Takumi Shimada

Current

• Founder at Amarimono

Past

• Sushi Chef at Marinepolis Sushi Land

Education

• Willamette University
• Tokyo Gakugei University
• Grant High School - Portland

• Pacific Northwest College of Art
• Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur
• Japanese School of New Delhi

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Industry

Internet

Takumi Shimada’s Summary

Takumi started web design in the 5th grade as a school project. After about a year he started doing website updates for the Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, a non-profit Buddhist organization. Since then, he has worked for the Jessie F. Richardson foundation, Making Oregon Vital for Elders, Dr. David Wiley, Rovente Pizzeria, EWB-West Coast, EWB-Portland, and started his own company, Amarimono. He is currently thinking about majoring in International Relations and is a student at Willamette University.

Takumi Shimada’s Specialties:

Valid XHTML & CSS Design, Website Maintenance, Website Creation

Takumi Shimada’s Experience

• Founder

  Amarimono

  (Internet industry)

  January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

  Previously known as Ender Studios, Amarimono has worked on websites for Global Placement Specialists, Inc., The Jessie F. Richardson Foundation, Happy Chickens, AI Karuna, Gomde USA, Dr. David Wiley, EWB-West Coast, EWB-Portland, Life by Design NW, The Grantonian (Grant High School's Newspaper), Rovente Pizzeria, Dr. David Wiley, and Making Oregon Vital for Elders.
  
  Takumi managed the hosting, domains, and back end services. He also was part of the design process for the website Amarimono worked on, and worked with Aki to bring designs that satisfied clients and visually appealing for viewers. Other aspects of his job included finding new clients and interacting with them during their project and after it was finished.

• Sushi Chef

  Marinepolis Sushi Land

  (Food & Beverages industry)

  July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)

Takumi Shimada’s Education

• Willamette University

  International Studies, Japanese 2008 — 2012 (expected)

• Tokyo Gakugei University

  2006 — 2008

  I am attending the University's High School at the Oizumi Campus. All classes are taught in Japanese (except for the English classes). School starts at 8:30am and ends around 6pm every weekday.

  Activities and Societies:

  Soccer

• Grant High School - Portland

  2004 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Cross Country, Track and Field

• Pacific Northwest College of Art

  Web Design 2003 — 2004

  I wasn't exactly enrolled in the school, but I did take one of their 4 week web design classes. I was the first person under 16 that they had ever allowed in, and was at the top of the class.

• Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur

  2000 — 2001

  All classes except for the English class was taught in Japanese.

  Activities and Societies:

  Soccer

• Japanese School of New Delhi

  1997 — 1997

  All classes except for the English class was taught in Japanese.

  Activities and Societies:

  Soccer

Additional Information

Takumi Shimada’s Interests:

New technology, Apple Computer, Internet, Soccer, Gaming, Web design, Graphic Design, Websites, CSS, HTML, PHP

Takumi Shimada’s Groups:

Random Shapes Network

•    Obama for America

Takumi Shimada’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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