10/2001
- Present
Kazumi Terada Office of Creation
New York, NY
FOUNDER, CREATIVE PERSON
— Clients include: Swedish Institute
of Massage, Integral Yoga Institute, and Future University of Hakodate.
10/1999 —
10/2001
BOL.com, Bertelsmann Inc.
New York, NY
PROJECT MANAGER, JAPAN TEAM
— Localized BOL.com (Bertelsmann's
online media store in Europe) in Japan.
— Traveled to Japan and acted as liaison between Japan office and New York
office.
— Managed Projects including upgrade to a new release.
— Supervised a team of seven Oracle consultants.
— Created business requirements and specification documents.
— Delegated tasks to consultants and in-house resources.
— Responsible for QA. Translated site content and manuals for proprietary
tools.
— Interpreted English/Japanese for meetings.
— Provided initial design direction and site prototyping.
4/1999 — 9/1999
Pixelpark, Bertelsmann Inc.
New York, NY
WEB DEVELOPER
— Responsible for user interface and HTML/DHTML/javascript development and
sitebuilding.
— Created design guidelines, site flowcharts, and templates.
CLIENTS INCLUDE: BOL.com, BMG, Museum of Modern
Art (MOMA), German Consulate, SupportCity.com,
WestLB Bank, and Federal Home Loan Bank
9/1998 — 3/1999
Update Graphics, Inc.
New York, NY
SITE BUILDER
— Built auction site prototype for Sothebys.com
in conjunction with iXL Inc.
— Advised efficiency and feasibility in the user interface.
— Designed and coded the NYU School of
Continuing Education's website.
— Programmed templates in HTML and Javascript.
— Made animated banners for various clients.
5/1998 — 8/1998
MY-CD.com, Bandai Inc.
New York, NY
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
— Worked with the Director of International Business Development in acquiring
e-commerce business partners in Japan and the US.
— Organized the process of procuring music licenses from record labels worldwide.
— Co-branding campaigns include Yahoo.com, MTV, and a major Japanese direct
marketing company, Senshukai.
— Translated contracts and the My-cd.com website into Japanese.
6/1997 — 4/1998
ABOWCIA Inc.
Bronx, NY
WEB DESIGNER
— Procured contracts independently.
— Designed and programmed company websites.
— Provided hosting and maintenance solutions.
— Created an online store from ground up, including secure credit card transaction
and membership for a downloading service.
— Created a website that sells CD's and audio samples.
— Researched e-commerce solutions.
CLIENTS INCLUDE: Galison Books, Inc., Maughns Computer Consultants, Inc., New
York Consulting, Inc., Harmonicworld.com
education
PARSONS SCHOOL
OF DESIGN, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture, New York, NY, 5/1997
YESTERMORROW DESIGN & BUILD SCHOOL, Certification in Architectural Design
& Build, Warren, Vermont, 8/1995
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, High School Diploma,
Tokyo, Japan, 3/1992
general skills
— Completely
bilingual: Able to speak to a large audience, write, listen, inspire, and negotiate
in both Japanese and English.
— Project Management: Teambuilding skills. Stays on target. Produces results.
Plans the work and works the plan.
— Coached a leadership training program in Fall 2000. Inspires others to
produce specific results within a timeframe.
— Welcomes change and sees opportunity in every situation. As a vocalist
and a violinist, has good listening skills.
— Highly organized, committed, and disciplined. Strong focus and concentration.
technical skills
— Knowledge
of how a major e-commerce site operates, both Frontend and Backend. (Content management,
database, etc.)
— Knowledge of Japanese character sets and encoding. Maintain both Mac and
WIN OS in Japanese and English.
— Expert in HTML/VRML, DHTML, Java Script, Go Live, BBEdit, Dreamweaver,
Home Site, Flash, Fireworks, Various FTP programs.
— Mastery in Photoshop, Quark XPress, Illustrator, Fontographer, AutoCAD,
Form Z, Strata Studio Pro, Director, Painter.
— Daily usage of Microsoft Office and Projects. Can create relational databases
with Microsoft Access.
— Content Management using Vignette and other proprietary tools. QA and version
control using PVCS and Remedy.
— Intuitive and quick grasp of new applications and technology. Basic knowledge
of JAVA, Oracle, SQL, Perl, CGI, and XML.
— Know how to ask questions. Know how to identify bugs, investigate them,
and find solutions/delegate.
biography
— Born in Tokyo, Japan, Late 20th Century A.D.
— Lived in Musashimurayama, Tokyo Prefecture until age 11
— Lived in Irving (Dallas), Texas from age 11 to 16
— Attended Paul
Keyes Elementary School, David
Crockett Jr. High, and Irving
High School
— Graduated from ICU
High School in Tokyo
— Graduated from Parsons
School of Design, NYC, BFA in Architecture
