Kyle K Yee
Education
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy & Organizational Behavior 2014-01-01 - 2016-01-01
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Executive Education, Talent Leaders Summit (TLS) Program 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-01
University of London
Master of Science - MS, Financial Economics 1999-01-01 - 2001-01-01
University of Birmingham
Master of Arts - MA, Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language 1997-01-01 - 1999-01-01
University of Regina
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology 1982-01-01 - 1990-01-01
University of London
-, International Business Strategy 2003-01-01 - 2003-01-01
Rakuten Management - Professional Skills Development Program
Advanced Business Skills, 2018 - 2018 -
Rakuten Management - Professional Skills Development Program
, Advanced Business Skills 2017-01-01 - 2017-01-01
Rakuten Englishnization Next
, Cross-cultural Management (Basic/Advanced) 2017-01-01 - 2017-01-01
Rakuten Management - Professional Development Program
DPA Cohort No. 4 (Development Program for Potential Grade AAA), 2017-01-01 - 2017-01-01Work Experience
Rakuten
Current
Rakuten
Skills
Summary
From: Regina, Sask., Canada Chinese Name: 余 継光 / Yu Jiguang; Japanese Name: イー カイルケー CURRENT CAREER FOCUS 1) Product Engineering: Lead product strategy & engineering, e.g., (Portfolio) Learning Experience Platform, Project Management, Vendor Management/Contract Management, RFx, Sales Channel Partner Portal, Customer Reservation System, Social Behaviour Impact on Decision Making 2) AI Mindset in Product Design & Development: AI at the core of all product development 3) Change Management: Englishnization, AI-nization 4) Leadership Development CAREER HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS 1) Change Management-Led company-wide transformation project (>5,000 employees) to change the official language from Japanese to English (Project featured in HBS case study) 2) Strategic Alignment-Developed and deliver programs to align and support the overall strategic objectives of the organization with all internal & external stakeholders 3) M&A Transactions/PMI-Co-led acquisition of LinkShare Corp (NYC) at valuation of $425MM 4) Financial Transaction-Co-led investment in Ctrip.com at $103M for 20.3% in 2004 and divestment at $575M in 2007. 5) Leadership Development-Designed & delivered leadership programs across SE Asia 6) Organization Development-Designed & delivered general staff and management training programs 7) Product Management-Apps: Focused on productivity, finance, & education 8) Investor Relations: Prepared roadshow & quarterly results materials PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY 1) MGMT: GM, SR MGR, Director of Ops 2) HR: Change Management, Organization Development, Talent Development, Human Capital Management, Leadership Development (JP, TW, ID, IN), Employee Retention, Diversity & Inclusion , MBA Program, New Employee Onboarding (for Cohort sizes: 50 ~ 400 ppl), Employee Evaluation Systems (Global Programs), D&I, MMJ-2 3) CORPORATE: Global M&A, PMI, Liaise with External Legal Counsel 4) GLOBAL BIZ DEV: US, DE, LU, CN, KR, SG, ID 5) COMPANY SIZE: Start-up (12 ~ 15 employees), SME (150 ~ ), Large (>10,000) 6) INDUSTRIES: Restaurants & Hotels, Education (Private), Tech 7) GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY & OPERATIONS: Enterprise Cloud-based Products EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS MBA, McGill University MSc in Financial Economics, University of London MA in Teaching EFL, University of Birmingham BA in Psychology, University of Regina Exec Education Stanford GSB Certifications Rakuten: Project Manager, Product Manager, Scrum Master Facilitator: 360 Feedback, DDI, MBTI Guest Lecturer - University McGill, Hitotsubashi, Tsukuba, Meiji, Musashi, Toyo
