Jonathan Harada

Current

International & Small Business Consultant at Self Employed
Founder and General Manager at Tutor Amigos LLC

Past

Marketing and Sales Manager at Ruta|Sur
"Opening Doors, Opening Minds" Project Coordinator at Hostelling International
Director Programs & Education at Hostelling International ENEC

Volunteer - International Development at Fundação Gol de Letra
Country Manager at Forrester Research
International Channels Manager at Forrester Research
Business Development Manager Global Accounts at Forrester Research
Manager at UNIFI Communications

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Education

Lenguas Vivas
Babson College
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Middlebury College
Wheaton College
Nanzan University
Middlebury College

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Recommended

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Connections

248 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

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Jonathan Harada’s Experience

International & Small Business Consultant

Self Employed

(Management Consulting industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Provide business development, sales and marketing consulting services to internationally minded small business. Areas of experience include the US, Argentina, Brazil and Japan

CURRENT PROJECT:
Program Manager
Responsible for launching a new division of Terra Education Inc.: Terra Intern Abroad

Past projects include:
Emerging Asia in Tokyo, Japan (Consultancy)
MedTexel in Massachusetts, USA (Medical Device)
EnBuenosAires.com in Argentina (Real Estate)
El Dorado Kayak in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Tourism)
Founder and General Manager

Tutor Amigos LLC

(Consumer Services industry)

January 2007 — Present (3 years )

Tutor Amigos facilitates peer-to-peer, live, instant, online tutoring for Spanish-speakers. Currently partnered with Ziizoo.com.
Marketing and Sales Manager

Ruta|Sur

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

February 2006 — January 2007 (1 year )

Managed, executed and measured online and offline sales and marketing efforts including, SEM, email marketing campaigns, SEO, analytics, banners, channel sales and direct sales

Responsible for developing all website content and translations into 5 languages

Recruited and managed 6 marketing interns from European Universities
"Opening Doors, Opening Minds" Project Coordinator

Hostelling International

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2005 — January 2006 (5 months)

Member of the team that designed and introduced the national "Opening Doors, Opening Minds" education program

Presented program to leaders and organizers of local youth organizations
Recruited and delivered the program to YMCA and Girl Scouts groups
Assisted in marketing/PR, web content and email campaigns
Director Programs & Education

Hostelling International ENEC

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 2005 — September 2005 (8 months)

Built awareness of Hostelling International-USA mission based, education programming

Designed and delivered inter-cultural education programs

Maintained relationships with corporate and social/cultural non-profit organizations
Volunteer - International Development

Fundação Gol de Letra

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Fund-Raising industry)

October 2003 — January 2004 (4 months)

Part-time volunteer to research and develop international sources of grant funding through foundations, government agencies and the business community.
Country Manager

Forrester Research

(Public Company; FORR; Research industry)

March 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 11 months)

Established Business Office in Brazil responsible for revenue in South America

Drove Business Development, Sales and Events for the South American Market

Negotiated strategic partnerships resulting in the largest CIO event in Brazil

Built and managed relationships with senior executives responsible for technology strategy
International Channels Manager

Forrester Research

(Public Company; FORR; Research industry)

January 2000 — March 2001 (1 year 3 months)

Business Development, Sales and Events for the Japan Market based in Cambridge, USA and Tokyo, Japan.

Built and managed key relationships with senior executives responsible for strategy at Sony, NTT, Fujitsu, Nomura Research, Dentsu, NHK, Sega, Nintendo, and Nikko Securities among others

Responsible for $1 million revenue base and achieved growth of 147%

Won President’s club award for top sales person
Business Development Manager Global Accounts

Forrester Research

(Public Company; FORR; Research industry)

January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Member of a three person team with revenue responsibility of $6 million

Responsible for driving revenue growth for the following Global Accounts: Microsoft, HP, Sun Microsystems, EDS, Texas Instruments, Wells Fargo, SBC and JP Morgan Chase

Grew revenue by 128%, nominated rookie of the year and won President’s club award for top sales team
Manager

UNIFI Communications

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

1994 — 1998 (4 years )

Project Manager, Operations (1997 -1999)

Defined project plans and managed cross-functional teams for technology service introductions

Drove elements of development, test and deployment life cycles with particular concentration on LAN/WAN architecture as well as Back Office and Node design

Database Support Manager (1996 -1997)
Customer Service Team Leader: Tokyo, Japan (1995 -1996)
Japanese Customer Service (1994 -1995)

Jonathan Harada’s Education

Lenguas Vivas

Certificate , Español , 2006 — 2007

Completed up to the advanced level
Babson College

MBA , Entrepreneurship , 2004 — 2005

cum laude
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Mandarin 2003 — 2003

Completed a 3 month intensive Mandarin program (Pre-intermediate level)
Middlebury College

Japanese 1993 — 1993

Intensive Summer Language Program. Successfully completed the Advanced level.
Wheaton College

BA , Political Science, minors: International Economics and Japanese Language , 1989 — 1993

cum laude

Activities and Societies:

Varsity Men's Lacrosse
Nanzan University

Japanese, Economics 1991 — 1992

Junior Year Abroad at Nanzan Daigaku Gaikokujin Ryugaku Center

Activities and Societies:

Kendo Club
Middlebury College

Japanese 1991 — 1991

Intensive Summer Japanese Language Program, Successfully completed the Intermediate level

Additional Information

Jonathan Harada’s Websites:

My Website

Jonathan Harada’s Interests:

Languages: Business level Japanese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and conversational Mandarin. Scuba Diving (Advanced Open Water), Tennis, Golf, Roller Hockey, Trekking, Salsa

Jonathan Harada’s Groups:

Citizens Schools: Citizen Teacher 2005: Mario Umana Middle School (East Boston) and Edison Middle School (Brighton, MA),
Agrupación La Dignidad Rebelde, Volunteer, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2006
Fundacíon Leer, Volunteer, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008
Founder of Start-Ups Buenos Aires (Entrepreneur Networking group) 2008-2009
Fundación Aunar, Volunteer, Buenos Aires 2009

Media:
NPR Interview, Where We Live, 2008
Alternativa Nikkei, Contributor 2009