GEOFFREY U. UYEHARA

Email : guuyehara@ aol.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE

An executive position utilizing extensive experience in business development, leadership and action-oriented skills to significantly impact the company’s growth.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Many years of senior management experience encompassing:

BUSINESS SUMMARY

• Bi-lingual and bi-cultural background English/Japanese
• Planned and organized sales seminars
• Key player in the development of new international business alliances
• Result oriented problem solver, resourceful, organized project planner
• Extensive experience in public speaking on business development in both English and Japanese
• Expertise in US/Japanese negotiations, communications and management

REPRESENTATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Developed and executed a new industrial strategy to attract Japanese and other Pacific Rim investors. Strategic plan included: Industry selection, identification of target corporations, direct mail planning & implementation in Japan, other East Asian countries and the United State. Results: over $800M Japanese/East Asia investments in new projects. Strategy proved 400% more cost effective than comparable programs with US corporations.
• Planned, organized and directed over 15 economic missions to Japan and other East Asian countries. Involved in seminars and private meetings with senior-level leaders from host governments and private sectors.
• Established/directed the first overseas promotion office in Tokyo and Hong Kong for Puerto Rico. Recruited and trained indigenous staff and directed the offices in establishing industry and government contacts in Japan and other East Asian countries.
• Primary responsibility for the administration of main promotion office (New York City) and for the effective coordination between all regional and foreign offices with the head office in Puerto Rico.
• Directed a multi-cultural American, Hispanic and Japanese work force with a $10M annual budget
• Increased operational efficiency by introducing a computer system
• Developed high employee morale by improving manager-employee communications

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Government of Puerto Rico - Economic Development Admin.

666 Fifth Avenue - New York, NY 10103

Responsibility involved coordinating overseas offices in Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong. Numerous promotional missions were organized, including first joint US/PR investment mission, first gubernatorial mission from Puerto Rico to Japan and other missions to Korea, People’s Republic of China and Singapore. Major accomplishments involved $200 million from Toyota - $100 million from Mitsubishi Motors - $100 million from Kumagai, etc.

Government of Puerto Rico - same as above

Responsible for the entire industrial promotion programs (US & foreign – total budget $79-80 million). Primary responsibility was in the direct operational and administrative supervision of the main office and oversee the coordination between all regional and foreign offices with Puerto Rico. Major projects under development included ship building and deep-sea fishing.

Government of Puerto Rico - same as above

Appointed by the Administrator to the directorship of a new department. Responsibilities included planning and development of the agency’s industrial promotion effort in Japan and Europe. Projects developed and established were in the areas of electronics, textiles, wood, petrochemical, food, specialty chemicals and jewelry. Total investments $90 million.

Government of Puerto Rico - Economic Development Admin. - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Advisor for all economic aspects related to Japanese industries considering investment in Puerto Rico. Initiated, planned and coordinated the Japan Industrial Investment Program requiring the evaluation of competitive economic advantages which Puerto Rico could offer. Served as deputy chairman of first official Puerto Rican Government missions to Japan – 11/1965.

Farrington Electronics, Inc. – Springfield, VA

Farrington Electronics, Inc. – Springfield, VA

Responsible for supervision of twelve senior engineers for a research contract with the US Government in optical scanners as related to automatic mail address reading and sorting. Included project scheduling, manpower estimates and material requirements. Contract successfully concluded and scanner prototype built and tested under real conditions, employing a unique concept giving capability of electronic reading of multi-font numeric characters.