Nathan Wawruck

Current

• Consultant at Wall Street Associates

Past

• ALT at JET Programme
• National Treasurer at AJET National Council
• Software QA at Next Level Games

• Software Production at Electronic Arts
• Treasurer at Vancouver Jaycees (Junior Chamber of Commerce)

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Education

• The University of British Columbia

Recommended

5 people have recommended Nathan

Connections

320 connections

Industry

Human Resources

Websites

• My Website

Nathan Wawruck’s Summary

Canadian with five years experience in Japan

Experience includes: Software Recruiting, Software Marketing, Marketing Research, Software Quality Assurance, Project Management, Accounting, Budgeting, Business Development, Lead Generation, Client Development, Contract Negotiation, Japanese Business Customs

Geographical knowledge includes: Japan, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Minatomirai, Sakuragicho, Kanagawa, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Canada, Vancouver

Nathan Wawruck’s Specialties:

Recruiting and Consulting for: software programmers, embedded software programmers, software engineers, ERP consultants, ERP implementation experts, IT infrastructure specialists, IT management, IT consultants, SAP experts, Oracle experts, pre-sales engineers, sales engineers, business analysts, web engineers, CAD/CAE/CAM Engineers

Nathan Wawruck’s Experience

• Consultant

  Wall Street Associates

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  * Member of IT Consulting Division
  * Specializes in recruiting and introducing bilingual (Japanese/English) high-tech workers to foreign-capital companies operating in Japan
  * Focuses on: software programmers, embedded software programmers, software engineers, ERP consultants, ERP implementation experts, IT infrastructure specialists, IT management, IT consultants, SAP experts, Oracle experts, pre-sales engineers, sales engineers, business analysts, CAD/CAE/CAM Engineers

• ALT

  JET Programme

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)

  2003 — 2006 (3 years)

  * Employed directly by municipal Board of Eduction in Fukuoka Prefecture
  * Embedded in public school system (Elementary and Junior High School)

• National Treasurer

  AJET National Council

  (Education Management industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year)

  * Volunteer position as Treasurer of AJET National Council for 1 year term.
  * Managed annual budget of approximately JPY 10,000,000 using Quickbooks software.

• Software QA

  Next Level Games

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

  * Responsible for online connectivity testing of PS2-gen title
  * Coordinated live tests between dev studio (Vancouver) and qa team (Boston)

• Software Production

  Electronic Arts

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)

  1995 — 2002 (7 years)

  * Solid understanding of the software development life-cycle
  * Contributed to more than 18 published titles on multiple platforms
  
  LIST OF POSITIONS:
  
  2002 - Marketing Research Coordinator
  2001 - Speech & Audio Quality Assurance
  2000 - Speech & Audio Quality Assurance
  1999 - Localization
  1998 - Localization
  1997 - Quality Assurance
  1996 - Quality Assurance
  1995 - Quality Assurance
  
  LIST OF TITLES:
  
  * FIFA 96
  * FIFA 97
  * FIFA World Cup 98
  * NBA Live 99
  * The Need for Speed: High Stakes
  * Sled Storm
  * NHL 2000
  * FIFA 2000
  * NHL 2001
  * NHL 2002
  * NBA Live 2003
  * NHL 2003
  * NBA Street Volume 2
  * SSX 3
  * Def Jam Wrestling

• Treasurer

  Vancouver Jaycees (Junior Chamber of Commerce)

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

  Volunteer position as Vancouver Chapter Treasurer for two consecutive one-year terms. Managed chapter budget and reports using Quickbooks.

Nathan Wawruck’s Education

• The University of British Columbia

  BComm , Finance & Marketing , 1999 — 2003

  Sauder School of Business

Additional Information

Nathan Wawruck’s Websites:

• My Website

Nathan Wawruck’s Interests:

Use this email address to add me to your network: nathan.wawruck@wallstreetjapan.com

Nathan Wawruck’s Groups:

•    Business in Japan
•    University of British Columbia (UBC) Alumni
•    Bilingual Workforce in Japan
•    Official Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme and Alumni Association (JETAA)
•    EA Alumni Group
•    Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme and Alumni Association (JETAA) and non-JETAA JET alumni
•    Sauder Bachelor of Commerce Alumni
•    Fukuoka / 福岡 Network
•    ETJ (English Teachers in Japan)
•    Online Teaching

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