Michael Alan Hamlin is an international authority on building strong place, corporate, and personal brands. He is based in Manila, and has worked throughout North and Southeast Asia for more than three decades.Michael is also the managing director of TeamAsia, an award-winning strategic marketing communications firm that develops corporate brand strategies, creative concepts, and marketing and communications programs for its clients. He is the author of five books and is a business columnist.His latest book is High Visibility: Transforming Your Personal and Professional Brand. He is also the author of The New Asian Corporation: Managing for the Future in Post-Crisis Asia and Asia’s Best: The Myth & Reality of Asia’s Most Successful Corporations, and Marketing Asian Places.TeamAsia’s clients include APC, Business Processing Association Philippines (BPA/P), Crocs, DTSI, EMC, ExcelAsia, First Gen, Globe Telecom, Google, Gurango Software, HTC, JDA, League of Corporate Foundations, Microsoft, MediCall, Philippine Society of Gastroenterology, Philippine Association of Securities Brokers and Dealers, Philippine Stock Exchange, StarTek, Thomson Reuters, Sarah Lee, Supply Chain Consulting, and Telus.Michael's commentary has been published on the editorial page of the The Wall Street Journal Asia. He is a weekly columnist for the Manila Bulletin and a monthly columnist for ComputerWorld Philippines. Michael is also a regular contributor to The Washington Times.Michael sits on the boards of technology and business process outsourcing startups. His professional associations include the American Society of Journalists and Authors, The Authors Guild, and the Foreign Correspondents Club (HK). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Asian Studies from Jochi Daigaku (Sophia University) in Tokyo, Japan, and a Master in Liberal Studies degree from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.Specialties: Strategic marketing communications; place, corporate, and personal branding; social network visibility; search engine marketing