Yaping Kitamura Email & Phone Number

California, United States

United States

As the Director of APAC at ReadyLinks, I am responsible for overseeing the entire Asia-Pacific region's business operations, supply chain management, and project execution. In this strategic leadership role, I develop and execute plans to drive business growth and market expansion, while building strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and suppliers.I manage end-to-end supply chain operations to ensure cost-effective and timely delivery of products, implementing best practices to optimize efficiency and reduce costs. Leading cross-functional project teams, I ensure the successful execution of key initiatives and product launches, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.I strive to build and maintain strong relationships with vendors, customers, and partners, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement. I am dedicated to nurturing and mentoring a high-performing team across the APAC region, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment with open communication and collaboration. My goal is to support the growth and development of the APAC team.

United States

San Jose, California, United States

● Project lead and vendor/customer-facing on all events, responsible for the planning, implementation and execution of trade show and events. From large-scale corporate events including global customer and partner conferences to reginal trade shows and customer networking engagements (Please see second page “Activities and experience” for more information)● Manage execution and coordinate with multiple departments to hold the team for timely, thoughtful, and expansive deliverables across simultaneous engagements in various phase of execution; Intimately know and understand the scope of each engagement, developing and maintaining a timeline for deliverables● Responsible for planning scope and format of events, establish and monitor budgets; review administrative procedure and event progress ● Build and maintain relationship with partners and vendors such as Intel, Nvidia and AMD● Analyze event feedback data including virtual/hybrid event and develop event insights for future event planning/strategy

San Jose, California

● Manage marketing plans/programs to meet business objectives including collaboration with internal sales and vendor partners.● Assess market opportunities and track market trends. Recommend marketing improvements based on findings● Plan and execute events to support marketing objectives● Manage project/program budget(s) and coordinate invoice process● Conduct market research, including competitive benchmarking, and analyze campaign/program/ service/event effectiveness used to inform decisions regarding strategic marketing direction, product segmentation and customer targeting● Strong presentation skill including in front of internal sales and vendor partners

Fremont, Ca

● Worked across manufacturers, sales, and customers across various product lines for mobile/notebooks, desktop motherboards and video cards from ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte● Maintained excellent relationships with sales and external vendors for opportunities in new markets and facility continuous improvement● Worked with multiple vendors on new product lineup, product allocation, special pricing requests, and product trainings