Ben Kakimoto

Current

Publisher & Editor at The Seattle Condo Blog
Real Estate Marketing Consultant at John L. Scott Real Estate

Past

Senior IT Business Analyst at Safeco Corporation
Business Analyst at Safeco
Underwriter at Safeco

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Education

University of the Pacific

Connections

107 connections

Industry

Real Estate

Websites

Ben Kakimoto’s Summary

The Seattle Condo Blog (TSCB) is Seattle's most comprehensive condominium and loft resource. TSCB provides reviews, news and property descriptions of Seattle's many condominium and loft communities, market data information and resources for buying or selling your loft or condo.

The TSCB team's goal is to simplify your real estate experience and provide you with unparalled service, responsive communications and expert knowledge of the Seattle real estate market. Our associates and partners provide complete real estate and property management services catered to urban condominium buyers and owners.

Ben Kakimoto’s Specialties:

Residential real estate sales & purchase; condo and loft specialist

Ben Kakimoto’s Experience

Publisher & Editor

The Seattle Condo Blog

(Real Estate industry)

March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

The Seattle Condo Blog is the region's most comprehensive condominium and loft resource and the only blog syndicated by both King5.com and SeattlePI.com. TSCB provides news, information and reviews of Seattle's many condo and loft communities.

The TSCB team provides complete real estate (buying & selling) services, including property management services through our partners at Sound PM.
Real Estate Marketing Consultant

John L. Scott Real Estate

(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)

October 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

+ Provide complete real estate services, assisting clients through the home buyer or selling process.
+ Developed and implemented internet marketing strategies for a real estate venture that generated over $4 million in sales during its first year.
+ Identified appropriate industry and mainstream directories and social networking venues to promote real estate websites.
+ Actively engage & communicate with the general public and industry audiences on various social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, blogs, forums).
+ Implemented strategic partnerships with regional media and niche websites.
Senior IT Business Analyst

Safeco Corporation

(Privately Held; Insurance industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year )

+ Tier-3 production support lead, agile programming environment.
+ Developed and implemented the production support operation of a new e-commerce application two months ahead of schedule resulting in cost savings of $22,000.
+ Identified and automated a performance metric report that reduced annualized expenses by $65,000.
+ Prepared user acceptance test documents, executed test suites, created bug documentation and resolved bug issues.
+ Negotiated and managed system enhancement schedule balancing customer needs with IT resources in an agile software development environment.
Business Analyst

Safeco

(Privately Held; Insurance industry)

1998 — 2001 (3 years )

+ Customer Self-Service Lead Business Analyst;
+ Personal Lines systems business analyst and project manager.
+ Key projects managed/launched: Customer Self-Service, Oregon Earthquake, California Insurance Score, Kentucky Tax Credit.
Underwriter

Safeco

(Privately Held; Insurance industry)

1990 — 1998 (8 years )

+ Personal Lines Territory Underwriter.
+ Performed risk management analysis on a $3 million personal insurance portfolio.
+ Trained independent agents on company products, risk analysis methods and software applications.