Project Manager Software

Yasuhisa ( Yasu ) HOSOMATSU Phone: 858-***-**** (home)

***** ***** ****** ***** *****: 858-***-**** (Cellular)

San Diego, CA 92127 e-Mail: ****-*********@*********.***

Summary:

A naturalized US citizen (originally from Japan) with educational background in business/economics area (with a Ph.D.); have taught at business colleges of US universities for over 12 years; have worked in IT (software) industry for last 20 years plus; done extensive work in localization and marketing of software (aimed for Japanese market); fluent in English and Japanese.

Work Experience Specifically in Translation and Interpretation areas

Fair Isaac Corporation 1996-2006

San Diego, California

As a Japan Liaison, was in charge of localization and marketing of software for Japanese market. (The software was in financial industry, especially related to payment card industry.) Helped with QA of (Japanese version of) software as well as translation of GUI strings, user manuals and marketing materials into Japanese. I also served as our live-in interpreter whenever we visited Japan with people from our US office for user conferences and client visits. Most of the time translation was sequential. However, when needed, I did simultaneous translations also.

Sophia, a translation house, of Los Angeles, CA

Worked over 6 years as a freelance translator of technical manuals. Mainly in areas related to automotive industry. (In this case, my main responsibility was Japanese into English translation.)

Other miscellaneous translation and interpretation experience

- Translation of Paul Samuelson’s classic: Foundations of Economic Analysis into Japanese (while I was a graduate student). I was one of three translators.

- Simultaneous interpretation (English to Japanese) at American Bankers Association meeting held in Chicago.

- Simultaneous interpretation (Japanese to English) of Sunday sermons at a local San Diego Japanese Christian Church.

General Work Experience and Positions Held in IT industry

Fair Isaac Corporation Solution Delivery & Japan Liaison 96-2006

San Diego, CA

Managed and coordinated design, development, implementation, marketing and customer support of world-leading credit card fraud detection software, especially for Japanese market. Helped open Japan office in Tokyo. Served as project manager of software localization, QA, and (neural network) model building.

Intuit Software Engineer 88-96

San Diego, CA

Have designed and coded various components of tax preparation software programs ( TurboTax ) for Corporate, Partnership and Individual income tax returns. During the final two years, actively contributed to a new cross-platform (DOS, Windows, and Macintosh) engine development. Was a key designer and coder of GUI based help systems. Used C++ and C programming languages. Familiar with Microsoft C++, Visual C++, Visual BASIC and MFC. Also worked with Zinc and WATCOM.

Howard Software Services Senior Software Analyst 83-88

La Jolla, CA

Wrote and maintained tax and financial calculation codes for micro-computer tax preparation and real estate investment analysis programs. Also developed productivity tools for programmers which greatly reduced the necessary development time while improving reliability. Used C and BASIC.

Teaching Experience at university level in USA

San Diego State University Visiting Associate Professor 81-83

San Diego, CA

At College of Business Administration: Taught quantitative methods in business, Management Sciences, probability, and statistics.

University of Notre Dame Assistant Professor 75-81

Notre Dame, IN

Taught quantitative methods in business, computer programming with business applications (COBOL and FORTRAN), Management Sciences, probability, and statistics.

Georgia State University Assistant Professor 70-75

Atlanta, GA

At Department of Economics: Taught mathematical economics, advanced micro-economic theory, econometrics, statistics, and managerial economics.

Education

U.C.S.D. Extension courses in computer programming (C++, Object Oriented Programming,

Visual Basic, and Java), fuzzy set theory and related Artificial Intelligence fields.

In-house training courses mainly on computer programming languages (Advanced C++,

Object Oriented Programming, Advanced C, Internet, Netscape,

Windows Programming, etc.)

Ph.D. Mathematical and stochastic economics 1970

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

• M.A. Economics University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 1965

(Under the East-West Center Interchange Program)

• B.A. Money & Banking Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan 1963

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