QUALIFICATIONS

• Internet site development and maintenance experience
  
• Knowledge of Internet coding, scripting, and programming languages including HTML, Perl, CGI, and some JavaScript.
  
• Experience with graphics software including Adobe Illustrator and Photo Suite.
  
• Basic knowledge of Novell Web Server and NT Server
  
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills
  

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
1996-1998
Hitachi Ltd., New Financial Systems, Acting Manager
Tokyo, Japan

• Maintained and programmed the English version of the electronic commerce division Internet home page, which experienced close to a 15% increase in files sent after I became webmaster.
  
• Developed and maintained an Intranet page that held internal contact information, product specifications, project and policy information, and gave international colleagues better access to up-to-date information.
  
• Created and edited Hitachi Electronic Commerce Report which significantly increased consumer awareness of products, projects, and policies.
  
• Translated technical specifications and user manuals for card read/write devices.

1995 - 1996
Hitachi Ltd., ADS Laboratory, Strategic Alliance Director
Tokyo, Japan

• Supervised the development, the writing, and the organization of a technical proposal submitted to the European Commission for the ACT project.
  
• Co-ordinated an international symposium on autonomous decentralized systems.

• Novell- Internet Business Strategies certification- completed 21 August 1998
  
• Novell- Web Designer certification after successful completion of Designing Effective Web Sites course (August 31-September 1) and related tests. Anticipated completion date of 10 September 1998.

LANGUAGE & CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

• Speak, read, write, and conduct business in the Japanese language.
  
• Completed classes and conducted research at a first tier Japanese university.
  
• Maintained a home and occupation in Japan for over four years.
  
• Eight years of French language study, including living in France during the summer of 1985.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• One of fifteen recipients world-wide of a Rotary International Japan Program Scholarship for International Study from 1993-1995.
  
• Played as the only non-Japanese in the first level Tokyo Women’s Soccer League for four seasons. As goalkeeper helped lead the team to consecutively higher league and tournament standings.

EDUCATION
1993-1995
Waseda University, International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan

• Japanese language and International Economics

1991-1993
California State University at Fresno

• M.A. degree, International Affairs

1986-1990
Kenyon College, Gambier Ohio

• B.A. degree, International Relations and Religion

REFERENCES
Available upon Request