Professional Experience
- Program Manager, Center for Citizen Initiatives, San Francisco, CA, 06-10/2005
- CCI pursues economic reform in Russia by supporting the development of small and medium-size business. As program manager, I reported directly to the CCI president and was responsible for establishing the strategy and implementation of CCI's new program for business climate improvement. Due to external factors which impeded the effectiveness of our efforts, we decided to close the program prematurefly.
- Reference: Sharon Tennison, President, (415) 561-7777
- Skills Utilized: Strategy development and implementation; International management; Marketing management; Program evaluation; Customer relationship management; Research
- Researcher, Center for East Asian Studies, Monterey, CA, 01/2003 - Present
- The Center conducts research on regional relations between Northeast Asian nations (China, Japan, the Koreas, Mongolia and the Russian Far East). I am responsible for conducting field and desk research relating to the Russian Far East and its ties to the region, primarily economic and demographic. My research contributions have resulted in nearly a dozen academic and professional reports (See Portfolio section). I also contributed to content management of the CEAS website.
- References: Prof. Tsuneo Akaha, Director, (831) 647-4146; Prof. Don Van Arsdol
- Skills Utilized: Field research; Desk research; Demographic Analysis; Economic Analysis; Quantitative Analysis; Translation and Interpretation; Content management
- Project Specialist, Language Line Services, Monterey, CA, 2003 - 2005
- Language Line Services is the industry leader in over-the-phone interpretation services. My responsibilities in Language Line's marketing department included conducting market research, preparing reports for the sales team, and analyzing demographic trends.
- References: Greg Marshall, Marketing Director, (831) 648-7452; Greg Holt, Marketing Manager, (831) 648-7108
- Skills Utilized: Market research; Demographic Analysis; Economic Analysis; Database management
- International Marketing Consultant, Monterey, CA, 9 - 12/2004
- Cranium Inc., a well-known game producer, enlisted the services of a team of business-school students to develop a model for analyzing international markets. I was responsible for quantitative analysis of our research data, as well as editing and laying out the final business plan for Cranium.
- Skills Utilized: Consulting; Market research; Economic analysis; Quantitative analysis; Statistical and regression-based analysis; Desktop publishing; Editing
- Consultant, Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, Chattanooga, TN, 8 - 12/2002
- The Chamber hired me to map and document organizational workflow processes. My contribution resulted in an Adminsitrative Policies and Procedures Manual, which I designed and created.
- Skills Utilized: Organizational management; Consulting
- Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, Russian Far East, 1999-2002
- Volunteers are responsible for designing, implementing and managing borth primary and secondary projects, which contribute to the overall development of the communities in which they serve.
- Skills Utilized: Being a volunteer is the ultimate challenge. It requires resourcefulness and self-motivation. Volunteers have to define their own problems, set their own goals and figure out how to implement with minimal support and few resources.
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