About Cao Hu

Dr. Cao Hu is the Global Partner and China President of Kotler Marketing Group (KMG), Director of the China Association for International Friendly Contact, Management Partner of AngelVest DeepTech Fund, and Co-founder of Venture Catalyst MIT in Cambridge. Dr. Cao holds a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Consumer Behavior. He previously served as a Senior Manager at Henkel Chemical Group in Germany and as a Senior Consultant at a renowned international strategic consulting firm.

Dr. Cao specializes in:  
- Industry Marketing  
- Sales Behavior  
- Industrial Distribution Channel Management  
- Database Marketing  
- Marketing Organizational Behavior  
- Design and Optimization of Sales Organizations  
- Motivation and Learning for Sales Teams  

Selected clients and projects he has served include:

Marketing Strategy and Management Projects: 
TCL Group, Baosteel Group, Shenzhen AVIC Group, AVIC International, Vanke Group, Foton Motors, Yutong Bus, Sany Group, Sinograin, Bank of China, Pratt & Whitney, General Motors China, Sinochem Group, Dunan Group, China Merchants Group, China Textile Group, Skyworth Group, Ping An Property Insurance, Vanke Real Estate, China Resources, Snow Beer (China) Co., Ltd., Tsinghua Yuanxing Biomedicine, Qingdao Steel Group, Emerson Network Energy Co., Ltd.  

Urban Development and Industrial Park Projects:
AVIC-Kotler (Xiamen) International Bio-Information Science City Development Strategy Consulting and International Resource Introduction  
Strategic Consulting and International Investment Cooperation for Nanjing Qinhuai River Comprehensive Development and Renovation  
Strategic Consulting and International Investment Cooperation for Tianjin Haihe River Comprehensive Development and Renovation  
Marketing Strategy and International Cooperation Consulting for the National (Yanliang) Aviation Technology Industrial Base  
Qingdao Luneng Group Coastal Comprehensive Development Project  
Strategic Consulting for Qingdao Polar Ocean World Comprehensive Tourism Development  
Strategic Consulting for Xi’an Qujiang New District Happy World Theme Park Development  
Strategic Consulting for the Comprehensive Cultural Tourism Project at the Front Square of Xi’an Terracotta Warriors  
Shanxi Energy Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Base Development Strategy  
Development Strategy and International Cooperation for Beijing (Daxing) International Security and Safety Industrial Base  
Strategic Consulting for Guizhou "Dance of the Earth" 52-Square-Kilometer Tourism New City Development  
Strategic Consulting for Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone Development  
Industrial Planning and Development Strategy Consulting for Suzhou High-Speed Rail New City  
Jinjiang Coastal Resource Planning and Industrial Upgrade Strategy  
Sanya City Technology and Creative Industry Planning and International Investment Cooperation  
China Merchants Group Zhangzhou Development Zone Transformation and Upgrade Strategy  
Jiangxi Lushan Xihai Wellness Island Development Strategy  
China (Sichuan) Rose Valley Comprehensive Development Strategy  
Zhengzhou International Livable Medical City Development Strategy  
Shenzhen Renmin South Road Commercial Revival and Development Strategy Positioning Project  
Conceptual Planning for the Branded Functional Renovation of the Old Shenzhen Science Museum Site

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