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Academic Advisor; US Admissions Application Mentor
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Academic Advisor; US Admissions Application Mentor

Crimson Education
2022.11-Current(3 years)
· Undertake weekly 1-on-1 meetings with more than 40 students around the world every year to help them brainstorm and perfect essays for applying to top US universities and major international scholarships · Speak to more than 30 students (and their parents) around the world every month to provide targeted assessments and advice on applying to top US and UK universities · Bring in a monthly average of $130,000 in new revenues from seven new students purchasing services related to admissions consulting, extracurricular mentorship, and academic support

Associate Director

Blackpeak Group
2018.10-2023.01(4 years)
· Led the Japan and Korea operations for the business risk advisory firm, managing a team of four researchers and editors to conduct an average of five corporate due diligence and business intelligence projects per month · Maintained and developed client relationships with more than ten regular clients, including major Japanese and international investment banks, hedge funds, and law firms, so that they each provide at least one project per quarter · Increased contacts between the Tokyo office and other offices of the firm so that more than 50% of the projects undertaken are conducted on a cross-office basis with real-time sharing of research, training, and writing resources · Expanded the Japan and Korea source networks that consist of more than 10 external consultants and major networks for finding human sources who can provide insider information on various companies · Presented research results on 10+ Chinese counterfeiters to several major Japanese brands, enabling the manufacturing and retail outlets of the counterfeiters to be legally shut down

Head of Rural Retail Program

One Acre Fund
2015.07-2017.07(2 years)
· Launched the NGO’s first six shops providing agricultural inputs and loans in rural communities to 4,000 clients · Created brand-new processes for shop operations, product sourcing, data analytics, and customer experience · Recruited and managed a lean team of 15 staff members capable of independently handling the program’s complexities

Vice President of Operations, Philippines; Head of Regional Operational Analytics Team

Lazada Group
2012.06-2015.07(3 years)
· Led a region-wide logistics project that reduced cost by 30% across six countries over four months · Led the planning and setup of the corporate delivery fleet from zero to more than twenty vehicles · Overhauled the product returns process, reducing processing speeds by half with the same amount of manpower · Restructured the outbound process to increase output capacity by 30% without cost increase · Set up a warehouse-based customer service team, reducing handling time for complaints from a day to two hours · Determined key strategies to improve the outbound efficiency of warehouse operations by 50% over three months

Educational experience

The University of Tokyo

Interdisciplinary Information Studies
2017.07-2021.10(4 years)
Thesis on the social integration of Chinese immigrants in the Russian Far East

London School of Economics and Political Science

International Political Economy
2011.10-2012.11(a year)
One-year program

Yale University

Economics and Engineering Sciences (Electrical)
2006.09-2010.05(4 years)
Double major

Languages

Japanese
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English
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Chinese (Mandarin)
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