Areas of Knowledge and Experience
Translations
*Worked on Japanese to English translation of a book on analyzing Japanese economic indicators.
*Translated a series of articles from Japanese to English that were written by the chief economist at Merrill Lynch and had appeared in the Nihon Keizai Shinbun.
*Did general business translation for Honda Corporation, including surveys and presentations.
*Worked on various translation projects, including a corporate brochure, a program outline for Japanese Tax Agency, an investment presentation for Mitsubishi Trust Bank, an earnings revision, and a report on an exchange program sponsored by the Miyazaki Board of Education.
Economics
*Worked on various projects at Merrill Lynch Japan related to macroeconomics, including writing commentaries about Japanese economic indicators which were published in-house. Developed a spreadsheet used in forecasting the various components of GDP.
*Initiated independent study of Japanese economic indicators under Professor Takeo Hoshi.

Work Experience
Translatorfreelance2003-present
Summer AssociateMerrill Lynch, Tokyo, Japan2001
English InstructorTime TI Communications, Osaka, Japan1991-1995
1997-2000
Electronics AssemblerHewlett Packard, Santa Rosa, CA1995-1997

Education
Master of Pacific International AffairsGraduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, CA, June 2002
Bachelors of Science in Physics with a minor in GermanSonoma Sate University, Rohnert Park, CA, 1991