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Education

MBA, Management Science and PhD in Business Administration, University of Colorado at Boulder

BA, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mathematics

Experience

President (1996-2006)
Japan-America Institute of Management Science (JAIMS)
Responsible for the overall direction, policy development, and implementation of academic programs and activities of the Institute, including the development of partnerships and alliances in intercultural management education and alumni relations.

Associate Dean (1994-96)
Associate Professor of International Management (1985-1997)
University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Business Administration
Specialties included comparative management and organizational behavior, strategic management and planning, organizational change, and executive development.

Office of the University of Hawaii President as Policy and Planning Analyst, University Legislative Coordinator, Director of Long-Range Planning, and Special Assistant to the President (1976-1985)

Also, served five years as Senior Staff Associate and Project Director (1970-75) at the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems in Boulder, Colorado in the development of planning and management tools for colleges and universities.

Accomplishments

Published monographs and articles on planning and management. Presented professional papers at conferences in the United States, Denmark, and Thailand. Lectured at economic management institutes in Guangzhou, Wuhan, and Beijing in the People's Republic of China. Lectured in the MBA programs at Tsinghua University, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing Language and Culture University, in the PRC, University of Hamburg in Germany, Reims Management School and EDHEC Business School in France, Asian Institute of Management in Philippines, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and Pammukkale University in Turkey. Conducted on-site study of companies in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and PRC.

Serves as a Planning and Management Consultant to businesses and non-profit organizations in strategic planning, leadership development, organizational change, and total quality management. Worked with Board directors and top management of organizations at the State, national, and international levels, including AMFAC Properties; McDonald's Restaurants of Hawaii; M&E Pacific, Inc.; AIG Hawaii; Hawaii Transfer Co., Ltd.; Locations, Inc.; Proudfoot Japan, Inc.; Waikapu Mauka Partners, Inc.; Wallpaper Hawaii; Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii; Pacific International Center for High Technology Research; State High Technology Development Corporation; State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; University of Hawaii Board of Regents; National Science Foundation Exclusive Economic Zone Program; the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems; the State Commission of Science and Technology; the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry; and the Guangdong Economic Management Cadre Institute, PRC.

Affiliations

Board of Directors of Hawaii Host, Inc., and Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. Served on Board of Directors of M&E Pacific, Inc. Supreme Court Justice appointee to State Judicial Council. Governor-appointee to the Hawaii State Council on Revenues, 1991-95. Also, Board of Directors of the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation; Japan America Society of Hawaii; Japan-Hawaii Economic Council; served on Board of Directors of Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii; and the Pacific Asian Affairs Council. Also, member of the Academy of International Business, the World Futures Studies Federation, Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, University of Hawaii Foundation Presidents Club, Life member of the University of Hawaii Alumni Association, The 200 Club, Sigma Iota Epsilon National Honorary Society for Management, and Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society.