- Head up btrax San Francisco Sales & Marketing efforts along with growing and expanding the team.- Support HR activities including hiring and employee retention- Manage company wide OKRs

Working with clients to create go-to-market strategies for the Japanese market that take into account cultural and language differences from a design thinking perspective.

I focus on helping U.S. companies successfully enter and grow in Asian markets.btrax is a consulting, branding and marketing agency with clients ranging from growth stage startups to Fortune 100 companies such as Expedia, VentureBeat, Bonobos, AutoDesk, Blue Nile, Sony, Square, Toys R Us, and Cisco. Our fully multilingual and cross-cultural team provides results-driven strategies and creative solutions through offices in San Francisco and Tokyo. We are passionate about design thinking and global branding, which we apply in three core areas:・Market Insight・Brand Localization・Digital and Event Marketing

Off the Grid creates unique, community-centered culinary experiences, specializing in food truck programming, catering, and event planning throughout the Bay Area. In my role, I support the Sales and Marketing team with goal tracking, lead management, and reporting to ensure alignment with our performance goals. I help maintain and refine reporting and tracking and enhance sales enablement resources. Additionally, I collaborate with the team on strategy and problem-solving to drive successful outcomes.

We formed GlobalSaké to start a movement to make products make sense in international markets. Our goal is to create a collective community across countries and culture codes, share industry insights on global growth and international product strategy, learn from each other, and raise a saké toast when we meet up. So what does it take, beyond language support, to win product adoption in international markets? There’s an industry know-how gap in this area, and we’re here to help bridge it.If interested in international expansion discussions, you can see our monthly talks topics here: https://www.globalsakegrowth.com

Assisted multiple startups in both marketing and business development strategies. Provided consultation on everything from social media strategy to marketing initiatives both online and event focused.

Mamenta is a global commerce platform that enables brands and retailers from every continent to expand internationally. The Mamenta solution uses Artificial Intelligence to automate the complexity of global trade enabling brands and retailers to sell their merchandise direct to consumers on marketplaces all around the world. For more information, please visit www.mamenta.com.

International Market Entry - Marketing - Business Development. Working with athletes, brands, teams, and race and event directors in the endurance space providing international market entry services, civil legal services, sports marketing and branding solutions, and athlete/talent management services.

Working with the US arm of Intralink – an international business development consultancy with a deep specialism in East Asia.Our mission is to make commercial success in overseas markets fast, easy and cost effective.We have a 28-year track record and, in addition to our offices in San Jose and Boston, have operations in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the UK. We’re the only consultancy of our kind which will not just develop the right strategy for you, but play a hands-on role in building your business.Excited to be joining the team and my initial focus is on supporting Colorado based companies which want to enter or expand in East Asian markets. We have an incredible team of bilingual experts on the ground who will assess your business opportunity, secure sales for you and drive your growth.Our clients range from start-ups to multinationals in the automotive, mobile, energy, healthcare, internet, retail tech, and other high-growth sectors, plus government economic development organizations (EDOs).

Who are we?We are a Creative Technology Studio called Whamix. We are storytellers and innovators. We use emerging technology to connect products, services, and brands with their customers. We help companies breathe humanity into technology. What do we do?By leveraging emerging technologies and human centered design, we create branded narrative experiences for products and services. We practice lean innovation. Our process of Minimum Viable Question allows for creativity and passion while staying grounded in data driven outcomes.Why does it matter?Engaged customers are at the heart of every successful brand. Technology or design alone are not enough to create empathy in a fragmented and saturated world. Multidisciplinary innovation that combines design, technology, product and brand strategy is the only way to craft narratives that create authentic meaning for the customer-brand relationship.

Consulting for a large Japanese telecommunications firm on their business development strategies and providing introductions to companies of interest in various markets such as SaaS, consumer internet, business intelligence, cloud computing and other related markets. Providing market research and due diligence regarding Web 2.0 technologies, trends, and internet start-ups.Reports and presentations presented on Enterprise Mobility Market, Social Media trends, Casual Gaming, Enterprise App Economy, Mobile Healthcare, Real time search, Recommendation engines, Project Management market in the US and Japan.Conferences attended include TechCrunch Disrupt, AlwaysOn, VentureBeat, Web 2.0, Under The Radar, VentureWire, GigaOm.Comparison tables of markets and companies:Tier 2 Comparison Storage market focusing on the current state of the market. Visual Search market - comparison of competitors in the space.Video Surveillance market - differentiation between 3 key players.Online Backup market - breakdown of offerings and business models.Mobile Development Platforms - comparison of companies in the space along with the platforms and languages each addresses.Social Commerce - SWOT analysis of companies in the space. Smart Grid market analysis - Breakdown of company offerings.

Bringing Life into Photos! MotionPortrait provides a technology that automatically creates a 3D face model from a single picture. The model can be animated in a variety of facial expressions. It also allows you to put yourself in the movies. Useful technology for advertising agencies, web design firms, mobile app developers. Focusing on developing a strategy for establishing business in North America in various verticals from advertising, gaming, e-commerce, publishing, children's education, healthcare, etc.

After seeing an opportunity not addressed, started a partnership to enhance San Francisco's gourmet experience. We established a start-up with a concept of serving gourmet ramen via a mobile truck. Pivoted into offering services for mobile trucks looking to increase profitability, lower overhead, and streamline ordering and accounting processes. San Francisco's 'off the grid' is an off-shoot of this concept.

Provided management consulting services to both Japanese and US companies in the IT industry.Worked with Japanese government agencies on foreign direct investment initiatives.

Ginoza Village Board of Education · Implemented an Elementary School English Curriculum for Japanese speaking educators. · Developed a bi-lingual curriculum focused on communication in English and Japanese at three Elementary Schools and a Daycare Center. · Elected Cultural Ambassador for Ginoza Village Board of Education. Responsible for organizing cultural events/lessons, encouraging community involvement and participation in school and community activities. Nago City JET Regional Advisor: July 2002 – July 2003· Managed 16 JETs. · Responsible for conflict resolution, JETs overall well-being, planning events and orientating new JETs to all aspects of Japanese life, · Lead Conference seminars on: o Discipline and Motivation in the classroom o Elementary School Principles and Games o Preparing a year long curriculum for Elementary Schools.