Objective

A   career   utilizing  my  international  perspective, linguistic abilities and technical expertise

Linguistic Ability

Training  &  public speaking, proofreading and editing experience, voice recordings for TV and radio.

Three years experience public speaking and training  in
Japanese, translating and interpreting
Certified Level 1 Japanese Language Proficiency by  the Nihongo Noryoku Kentei Kyokai
Teaching  Japanese Certificate Diploma of the Japanese Ministry of Education

Technical Ability

Formal university structured programming background,
Knowledge and development experience with Client/Server, RDBS and Object Oriented paradigms
Knowledge and development experience with cross platform globalization, internationalization, and localization with focus on DBCS (Japanese) localization
Cross platform development experience with Unix, Windows, MacOS, NEC MSDOS, BeOS, AmigaOS
Localized Network Client/Server Apps
Localized Full Text Search Engines
QA and Software Testing Experience drafting and executing
Test plans/suites for large TCP/IP application

Languages:

Development in C, Perl, Java, C++ , AWK, Pascal, VRML(2), SQL, etc.

Employment

Duties Include Project Management of:
Direct interface to Japanese partner firms
Facilitate joint development activities Train and instruct foreign sales and marketing groups on product focus and paradigmicconsiderations
Architect information management solutions
Internationalize and localize in Japanese existing product base
Serve as engineering contact for sales, marketing and foreign development groups
Design and Implement Business Objects for Internal Automation
 

Duties Include Project Management of:
Documentation for test plans, suites, cases forlarge
UNIX TCP/IP Application
Development of testing tools
System Administration of testing environments
Execution of test plan
Provide interface to sales and marketing for product inquiries
Assist in product demonstrations and installations

International Affairs Director                8/96 - 3/97
Hashimoto Kakubundo, Multimedia Promotion Dept.

Duties Include Project Management of:
Multimedia   authoring  and  software   product
development and localization
Bilingual customer support network
Product advertising and marketing
Internet/Intranet     business     applications development
Conducting of foreign affairs activities
Japanese-English English-Japanese  simultaneous interpreting,    translation,    editing    and proofreading

Coordinator For International Relations         5/93-7/96
Ishikawa  Prefectural  International  Culture  Exchange Center

Duties Include:
Organization,   promotion  and   execution   of
workshops, training seminars, events
Japanese-English English-Japanese  interpreting and translation
Japanese public speaking
QA of Multilingual Translation Projects
English document editing and proofreading
System Integration and Computer consultation
HTML web page design and markup
Information organization and retrieval

Publications

JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERPERSONAL BUSINESS INTERACTIONS:  SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT ABATEMENT, University of Kansas 1993

MULTILINGUAL COMPUTING, "Japanese Localization on the Amiga" 1994

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Economics & East Asian Languages  and Cultures (Honors) 5/93
University of Kansas-Lawrence

Rotary Youth Exchange Student 8/87-8/88
Hokuriku High School, Fukui City, Japan

Skills & Awards

English - Japanese Bilingual
Keen  experience and understanding of Japanese society, history and culture
Work  experience  in Japanese government  and  business environments
Excellent  public  speaking ability and  experience  in adult training and education
Multiplatform development ability in C, Perl, Java
System Administration SRV, BSD, Solaris, Linux
Judo Shodan (Black Belt 1)
Koto (Japanese 13 string harp)
Traditional Japanese NO theater (Utai and Shimai)
Eagle Scout

References

Available upon request