Masami Hasegawa

Summary

CAREER OBJECTIVE To lead projects and create a better user experience by making better products and services for the worldwide market STRENGTHS 1. Making things happen by utilizing skills to understand IT products & technologies, and communicating benefits & implications 2. Specializations: product marketing, marketing, business development, industry standards, internationalization and localization 3. Working experience for technology companies from the US, Europe, New Zealand and Asia in wide range of positions including as a software engineer, a product manager, a marketing director and a senior executive - Experience in international and domestic negotiations with technical and political conflicts of interest, and working on international, national and industry standards such as ISO, JIS, ANSI, ECMA and Unicode - Marketing and business development experience with international and domestic companies. Hands-on experience includes market research, product requirements compilation, creating & implementing marketing plans, partner development and recruiting customers - Experience in internationalization and localization of software, user documentation and products 4. Social and business culture understanding of the US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Bilingualin English (TOEIC score 975) and Japanese (native) 5. Extensive international connections through: - education in Japan, Australia and the US - standardization work with ISO, JIS, ANSI, ECMA and Unicode - working for IT companies in Japan, US, Europe and New Zealand - independent consultant work helping SMEs in Japan & New Zealand