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Texas, United States

Minato, Tokyo, Jp

Establishing in 2011, Gephyro Consulting has been Providing unique and innovative State of the IT consulting Project Management and Management Innovation Consultation.Each project is handled with unique perspective and integrity. Gephyro Consulting is established itself as a leader in the industry. Ingenuity and an eye for solutions make Gephyro Consulting the obvious choice for all your requirements.Gephyro Consulting is committed to providing you with the best Management and Information Technologies Consultation. Approach every project with a focus on aesthetics, functionality, cost, and schedule with every possible solutions. Fluent in Japanese and English and is a specialist to liase and engage at executive & IT levels to strategize and move initiatives forward for Japanese & US companies. Career to date, has hands-on in depth experience across a wide variety of industries including working with world leaders in the fields of global trading, manufacturing, education and food distribution.

New York, Ny, Us

Established new SAP practice and managed team of over 100 individuals - Managed partner relationships and client expectations- Oversaw Project Management Office for all IT projects. Ensured clear direction, goals & as needed corrective action- Managed IT outsourcing relationship for major client including day to day running of their IT system. Ongoing review of performance metrics.

New York, Ny, Us

October 2006 - March 2008- Established Global Excellence Operation Plan including all US operations & part of Japanese parent organizationOctober 2003 – December 2006 - Successful to establish & execute corporate plan to double US business- Established branch accounting to ensure visibility and manage risk from different locations & units of the business- Established/Renew Performance Management measurement of human resource guidelines for salary, incentives & reviews procedures.- Setup new business development structure with focus to bring in new opportunities - Successful to grow business revenue doubled and bring in over 100 additional customers- Major achievement to sign outsourcing agreement with Japanese trading company which included entire IT outsourcing of their North American branch structure & SAP application support. This involved relocating IT support center to central region and optimizing user support calls from North and South America to lower operating costs & improve efficiencies. - Multiple related IT sourcing agreements in this period saw profitability rise by 15%.October 2001 - December 2002- Analyzed sales & corporate functions and proposed corporate restructuring- Making Plan/Design and Team Management to this reorganization including transfer of corporate headquarters from West Coast to New York, closing of 2 branch offices and transfer of some functions within the company.- Managed ongoing transition with customers, partners and employees to ensure company was in a stronger position going forward

Jp

- Establish Branch Office in Dallas Fortworth Area, - Established Organizations included Business Development, Clients Relations, Marketing and Development Team. Established Outsource business units- Signed landmark IT Outsourcing Agreement with major Japanese high tech company in 1996 - Above business was won after many years of providing excellent services to customer- Built up & retained top performing IT services team. Established a Dallas office and grew to 100 employees.- Managed ongoing client relationship including clearly scoped deliverables- Application outsourcing included migrating client business units to corporate standard platform and proposing and delivering ERP software enhancements to critical business needs- Infrastructure outsourcing included managing & upgrading of network, servers to ensuring optimum levels of uptime & performance- Strategic consulting involved developing road map for customer's short term IT needs including liaison between customer's corporate IT and their operating business divisions- Act as IT Strategic Planner/ Project Manager to make Strategic Directions, Plan,Design, Perform Fit&Gap, Define Requirements to over 20 projects for Operational Efficiency Projects, such as Forecast/Demand, SCM, Expanding distribution Center, Efficiency Shipment, MRP Implementation etc.

New York, Ny, Us

- On site consultant at a major Japanese high tech company co-ordinating IT activity on behalf of a large division in the cellphone business- Ongoing project management to ensure successful implementation of manufacturing system (QAD/MFGPRO) for Mexico Plant- Define erequirements gathering, gap analysis, system design, adherence to methodologies, project timeline, scope, budgets- Liaised closely with key stakeholders and managed issues & escalations to ensure successful go live- In depth knowledge of manufacturing life cycle process including MRP, ECN, shop floor, work order, repetitive manufacturing, backflush- Identified areas of custom development, reviewed design & testing- Oversaw user training, manuals, data setup, system controls- Ensured quick follow-up during critical post implementation period to ensure minimum impact to business & ensure success

New York, Ny, Us

- Major migration project to Mainframe Downsize to ERP system, in responsible area of Data migration, leader from Mainframe to new ERP system for large Japanese High-tech company.-Responsibilities included define requirements, gap analysis and establish system design, manage functional and technical personnel, Development of additional functions, -Establishing and overseeing Project Development processes and methodologies, project timeline, budget, scope, issues, risks and working closely with executive leadership.

Business Analyst, Management Project Team, Many different industries ERP system Implementation from Legacy Mainframe . Responsibility included Project team Manage and Clients Requirements Management, Development of UNIX base ERP system. Fit & Gap Analysis, Prototyping Modeling, fine-tuning and adjustments.

- On site consultant at a major Japanese high tech company working as a member of IT- Lead activity across a variety of sized projects to deliver functionality enhancements to the business unit- This included the full life cycle of software application enhancements including requirements, design, coding, testing, delivery, documentation