Business Partner at Apple Retail
Japan
Business Partner at Apple Retail
Japan
Founder and President 'Customers, Vendors, People' (CVP) - http://www.cvp.jp - with the mission of 'connecting customers and companies using the power of word-of-mouth and trusted personal networks'. If you are interested in connecting with quality B2B service providers in any field in Japan, let me know how I can help. Contact me at linkedin-profile @ cvp.jp.
Active networker. Enjoy meeting people/networking in the Tokyo professional community at many of the events organized by a large number of volunteer run professional organizations here. Also active or former board member for a number of these organizations and co-organizer of business & networking events such as the monthly Tokyo 2.0 (www.tokyo2point0.net), Pink Cow Conspiracy (www.thepinkcow.com) or the annual NetTokyo (www.nettokyo.jp) Charity Networking Event.
Technology and social media enthusiast and power user.
Advanced Japanese language reading/typing/speaking ability.
For most up-to-date info see http://hq.andrewshuttleworth.com.
B2B vendors and services in Japan, business in Japan, event planning, marketing and promotion for small and medium sized businesses, mobile computing and devices, social media.
(Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Responsible for business and education customers for Apple Retail Stores in Japan.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Poken fever has hit Japan. Working in a team with Paul Papadimitriou, our job is to help facilitate and catalyze the viral online excitement surrounding Poken as well as connect the Akoni team with communites, resellers, media and strategic partners.
(Privately Held; E-Learning industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Helping spread the word about http://smart.fm - an exciting English learning site that's a fusion of a social networking service, web based applications and patented learning technologies.
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
tokyo2point0 (www.tokyo2point0.net) is a series of monthly events bringing together the Web 2.0 and internet community in Tokyo. Held at and co-organized by Fujimamas (www.fujimamas.com).
(Privately Held; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
The Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo is a non-profit association supporting and promoting entrepreneurship in Japan. I operate as an adviser helping to direct strategy and policy, as well as helping to introduce speakers for the monthly seminars.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)
Mission to 'connect customers and companies using the power of word-of-mouth and trusted personal networks'. Interested in connecting with businesses looking for any type of B2B vendor in Japan. Let me know how I can help. (Originally founded as a company, I now maintain CVP as a brand for my private business networking activities).
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)
Co-organizer of NetTokyo (www.nettokyo.jp) and annual summer Saturday afternoon charity networking event bringing together a network of network of business professionals in Japan. The 2007 event will take place on July 21st. If you are interested in sponsoring, supporting or attending the event contact me or see further details on the web site.
(Internet industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)
Evolving from previously run community sites (Pocket PC Japan, Windows Mobile in Japan and iPhone in Japan), Mobile in Japan (www.mobileinjapan.com) is a news, review and community site for information on the broad spectrum of mobile computing devices available in Japan.
(Information Services industry)
September 2006 — July 2009 (2 years 11 months)
I maintain an up-to-date, interactive calendar of business, community and networking events in Japan, primarily Tokyo.
(Internet industry)
2004 — November 2008 (4 years )
To quote from the web site, "The ICA provides a forum for information exchange, networking, and identification of business expansion opportunities with many of the key movers and shakers in Japan." I have been a attending the meetings and/or a member of this organization since 1999 and have been helping out on the board since spring 2004. For more details on the ICA see www.icajapan.jp
(Internet industry)
1999 — October 2008 (9 years )
The Tokyo PC Users Group is 20+ year old group of computer enthusiasts. See www.tokyopc.org for more details. I have helped out in numerous positions on the board of this organization since 1999.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2008 — August 2008 (6 months)
Joblet is a distributed job advertising engine that offers:
a) A results based, cost effective way for employers to advertise jobs across a wide network to both passive and active job seekers.
b) A way for site owners to generate revenue from their sites in an elegant, value-added way.
I help Joblet with marketing, promotion and business development.
(Non-Profit; International Trade and Development industry)
April 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Helping to educate potential members and promote the activities of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (www.accj.or.jp), by far the biggest and most active organization for people in the international business community in Tokyo.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
Worked freelance project managing, researching, editing and partial writing of the content for a Living in Japan guide book. On contract to a third party who produced the guide.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
May 2006 — November 2006 (7 months)
Lead organizer of the Tokyo Career Fair 2006 (http://www.tokyocareerfair.com).
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
March 2004 — March 2006 (2 years 1 month)
Business manager for Tabemo Dining Club. Planning, staffing, team manager and product manager.
The Tabemo Dining Club service matches users looking for restaurant discounts and restaurants who want to fill empty seats by offering premium discounts to Tabemo members.
We do this by offering restaurants simple yet powerful real time control over the discounts they are offering and giving members convenient and user friendly access to the available discounts from any interet enabled device.
Our longer term goal is to build business nationwide and expand to cover other service industries.
a real time restaurant discount coupon system, for Kanagawa (a neighbouring prefecture of Tokyo).
www.tabemo.com
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2003 — 2006 (3 years )
For information on the British Chamber of Commerce see http://www.bccjapan.com. I have been on the newly founded Communications Committee helping to advise on communications strategy, particulary in respect to the web presence, since 2003.
(Non-Profit; Management Consulting industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
The Japan Project Management Forum Global SIG was founded in 2003 to to promote global best practices and cooperation among global project management professional associations. I have been volunteering as a board member and Publicity Officer helping to spread the word about the SIG since the group was established in Summer 2003. For more information on the group see http://www.jpmfglobalsig.com
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 6 months)
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Translation and Localization industry)
February 2001 — June 2002 (1 year 5 months)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Translation and Localization industry)
August 1998 — February 2001 (2 years 7 months)
Joined as localization engineer in the UK. Moved to Japan office and performed a number of tasks including project management and tools and service sales and support.
BA Marketing and Japanese , Marketing & Japanese language, business and culture , September 1994 — May 1998
Study Abroad , Japanese, Marketing, International Business, East Asian Politics , 1997 — 1997
1 semester study abroad on scholarship as part of my degree at Stirling.
Business, Networking, Mobile Computing (in particular Windows Mobile), new and interesting software and internet applications.
British Chamber of Commerce Japan (www.bccjapan.com), Tokyo Entrepreneur's Association (www.ea-tokyo.cvom), International Computer Association (www.icajapan.jp), Pink Cow Comspiracy (www.thepinkcow.com), Tokyo PC Users Group (www.tokyopc.org), Venture Beat, Mobile Monday Japan, Microsoft MVP, American Chamber of Commerce, Tokyo2Point0 (www.tokyo2point0.net), Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, Amercian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Small Business Meetup, Tech Talk Japan, Culminis, Windows Mobile in Japan, Formforce, Red Herring Japan
Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices (http://www.microsoft.com/mvp) - 2003 to Present
Mobius (http://www.mobiussite.com/) - 2006 to Present