HR professional, Talent Management Consultant, Cross-cultural trainer

Ayako Kato

****A Acklen Ave., Nashville, TN *****

615-***-**** *******@*****.***

SUMMARY

Human Resource and Talent management consultant with over eleven years

experiences in both business and IS sides, specialized in business process

modeling, requirements analysis, and conceptual design. Result-oriented

program manager with strong facilitation skills, backed up by English-

Japanese bilingual communication skills. Cross cultural trainer with a

hands-on experience in the U.S., Canada, India and Japan.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

APPLICO GLOBAL Corporation, Tokyo, Japan 2012-present

Talent Management Consultant, Consulting Service Dept.

Delivered Talent Management consulting services to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

by analyzing talent development process, proposing HR strategy and

organization development plan and improving training courses in both

Japanese and English.

Cross-Culture trainer, Consulting Service Dept.

Providing Cross-Culture training as Japanese Specialist to multinational

companies. Introducing concepts of cultural gap and diverse value types.

Self-Employed, Chennai, India 2011- 2013

Japanese-English translator

Delivering accurate and efficient translation services in Indian local

daily news on SNS websites, government released official documents, website

and application localization with understanding cultural background and

technical terms.

Benesse Style Care Corporation, Tokyo, Japan 2009 - 2011

Program Manager, Human Recourses

Led HR management application implementation program, conducted business

process analysis, software configuration, testing, and deployment of

multiple sub projects.

Managing 6 project team members and overall program schedule

throughout the entire implementation lifecycle

Introduced web-based workflow interface to 500 end-users at 200

branches

AtWork Corporation, Tokyo, Japan 1999 - 2005

Service Delivery Manager, HR SaaS/BPO Business Dept.

Analyzed HR shared service business model and developed conceptual system

design utilizing SaaS HR application. Responsible for service delivery of a

"cloud" concept HR management system, servicing 2000 users in 50 customers.

6 direct reports.

Designed and implemented plug-in interfaces with other ERP software,

including SAP and STAFFBRAIN

Delivered package to OKI group, partnered with Recruit (a Japanese

System Integrator)

Implemented a web workflow application with UML-based system,

resulting in streamlined daily operations for 2000 users in 50

companies and Developed service package and release strategy for

further business expansion

SOFTBANK CORP., Tokyo, Japan 1997 - 1999

Recruiter and Talent Management Program Coordinator, Human Resources

Operated recruitment process and produced training programs.

TEMPOLALY WORK EXPERIENCE

Taro's Fish Inc., Toronto, Canada 2007

Worked for a wholesale fish distributor as back office English/Japanese

bilingual administrator.

EDUCATION

MEIJI University, Tokyo, Japan 1997

B.A. IN ECONOMICS

ENGLISH LANGUEAGE PROFICIENCY

TOEFL IBT: 75 (03/2007)

TOEIC: 865 (02/2008)

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