Yutaka Ikeda
General Manager, San Diego & North West at JST Corporation / Sales America- Claim this Profile
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Bernard THESIN
I have worked with Ikeda san when he was the National Sales Office Manager based in Tokyo leading all the sales for Japan market including Services. I was managing the Professional Services for the region and we had some complex and sensitive situation to handle. With his dual understanding making a perfect bridge between the Japanese and the Western cultures, he played a key role to reach a great conclusion. His maturity of sales and Business management, his capacity of listening and immediate perception of the target, help me to build the support solution in the correct approach. He delivers what he commits that makes him a trustful person.
Jay Shinn
Yutaka is a fantastic resource for any organization. I enjoyed the benefits of working with him in two areas of responsibility. One he was an ambassador between Grass Valley and the Japanese market. He was a great resource translating verbal and written requirements making multiple business cultures understand each other. Yutaka also proved to be a valuable partner during his period when he managed the Japanese market in Japan. I know he was thought of very high from other product line managers at GVG. Once again he used his extensive background from the factory, now in the field to expand sales and improve relationships and many levels. I recommend any organization needing japan-english relational skills to leverage Yutaka in their business endeavors.
Bernard THESIN
I have worked with Ikeda san when he was the National Sales Office Manager based in Tokyo leading all the sales for Japan market including Services. I was managing the Professional Services for the region and we had some complex and sensitive situation to handle. With his dual understanding making a perfect bridge between the Japanese and the Western cultures, he played a key role to reach a great conclusion. His maturity of sales and Business management, his capacity of listening and immediate perception of the target, help me to build the support solution in the correct approach. He delivers what he commits that makes him a trustful person.
Jay Shinn
Yutaka is a fantastic resource for any organization. I enjoyed the benefits of working with him in two areas of responsibility. One he was an ambassador between Grass Valley and the Japanese market. He was a great resource translating verbal and written requirements making multiple business cultures understand each other. Yutaka also proved to be a valuable partner during his period when he managed the Japanese market in Japan. I know he was thought of very high from other product line managers at GVG. Once again he used his extensive background from the factory, now in the field to expand sales and improve relationships and many levels. I recommend any organization needing japan-english relational skills to leverage Yutaka in their business endeavors.
Bernard THESIN
I have worked with Ikeda san when he was the National Sales Office Manager based in Tokyo leading all the sales for Japan market including Services. I was managing the Professional Services for the region and we had some complex and sensitive situation to handle. With his dual understanding making a perfect bridge between the Japanese and the Western cultures, he played a key role to reach a great conclusion. His maturity of sales and Business management, his capacity of listening and immediate perception of the target, help me to build the support solution in the correct approach. He delivers what he commits that makes him a trustful person.
Jay Shinn
Yutaka is a fantastic resource for any organization. I enjoyed the benefits of working with him in two areas of responsibility. One he was an ambassador between Grass Valley and the Japanese market. He was a great resource translating verbal and written requirements making multiple business cultures understand each other. Yutaka also proved to be a valuable partner during his period when he managed the Japanese market in Japan. I know he was thought of very high from other product line managers at GVG. Once again he used his extensive background from the factory, now in the field to expand sales and improve relationships and many levels. I recommend any organization needing japan-english relational skills to leverage Yutaka in their business endeavors.
Bernard THESIN
I have worked with Ikeda san when he was the National Sales Office Manager based in Tokyo leading all the sales for Japan market including Services. I was managing the Professional Services for the region and we had some complex and sensitive situation to handle. With his dual understanding making a perfect bridge between the Japanese and the Western cultures, he played a key role to reach a great conclusion. His maturity of sales and Business management, his capacity of listening and immediate perception of the target, help me to build the support solution in the correct approach. He delivers what he commits that makes him a trustful person.
Jay Shinn
Yutaka is a fantastic resource for any organization. I enjoyed the benefits of working with him in two areas of responsibility. One he was an ambassador between Grass Valley and the Japanese market. He was a great resource translating verbal and written requirements making multiple business cultures understand each other. Yutaka also proved to be a valuable partner during his period when he managed the Japanese market in Japan. I know he was thought of very high from other product line managers at GVG. Once again he used his extensive background from the factory, now in the field to expand sales and improve relationships and many levels. I recommend any organization needing japan-english relational skills to leverage Yutaka in their business endeavors.
Experience
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JST Corporation / Sales America
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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General Manager, San Diego & North West
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Jul 2020 - Present
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General Manager, San Diego J.S.T. Sales, Inc.
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Aug 2013 - Present
General ManagerBusiness Development for Electronic Components.
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Apple
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Indonesia
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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APAC Apple Developer Support
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Oct 2010 - Aug 2013
iOS/Mac Developer Support iOS/Mac Developer Support
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Technical & Business Consultant
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Feb 2008 - Sep 2010
- Communication between Japanese and English speaking companies for general business and technical issues - Contacting and negotiating with Japanese video & audio professionals for specific business issue - Localization of documents (sales literature or technical manual) from English to Japanese - Finding a distribution network in Japan for your products - All other business issues to improve a representation of your products in Japan - Communication between Japanese and English speaking companies for general business and technical issues - Contacting and negotiating with Japanese video & audio professionals for specific business issue - Localization of documents (sales literature or technical manual) from English to Japanese - Finding a distribution network in Japan for your products - All other business issues to improve a representation of your products in Japan
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Thomson Grass Valley
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Line Quality Manager
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Feb 2006 - Feb 2008
Managed and oversaw processes to ensure product quality of digital video servers and non-linear editing system used at broadcast station and video production market.
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Sales Director - President of Grass Valley Japan
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Sep 1999 - Jan 2006
Managed broadcast equipment sales team to increase the sales amount and supervised the finance and administration as the general manager of international sales office.
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Tektronix
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United States
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Development Manager, Grass Valley, Inc.
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Apr 1992 - Aug 1999
Developed new business in Japanese market by researching a specific product area with aggressive sales, marketing and technical support from U.S. Developed new business in Japanese market by researching a specific product area with aggressive sales, marketing and technical support from U.S.
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Grass Valley
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Canada
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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100 - 200 Employee
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Business Development Manager
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1992 - 1999
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Sony
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Entertainment Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Service Manager
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May 1979 - Jun 1992
• Deployed overall service operations at the headquarters of Japanese domestic broadcast service for professional audio/video products such as digital VTR, vision mixer, digital video effects and others • Planned and deployed customer service trainings for professional audio/video products • Deployed overall service operations at the headquarters of Japanese domestic broadcast service for professional audio/video products such as digital VTR, vision mixer, digital video effects and others • Planned and deployed customer service trainings for professional audio/video products
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