Business Development Manager - Digital Energy at Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI), with 20+ years experience navigating the Japanese corporate world (including 14 years living & working in Japan). Current focus on grid modernization & digital energy / smart grid solutions, generative AI for power & energy applications, vehicle to grid (V2G) systems, remote substation monitoring, distribution level power electronics, and distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS). Fluent in English and Japanese (JLPT level 2 certified 2004) with excellent communication (speaking, reading and writing) and interpersonal skills in both languages. Former bilingual commercial property & casualty insurance client sales representative at Toyota Tsusho America and 5 year alumni of the Japanese government's JET Programme, with 3 years spent as Coordinator for International Relations, and 2 years as Hokkaido's first ever public elementary school specialist English language instructor.Specialties: - New business development- Project management- Strategic acquisitions- Strategic planning- Power systems related ICT / smart grid solutions- Grid modernization- Heavy EV charging infrastructure & vehicle grid integration- Japanese energy markets- Generative AI applications for power & energy systems- Charged ion / hadron cancer therapy- Japanese-English translation, interpreting & proofreading- Event planning & coordination
Listed skills include Business Development, Acquisitions, Strategic Planning, Particle Physics, and 30 others.