John Cole has more than 20 years of sales, marketing, business development, and general management experience in the telecommunications industry. Before joining Bytemobile in 2007, he was senior vice president and managing director, Asia Pacific, at Tellabs. Over a five-year period, his staff of 180 achieved a cumulative sales growth rate of 100%, while reducing operating costs by 15%. Prior to Tellabs, Cole spent 12 years at Motorola, based in Thailand, Hong Kong and Indonesia. His last position was general manager and director of Operations, ASEAN Markets, in Motorola's Telecom Carriers Solutions Group, where he was responsible for sales of cellular infrastructure products, services and solutions in several country markets. At Motorola, he also served as director of Network Operations, Asia Pacific, in the Messaging Strategic Networks Division; director of Business Development, Asia Pacific, in the Information Products and Services Group; and general manager of the STARPAGE joint venture. Cole began his career as a senior accountant at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). He holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of Portland. |