Social Web Tools & Applications Project Launch & Leadership at OsakaBentures
October 2010 - April 2011
Lean startup founder: TeamUP, RiteTag
TeamUP - TBA (working on this one feverishly. Should be hot for lean project managers)
RiteTag - This is one that I conceived and founded. RiteTag is the only tool that helps you identify hashtags - for 9 social networks (so far) - based on a query word, not necessarily a hashtag. Interactive RiteTag Reports show tweets/updates/photos/ebay offers/slideshow content that has gone out recently with a suggested tag, who is using the tag, how many times, and when the tag is used the most. From these hints, you decide which hashtags to use, tick boxes in a Report, and either save them as a Tag Set or copy to clipboard and use with your content immediately.
With RiteTag, just with forever-free features, we curate content, aggregate, use the content discovered in RiteTag (with full attribution to original content sharer) where we wish.
RiteTaggers curate content into Collections, move content around, scrape from many social networks, and save it for reference or copy and paste - with proper, built-in attribution of the original content creator - for aggregation into a multi-author article.
Director, New Business Planning Dept at YOU-NA TECH CORPORATION
March 2009 - August 2009
Before my cooperation with the president of this small firm, the business activity of You-Na Tech was 100% limited to the recycling of scrap silicon material. I was responsible for establishing the New Business Planning Dept., staffing, and developing relationships with Japanese and foreign firms that will produce silicon ingots for export, and also solar silicon wafers, solar cells, and solar modules (panels). I also led the initial promotion projects for the launch of these new product lines for export sales worldwide.
International Marketing Director at FREE BUSINESS CO., LTD
April 2005 - August 2007
Developed the international marketing program and lead all overseas sales for this Osaka-based direct marketing list company. Marketing to direct corporate clients as well as developing partnerships with list management firms and brokers and information services firms in the U.S.; and China.
* Consulted with two China-based offshore software firms on establishment of Japan headquarters.
* Expanded this company's overall visibility by leading the move of the firm into advertising as well as SEO (search engine optimization) for the Japanese, English, and Chinese index pages of the site, re-worked the entire English site, and further added an entire .com domain and led the site design project to both localize North American marketing and exploit more search engine optimization opportunities. Initiated and supervised the company's usage of SEM.
* Established relationships with the DMA (Direct Marketing Association, USA) and JDMA (Japan Direct Mail Association) for the company and further, authored articles for industry magazines (such as DM News - samples available upon request), both on-line and print to earn cost-free PR for the firm.
Proprietor at MegaWorld
November 1999 - February 2005
Established this retail outlet in Sakai City, Osaka in 1999. Luggage, leather goods, headwear, eyewear and gifts from around the world: all goods imported by MegaWorld, relying heavily on the internet.
International Marketing and Sales Director at SHOWATOOL CO., LTD
February 1997 - October 1999
Initially hired on a contract basis to analyze how latest low-cost computer technologies could be utilized in this company to both cut operating costs significantly and also aid in marketing, I soon delegated the responsibilities for the in-house web and pre-print projects that I initiated for both the three-language web-site and the firm's catalogs and pamphlets production. Subsequent to my taking on a small design staff to complete the web and company literature design projects that I initially led, I ordered equipment and trained staff at several key locations on personal computers, and initiated the change from sending many forms, memos and blueprints by fax between the company's offices.
I was then given four months of intensive sales engineering before receiving what would remain my permanent position: International Marketing and Sales Director. I received an intensive general education in machine tooling, following which I assisted in contract negotiation with foreign suppliers as well as assisting in business with our many distributors and the largest and most prestigious of customers, including ROLLS ROYCE (U.K.), MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (USA) and MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC (USA), BOEING (USA), and MCDONNELL DOUGLASS (USA). I represented SHOWA SEIKI at international machine tool expos England, France, Japan and America.
I left SHOWA SEIKI in October, 1999, after completing a final project to establish the SHOWA USA headquarters office near Chicago.
Brand Manager at MIPRO CO., LTD
June 1994 - November 1996
Marketing Manager and Brand Manager, SMELLY TUNA and IGNITION snowboard brands
* Subsequent to my presentation on the cost-saving attributes as well as speed of delivery, market sensitivity, and other benefits of in-house graphic and text design for snowboards and other marketing support materials (i.e. printed catalogs, brochures, stickers, seals, branded clothing, give-away promotional items, etc.), I arranged for the firm's first Macintosh and design software to be delivered. I later installed everything and learned to use and teach staff to use the Macintosh, and numerous software applications, including QUARK XPRESS as well as ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR and PHOTOSHOP.
* Worked with the firm's sponsored snowboard riders on design and brand image issues, coordinating with athletes and marketing people in Osaka, Tokyo, and at the USA headquarters
Market Researcher at February GLOBAL SPECTRUM COMM
October 1991 - February 1994
Market Research Staff and Japan Liaison
* Recruited to research and report on the arbitrage positions and mid/long-term market prognoses for the many overseas prospective markets for the company's innovative "call-back" low-cost international long distance service.
* Utilizing my Japanese fluency and negotiation skills, I liaised with the company's Japan representative (at that time, headquartered in Osaka, Japan)
Owner at OsakaBentures
October 2010
January, 2013 - Present User Experience, Project Manager, Co-founder: blobi.co: "your social media dichotomy: business in front, party in the back."
December, 2012 - Present Founder: Bootstrapping Social Startups G+ Community (in association with IdeasWatch.com and the B.S.S. LinkedIn Group)
April, 2012 - Present: User Experience, Community Manager, PR: IdeasWatch.com - where ideators team up and launch innovative startups.
January, 2012 - Present Social Media Tools Design & Creation:
team-building, features and functionality specs-drafting, project management, PR, community development.
February, 2012 - Present Founder, Feature Design, UX, PR, Community Development: RiteTag.com
March - April, 2009 English Editor: The Osaka Prefectural Government's entire official website and Governor Hashimoto's public addresses.
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