Author Biography
Andrew Pearson was born in Pakistan, grew up in Singapore and was educated at boarding schools in England and America. With a degree in psychology from UCLA, Pearson has had a varied career in IT, marketing, mobile technology, social media and entertainment. In 2011, Pearson relocated to Hong Kong to open Qualex Asia Limited, bringing its parent company's experience into the ASEAN region. Pearson is currently the Managing Director of Qualex Asia Limited, a leading implementer of business intelligence, customer intelligence, data warehousing, data modeling, predictive analytics, data visualization, digital marketing, mobile, social media and cloud solutions for the gaming, insurance, finance, healthcare, oil and gas, telecommunication, hospitality and retail industries. Pearson has since opened Qualex Asia offices and is currently working on corporate deals in countries such as Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia. In 2013, Pearson was invited to write a chapter in Global Mobile: Applications and Innovations for the Worldwide Mobile Ecosystem, a book on mobile technology. The book, which was co-authored by several of the mobile industry's leading figures, was published in July 2013. Pearson is also a noted columnist, writing on topics such as mobile media, social media and cloud technology for such publications as ComputerWorld HK, The Journal of Mobile and Social Media Marketing and The Mobile Marketer amongst others. An avid traveler, Pearson is a sought-after speaker on such disparate topics as casino and mobile marketing, predictive analytics, social media and interactivity. If he's not pounding the pavements of Hollywood, he's probably wandering the labyrinthine streets of Hong Kong's Lang Kwai Fong, or tearing up useless betting slips at Happy Valley (perhaps the most perfectly named racecourse in the world (for some)), or dining at a hawker center in Singapore, or doubling down at the gaming tables in Macau. Basically, Pearson's trying to find the next great story that the world doesn't yet know that it desperately wants to see. This book is Pearson's third book. The author's website-www.intelligentsia-media.com-continues the mobile and social media discussion and Pearson can be found in the social media world (Facebook, UShi, Twitter, LinkedIn, Viemo, Youtube, and sites that are growing by the month).
