Experience

YAMADA Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

• Japan
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant, Cross Border Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Apr 2022 - Present

• Associate, Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Apr 2021 - Mar 2022

• Analyst, Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Feb 2020 - Mar 2021

  Consultant for both buy-side and sell-side transactions between Japanese and overseas entities. Specialize in North American and European transactions.

• Analyst, Los Angeles Office

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

  Focused on cross-border transactions between Japan and the US.



KPMGジャパン／KPMG Japan

• Japan
• Business Consulting and Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Strategy Consulting Intern

  • Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Developed and presented an international market entry and domestic market share retention strategy to strategy group partners • Analyzed quantitative and qualitive data of client, competitors and relevant markets in English and Japanese • Developed models predicting market growth and 5-year expected revenues from advised market entry strategy • Developed and presented an international market entry and domestic market share retention strategy to strategy group partners • Analyzed quantitative and qualitive data of client, competitors and relevant markets in English and Japanese • Developed models predicting market growth and 5-year expected revenues from advised market entry strategy



Pomona Consulting Group

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Oct 2016 - May 2018

  • Designed client sourcing strategy, acquiring 7 clients including national and global corporations• Managed nationwide university student market entry strategy for political news startup Countable• Launched website, newsletter, workshop and case interview matching services and doubled active membership to 60 • Developed member retention strategy for Habitat for Humanity via Accenture's Innovation Challenge • Advised market entry, marketing and internal operations strategies for Shiseido's VISION 2020 initiative via Harvard College Consulting Group's (HCCG) International Case Competition



Sidebench

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Management Intern

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Designed technical product features for 3 clients, including Red Bull, Gamevice and First-Hold • Developed product designs and model user experiences with User Design team during Discovery phase • Performed quality assurance testing on developer product models and compiled reports for Sidebench Product Management • Drafted high-level summaries and workflow diagrams of strategies, potential clients, and firm opportunity channels • Designed technical product features for 3 clients, including Red Bull, Gamevice and First-Hold • Developed product designs and model user experiences with User Design team during Discovery phase • Performed quality assurance testing on developer product models and compiled reports for Sidebench Product Management • Drafted high-level summaries and workflow diagrams of strategies, potential clients, and firm opportunity channels



Tokyo City University

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Fellow

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  • Taught 5 undergraduate contextual-English courses in conjunction with faculty and guest lectured in other similar courses • Held seminars on campus, discussing subjects such as: liberal arts education, studying foreign language in a non-native environment, and the contrast of Japanese and American language and culture • Collaborated with a local business and the community of Oyamadai to discuss and implement more effective methods of English education and exposure to youth to foster a community of bilingualism



Pomona College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant, Professor Fabien Jammes Laboratory

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  • PROJECT: Identification of novel molecules regulating plant transpiration using a chemical screening• TECHNICAL SKILLS: Preparation of plant extracts, spectrophotometry, thermal imaging, data analysis. Maintenance and propagation of Arabidopsis mutants• PROJECT DESCRIPTION: We study the modulation of stomatal movement and molecules that decrease plant transpiration via the stomata pores. We currently are analyzing molecules, found in our lab earlier, to have some type of involvement in reducing plant transpiration by influencing stomatal aperture, by utilizing a high-throughput chemical screening strategy, devised for the sunflower Helianthus annuus