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Santa Monica, California, United States

Led the architecture, development and relaunch of the Tastemade web app as a greenfield project using Next.js and TypeScript.Created a UI component library implementing atomic design principles, leveraging Storybook for prototyping, testing, and documentation. Helped migrate legacy backend services to new Python backend and integrated frontend with new GraphQL APIs. Implemented end-to-end testing with Playwright, error monitoring with Sentry, and established performance benchmarks and monitoring using Core Web Vitals and OpenTelemetry. The app currently maintains a 99%+ crash-free session rate and over 90% accessibility score.

Santa Monica, California

Lead contributor to frontend and backend of internal video CMS using React, NodeJS, and PostgreSQL. Developed, deployed and maintained several microservices on AWS.

Santa Monica, California

Oversaw planning, production, and publishing of short-form video content across social media accounts.

Santa Monica, California

Recruite and mentor digital content creators on content creation best practices, audience growth, and sponsorships.

Kyoto, Japan

Managed the English localization of Burn Your Fat with Me!! and Burn Your Fat with Me! FG, a Japanese fitness game published on iOS and Android. Responsibilities included localization of the game dialogue, casting and directing of English voice actors, playtesting and quality control, building the marketing website, and preparing press materials for release.

Tokyo, Japan

Founding editor and contributor to the English language version of Japanese news blog, RocketNews24 (now SoraNews24).

Nagano, Japan

Developed curriculum for and led English classes at public high school in Nagano, Japan.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Japanese Language And Culture