Experience

Encompass K.K. | Tokyo, Japan | 2009-Present
Senior Programmer

• Creator and lead developer of a web-based sales management platform for small businesses.

• Project Manager for client website development, social media presence, book publishing, smartphone app development and marketing campaigns.

• Responsible for communicating project requirements from management to technical staff and third party vendors.

Tsujii Laboratory, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2007-2009
Cooperative Researcher
• Project manager and lead developer of PathText: a text mining integrator for biological pathway visualizations developed in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, National Centre for Text Mining (University of Manchester) and Systems Biology Institute.

Department of Frontier Sciences & Science Integration, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2002-2007
Cooperative Researcher
• Lead developer for the EKOSS system, a semantic search engine developed for the sharing, discovery, and integration of expert scientific knowledge using semantic web and AI technologies.
• Lead developer for the Tokyo Half Project: A web-based exchange for countermeasure technology and computational model development. Managed integration with the MIT CADLab DOME project.

eigoTown.com, Tokyo, Japan, IT Manager, 2002-2003
IT Manager


Freelance Developer

Muncie, Indiana, 2001-2002

Communications&Programming Director

Rutter Communications Network LLC, Muncie, Indiana, 1992-2001
• Creator and lead developer of a business management system for tracking advertising sales, accounting and communication with satellite offices.
• Developed web-based weekly video news program for internal sales team communication, managed purchasing and maintenance of computers, communications, and networking equipment.
• Video production, editing and creative for local television commercials and lead developer for a regional telephone directory portal.

Lab Manager
Ball State University Computer Labs, Muncie, Indiana, USA, 1990-1992

Skills

■ Over 25 years of B2B and B2C software development experience.
■ Adept at communicating ideas between management, marketing and technical teams.
■ Experienced in dealing with language and cultural issues in business.
■ Front end development using HTML/CSS/JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, DataTables, Highcharts.
■ Experienced in PHP server-side scripting.
■ Knowledgeable in SQL with relational databases such as MySQL & PostgreSQL.
■ Experience with Java, Apache Tomcat, Eclipse IDE, Zend framework, Photo and Video editing.