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Yahoo Seeks Philippine Online Community Manager. In Singapore.
I understand why Yahoo wants an online community manager for the Philippines. I don’t understand why they want that person based in Singapore. Google takes a far more logical approach: their Philippine country consultant Aileen Apolo is right here in the Philippines.
If you think you can help a fallen old Internet titan find its way here in the Philippines (from Singapore), go ahead and apply. Ex-Mobius President Jojo Anonuevo is already there; I’m sure he could use some backup from a fellow Filipino in the Singaporean office.
(Via Jozzua.)
Ex-Mobius Prez Joins Yahoo
In February, Mobius CEO Scott Countryman unsuccessfully tried to sell his company to Yahoo. The price: less than 10% of Mobius for $1.25 million. Considering that my blogs make more money than Mobius’ entire EVE Online Southeast Asia service, I don’t blame Yahoo for passing up Scott’s offer.
Instead of buying the whole company, Yahoo just got one of the best parts. Jojo Anonuevo, who resigned as President of Mobius in June, joins Yahoo as senior director of business development for Southeast Asia. Good for Yahoo — Jojo’s a customer-focused straight-talker with good ideas and great vision. Having served with Oracle before joining Mobius, Jojo’s got experience to boot. Level Up should’ve pirated this guy when they had the chance.
“Having the Philippines as part of my remit is also a great opportunity to address the benefits of the Internet for my fellow Pinoys. Yahoo has adopted a Filipino-centric business approach in my native country and I will look to help Yahoo expand on that vision,” says Jojo on his new job. Yahoo’s in the middle of an enterprise-wide soul-searching; Jojo can definitely them find their soul here in Southeast Asia.
