SRI is… your branch office in Asia.
David A. Dayton, MBA Ph.D
David has been working in and with companies in East and Southeast Asia for more than 30 years. David managed QA, supply chain and logistics, and human resources for both his own companies and others in China, Taiwan, and Thailand. He has started and sold his own companies as well as worked for consulting firms, state-utilities, media groups, schools, and NGO’s in Asia and America. For the last decade he has consulted for banks, airlines, factories, SMEs and MNCs, universities, and governments working to better their international operations.
David is a business coach and a sought after speaker and consultant regarding Thai and Chinese corporate cultures. He has been a keynote speaker and given hundreds of other presentations at events in Chinese, Thai, and English in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, the EU, UAE and the United States. He has been published in academic and professional journals and been interviewed by CNN, CBS, BBC, 60 Minutes, EuroBiz and others.
David speaks Thai and Mandarin and has two MAs focusing on Thai Urban and Corporate Cultures, an MBA from ESSEC in Singapore, and a PhD focusing on Chinese Business Anthropology. David is an ICF certified Business Coach and has taught university course in China and the US including: Developing Business in China, Survey of International Business, Business Anthropology, Strategy for China, Enterprise Strategy, Intercultural Communications, and Doing Business in ASEAN.
David is also a happy grandpa and the husband to the beautiful Jessica Wang. His hobbies include travel, reading, chocolate, and triathlons.
Nathan Draper
Nathan Draper grew up in California, and obtained degrees in International Relations and Global Business Management. He’s married, with one child, and currently resides in Thailand, where he has worked for more than a decade. For the past 3 years Nathan has worked at a multinational NGO as a facilitator for educational advancement and small business development for locals in Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam. He has thirty years experience dealing with Thai businesses and culture, and speaks the language fluently.
Nathan’s work experience includes providing training workshops, manufacturing and product development and management, stints in finance and accounting and has managed HR, accounting, and logistics departments for companies based in China, Thailand and the US. He is a professional trainer, translator, and entrepreneur and his hobbies include deltiology and collecting folk art; he is an avid traveler and relishes putting his talents to work in new and challenging environments.
Greg Bryant
Greg Bryant has 15 years of experience in international trade, immigrant investment, international real estate investment, international business development and consulting, and television media broadcasting, all centered on the China market. Greg has native fluency in Mandarin Chinese, and Chinese culture and business practices.
Greg holds a Bachelors degree from Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU), and a Masters degree from Florida International University.
The Chinese government selected Greg to represent Americans in Beijing during President Obama’s first state visit to China and in 2008 Greg, was the first and only Mandarin-speaking American talk show host in China. Through his extensive media experience Greg has acquire a widespread personal network of leading figures in Chinese government, business, real estate and media.
Greg specializes in providing culturally-informed comprehensive consulting solutions for entities working in or dealing with the China market.