What I offer
Japan market entry & operations
Consulting for overseas companies planning to enter the Japan market. Specialise in strategic planning, corporate establishment, business operations & product adaptation/localisation. Focus areas include mobile technology, software, cybersecurity, renewable energy, automotive, AI & data management.
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Overseas Business Development
Consulting for Japanese companies planning to enter overseas markets. Specialise in strategic planning, corporate establishment, business operations & product adaptation/localisation. Focus areas include mobile technology, software, cybersecurity, renewable energy, automotive, AI & data management.
EVER - Founder
EVER, the Enhanced Virtual Enablement Resource that will fix sales training & employee engagement through AI & gamification. EVER is designed to bridge the gaps in current sales processes, training, methodologies, tools & remote platforms.
Japanese Real Estate Consultant*
End-to-End service for overseas residents to purchase & manage real estate in Japan. Services include: property search, real estate trading, translation/interpreting, scrivener/land registry, property management (long & short term rentals).
*Extension of property investment side-business.
Experiences
iPhone, iPad, Cellular Apple Watch launches in Japan & APAC
Engineering lead for initial launches of iPhone (2008~), followed by iPad and Cellular Apple Watch, in Japan, Korea and other APAC markets. Continuing through all subsequent product (HW & SW) launches up to 2021, including initial deployments of nascent technologies such as 3G, 4G/LTE, VoLTE, 5G.
Cellular Apple Watch Launch in Japan & APAC
Engineering project lead & Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all Cellular Apple Watch end-to-end carrier service launches in all APAC markets from 2017-21 - fastest regional rollout.
Delivery of Japan specific features that then 'went global'
Project lead for development and deployment of Japan specific features such as emoji and emergency alerts (e.g. Earthquake, Tsunami, Typhoon). First deployed as Japan specific features that then went global - or in the case of emoji go on to take over the world and have their own movie...
3G & 4G (LTE) Standardisation Lead
Spearheaded standardisation efforts for video calling, emergency calls, 3FF SIM, DSAC, ETWS, and SAE/LTE (4G) in 3GPP and GSMA.
Acted as 3GPP TSG SA WG1 Vice-Chair & GSMA SerG Deputy Chair.
