" ([link-omitted]) has been informing and entertaining people for over 5 years with Mike's brand of Gratitude ("Gratitude Attacks") of all the awesome opportunities this world affords us. Prior to his permanent move to Thailand in November of 2019 Mike was the Chief Cloud Evangelist & IT Manager of Systems Support at the University of San Diego (USD). His team was responsible for the architecture and administration of the entire IT infrastructure on campus including all servers and network storage, spanning four data centers in San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona as well as extensive Cloud infrastructure extending to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft AZURE & the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Prior to his work at USD, Mike owned an IT consulting company (BiG I, Inc.) with offices in San Diego, CA and San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. During this time, Mike and his team provided high-speed wireless Internet to families living in 100% Solar powered communities. Mike continues to work in the Radio industry and is coming up on his 40th year in this exciting industry. He started as an on-air personality and then later became the Director of Engineering for several major (top 20) market radio stations and was known for his ability to provide stations with systems having an uptime of 99.99% or greater. The stations he helped manage generated more than $12M in revenue each month as a result of his leadership. In addition to his broadcast and IT work, Mike also has his own successful Coaching and Consulting firm, AMAZ!NG, LLC. Mike was a founding member and served as President of the Board of Directors for DELL/EMC VCE User Group and CONVERGED User Group as well as a Member of the Board for wildly successful start-ups including Zooplr. Mike earned his Master of Science in Executive Leadership from the University of San Diego and his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from San Diego State University. ------- Skills & Experience: Strategy IT Management Entrepreneurship International Experience Global Strategy Client Relations Communications Partnerships Telecommunications Electrical Engineering Engineering Engineering Management Enterprise Software Data Centers Wireless Start-Ups Corporate Governance Executive Coaching Leadership Management Skills & Experience Strategy IT Management Entrepreneurship International Experience Organizational Leadership People Management Cloud Computing Computer Science Software Engineering