A highly accomplished international business executive & leader, with proven experience and credentials in managing & driving business growth and expansion. Well versed in many business sectors: Telecom, Fintech, Retail, SaaS, e-Commerce, and Services. Brings deep knowledge & appreciation of emerging markets business practices and cultures. Very well-connected with a comprehensive global rolodex.Vu is currently Managing Director of Globus Access Ltd., a boutique advisory and business development consulting agency focused on assisting multi-nationals to expand/accelerate their business in emerging markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Prior to this Vu was Senior VP Head of Global Sales for Upstream. In this role, Vu is responsible for the global sales efforts for Upstream across a multitude of channels in all geographies.From Jan 2007 to May 2013, Vu held a number of very senior management roles with Upstream Mobile Marketing, Telmap, and Research in Motion. In all these roles, Vu had the responsibility to build and grow the global business footprint and performance across a number of geographies and markets.Prior to this, Vu spent 5 years with Sony Ericsson as global Vice President responsible for building new business areas for the company such as Enterprise and Global Accounts. Vu also worked for Ericsson for 9 years where he held a variety of executive roles from Director of Product Management, Director of TDMA Business Unit to Vice President & GM for Rogers Account Group. During this period, Vu has lived in Canada, US, Sweden and UK.Vu received his BSc in Computer Science and MBA in International Business & Finance from McGill University in Canada. Vu also participated in executive management training program by Ericsson at Columbia University in NY.Vu is originally from Vietnam with dual citizenship of Canada and UK, and is fluent in English, French and Vietnamese.
Listed skills include Mobile Devices, Telecommunications, Wireless, Product Management, and 18 others.
