Practical advice on Vietnam's higher education opportunity, from people who have done this work.

Charlie is a dynamic, thought provoking leader who readily takes on challenges and delivers exceptional results. Charlie has a unique ability to identify potential challenges and deliver strategies to navigate success. He can quickly and adeptly identify talent to fill performance gaps in a variety of environments. He will continue to strive for performance excellence well after success is achieved. His ability to harness resources and redirect and re-purpose them to achieve desired goals on time and under budget set him apart from most leaders. I would recommend Charlie in any environment from a start-up to a sustained enterprise. His vision and clarity in direction will create a success that is magnetic.

Charlie is one of the most creative and innovative leaders I have had the pleasure of working with. I have enjoyed every minute I have worked with Charlie. He has an unmatched energy level and appetite for new challenges. His energy, passion, and new ideas inspire those around him and he has a keen ability to develop loyalty amongst those around him due to his refreshing and innovative approach. Charlie immerses himself quickly in any problem or new situation and he is passionate about an ability to make things better than he found them. It is rare to meet someone so determined to make things better through a simple process of innovating and solving problems. Lastly, I trust Charlie implicitly. His value set is clear and transparent, and deep down he is one of the best, most honest people I have met and he is quick to demonstrate a deep sense of caring about the right people and things. Most importantly, he is quick to demonstrate that by clearing hurdles in the way of the people and projects he cares about, and he dedicates himself fully to helping all involved be more successful. Charlie is a capable and sophisticated professional with a courageous and powerful skill set and I have seen him deliver successful results in a variety of challenging situations. He is someone I have known for many years and I have worked with him as a peer in many situations. I am proud to know him and witness his work, I am excited he works in education and I am thrilled he is dedicated to making the world a better place. I could not more highly recommend him without hesitation.

Charlie is an exceptional operations leader with an acute instinct for problem solving and common sense. It is rare that you come across a standout business operator like Charlie. I had the pleasure of working with Charlie collaborating on a number of innovation and business growth initiatives at Apollo Education Group. His ability to lead a team, drive execution, and focus on the priorities in a highly collaborative manner was a standout trait of his working style. He set lofty goals, and supports his team in achieving them. Charlie would be an asset to any team, and would be a great leader to anyone on his team.

It is my pleasure to recommend Charlie Nguyen as a highly competent business leader and educational innovator. Over the past 10 years Charlie has been a highly respected colleague that I would rely on for advice pertinent to my own success as a leader. In fact, he has a very positive way of challenging status quo thinking and inspires great levels of innovation and results. As a peer, I have worked side-by-side with Charlie to learn from him and to implement strategies he defined to enhance the educational experience for the students we served. Charlie demonstrates a wide-range of ability to lead in business, academia, social enterprise, and organizational leadership. Most importantly, his unique and innovative methodology leads to consistent performance results 100% of the time.

A brilliant strategic thinker and judge of character, Charlie possess a unique blend of leadership talents that allow him to win and create teams dedicated to doing the same. Over the time that I worked for Charlie I observed him build a successful team through fostering innovation, shrewd hiring (perhaps myself excluded), growth oriented planning, sharp analysis and deft internal and external networking. His appetite for not only solving the problem at hand, but addressing the broader issue is unparalleled in my experience. Charlie's authenticity, drive and integrity continues to foster loyalty and a commitment to excellence among his team. It would be hard to bet against any team with him at the helm.

I had the opportunity to work directly for Charlie in two different capacities at the University of Phoenix. My experience working with Charlie not only helped me to evolve to become a stronger leader but under his guidance and leadership he helped me to grow into being a better human being. Charlie has a unique skill, common of most natural innovators, of being able to accurately assess patterns, trends and behaviors of people and the market. Because of this skill, he was able to help me identify things in myself I may never have conquered. In addition, he lead our organization through challenging times by focusing on innovation and what we could control to optimize success. His leadership philosophy guided and encouraged our teams to be creative, courageous and challenge "inside the box" thinking. Charlie is a rare and brilliant leader with an infinite transferable capacity and set of skills that would serve in any market. I admire and have learned from his willingness to take on any challenge regardless of the terrain while executing a keen ability to rally a loyal army of troops that will walk boldly into battle with him.

I have worked with Charlie in different leadership capacities and have seen first hand the value he brings to an organization. Charlie has extensive online expertise with a proven track record of increasing enrollment and providing a positive student experience. Through his knowledge of the students and their needs, he has a knack for telling the story to create a consistent brand. Charlie hones in on key areas of opportunity to improve operational efficiency and increase revenue.

I've worked with Charlie directly and indirectly for nearly 10 years. I've always been impressed by Charlie's entrepreneurial spirit and his ability to achieve astounding goals that he sets for himself and those that report to him. Charlie consistently demonstrates an exceptional competency level in quantitative and qualitative analysis of key performance indicators to improve operational efficiency. He then motivates others through superior execution and transitions goals into high-impact actions. Charlie is a visionary leader that can picture the integration of complex functions to improve the bottom line, the student experience. Those organizations that have an opportunity to work with Charlie in higher education, particularly in online operations, will benefit greatly from interacting with him.

I have had the great privilege of working with Charlie Nguyen from CMSquared Consulting in a variety of capacities. He has always demonstrated an incredible inherent ability to see to the heart of a challenge and move quickly to a solution that brings positive results, and continues this through his interactions with clients at CMSquared Consulting. His firm has a strong, consistent track record in improving operational efficiencies and integrating complex functions. The experience his firm brings to online educational institutions because of years of experience in providing thought leadership and results is a great benefit to their clients. They have deep skill sets in driving enrollment, with an eye towards insuring the student experience and satisfaction is consistently high while also driving revenue generation and successfully managing the bottom line. Charlie Nguyen and CMsquared Consulting deliver on their projects and are a great asset and resource to any organization that chooses to work with them.

Charlie excels in operational leadership, and in coordinating the work of diverse groups of people. I regularly work with committed, dedicated people, but Charlie stands out even among the best of them. Charlie spends the time it takes to get to know his team and what drives them. He is adept at developing others and pushing them to excel. I owe much of my recent development as a professional to the opportunities Charlie gave me to stretch my abilities. I strongly recommend Charlie based on my work with him at Apollo.

Charlie is a driven, determined individual that carries excellence with him in any given situation. Charlie sees the vision and almost inherently knows the steps to take to achieve the mission. Charlie strives to build strong cultures and exceed the bottom line through strong business acumen and natural leadership qualities. Charlie challenged me in ways that I didn't think possible and caused me to grow professionally in a short amount of time. Charlie allowed me to learn from my failures and praised me for my successes. I appreciated Charlie's perspective, as it would usually challenge the status quo. Charlie's strive for excellence was well-known and people wanted to work harder and create a better environment because of Charlie's leadership.

Charlie and I worked closely together for two years. During our work together, Charlie displayed numerous skills that would be beneficial to any organization. He demonstrates insight into behavior by interprets the verbal and non-verbal behaviors of others; maintains open communication by encouraging people to share problems, successes, and new ideas; and works well with diverse groups of people by demonstrating respect for their opinion, perspectives, customs, and individual differences. In addition, he demonstrates ambition, adaptability, a willingness to take risks, and a willingness to learn. He is an open door manager that is respectful and communicative. I would recommend Charlie for any type of business.