| * | 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. |
| * | 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. |
| Translator | freelance | 2003-present |
| Summer Associate | Merrill Lynch, Tokyo, Japan | 2001 |
| English Instructor | Time TI Communications, Osaka, Japan | 1991-1995 |
| 1997-2000 | ||
| Electronics Assembler | Hewlett Packard, Santa Rosa, CA | 1995-1997 |
| Master of Pacific International Affairs | Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, CA, June 2002 |
| Bachelors of Science in Physics with a minor in German | Sonoma Sate University, Rohnert Park, CA, 1991 |