DESIGN STUDIO

              RECORDING STUDIO

                  INDUSTRY LEADER

IN THIS CASE IT IS "MY" IDEA

                   "MICHAEL'S" IDEA

           .... "M" + IDEA

         MIDEA STUDIO IS CREATED

       BORN IN TAIWAN, TAIPEI, MICHAEL'S FAMILY FIRST IMMIGRATED TO MONTREAL, QC, CANADA. HE PURSUED HIS STUDY IN AERONAUTIC ENGINEERING THEN VENTURED HIS FIRST BUSINESS WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND. HIS INTEREST IN DESIGN STARTED TO GROW AND INSPIRATIONS THEN STARTED TO FLOW INTO HIS MIND.

      ALONG WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE IN 2D WEB DESIGN, HE ALSO HAVE EXTENSIVE INTERNET BASED BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE. HE HAS COACHED SEVERAL SELF-STARTED INTERNET BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS AND STILL CONTINUING HIS MENTORING IN PRESENT DAY.

::::: ABOUT MICHAEL :::::

Language proficiency: English, French, Mandarin & Cantonese

EDUCATION:

2005-2007
B.A. Political Science (Concentration in Public Administration). York University

2001-2004
CEGEP : Collège Edouard-Montpetit, Aeronautic Construction

1997-2001
High school: Collège Jean de la Mennais, Grade 7 to 11

WORK/BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

Present (full-time)
2005 – 2007(part-time)
A.O.C Company (Administrative Assistant)

 

·         Office computer and networking set-up. Software and hardware installation, repair and upgrade

·         Plan weekly internet email marketing campaign

·         Marketing and presentation portfolio design

·         Banking deposit, electronic-paper filling, business liaison and general office purchase

Dec 07 – Dec 08
Six Fortune Foods Co. Ltd. (Western Market Account Manager & Marketing Executive)

 

Marketing:

 

·         Arrange company’s participation in annual John Vince Foods mega tent sales food sampling demonstration.

·         Arrange company’s 2008 Canada Day Community Get Together sponsorship program at Riverdale Park in Toronto organized by Chinese Chamber of Commerce

·         Plan company’s Grocery Innovation Canada trade show event at Toronto Congress Center in October 2008

·         Revolutionized the Chinese food industry advertisement artwork trend

Sales:

·         Looking over a total of 30 company’s Western Market sales account which includes 23 Shoppers Drug Mart, 6 independent grocery chain and convenient stores and 1 Asian supermarket (T&T Supermarket at Warden & Steeles).

·         Arrange weekly product sampling demonstration at T&T Supermarket.

·         Do new product presentation to grocery buyer.

June 07 - Present
M'idea Media Studio (Web-design www.mideastudio.com)

 

·         Website and print design (logo, business card, flyer and poster) service

·         Photography service

June - August 2007
JVS Toronto, Summer Company bursary program (Program Coordinator)

 

·         Run Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship's Summer Company program at JVS Toronto youth employment center. Guide program participant in business plan writing, business registration, budget forecasting, and plan workshop

·         Provide center’s operational task responsibilities such as bilingual reception, career counseling, delivering workshop and explaining center's resource to visitors

OFFICE COMPUTER SKILLS:

Program: MS Office XP-2007 (55WPM), PowerPoint, Excel, FrontPage, Publisher.
Design Station: Adobe Creative Suite CS3 (Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator,Indesign)

 

PRIZES AND HONORS:

Summer 2004
Winning Candidate of Le Concours Québécois en Entrepreneuriat

Student ID Benefits won a prize of $400 in regional scale nomination in Montreal

2003 & 2004
École Nationale d'Aérotechnique internship student candidate
Configuration Management Specialist at Pratt & Whitney Canada in Fall 2004

 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES:

Toronto Housing Community

·         2007 Business Plan competition panelist

 

Toronto New Life Gospel Church

·         Worship team leader and musician

·         2007 – 2008 Young career and College group fellowship chair

 

Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship at York (ACE York)

·         2006 GMAC Drive Your Credit Success project manager

·         2005 – 2007 VP Information Technology

 

SickKids Children's Hopital in Toronto

·         Fund raiser representative (May 05 & Apr 06)

 

Taiwanese Robert Campbell Presbyterian Church

·         Treasury co-worker (2004)

·         Fellowship President (2003)

·         Worship team leader (2001-2004)

·         Translation team (2003-2004)