In 2008 after graduating from California State University Long Beach with a Marketing degree, I moved back to Tokyo to start my professional career.
My first professional experience was at SHAHANI as a Recruitment Consultant in the B2C industry. Although I stayed only 9 months, I had the privilege of facing the many challenges of launching a new division for the firm and learning how to effectively communicate with senior professionals in the Japanese market.
My next journey was with a Norwegian software startup called Meltwater Group, where I spent the next 8+ years working my way up from a junior sales consultant to Managing Director of the business in Japan and South East Asia.
There, I had the opportunity to develop skills necessary to launch a business from ground up, successfully execute go-to-market strategies, build and grow effective sales teams, and design an organization driven by people and their purpose.
Now back at SHAHANI as COO, my mission is to transform the organization from good to great.