Experience

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  Ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries of japan

  Apr 1990 - Mar 1995

  Manager for national agricultural development project

  - Project management of infrastructure construction for dam, land consolidation, irrigation, roads and other regional infrastructure- Supervision of implementation design- Local consensus building- Land acquisition- Budgeting and financial control for USD50m+/annually

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  Independent development consultant

  Nov 1997 - Dec 2001

  Financial analyst and civil engineer

  - conducting infrastructure planning and financial analysis for economic development projects with UN organizations such as World Bank, ADB, IFAD, FAO, UNDP, ADB and others-designing credits; making infrastructure development plans; conducting financial analysis of economic and financial returns for the investment projects- conducing field study, interviewing stakeholders in sectors such as government, industry, and communities- conducting structural and theoretical survey on economic background, administrative processes, and economic environment of the target countries and sectors - discussing and negotiating with stakeholders namely international organizations, national and local government, private sectors, private sectors, communities and NPOs- conducing evaluation of project profiles and implementationMajor projects engaged:- Northern Mindanao Agricultural and Rural Development Project, The Philippines, IFAD;- Tea and Tree Crops Diversification and Export Intensification Program, Vietnam, FAO and ADB;- Arid Area, Coastal Area and Upper Land Poverty Alleviation and Agricultural Development Project, Indonesia, IFAD;- Country Portfolio Review and Evaluation, Vietnam, IFAD and UNDP- Special Advsior for Office for Presidential Assistance for Peace Process, Mindanao Board, The Philippines, with Balay Mindanaw Foundation;- Senior Advisor for People's Committee for Ho Chi Minh City, Assistance towards Market Oriented Economy, funded by Government of Japan./Note: Each project names may not be accurate as such project names are changed depending on stages of project formulation, assessment, implementation and evaluation. Show less

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  Shinwa management systems

  Jan 2002 - Nov 2007

  Managing director

  - recruiting engineers and professionals in Southeast Asia and place them in Japan- recruited 130 engineers mainly from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and India- training professionals for Japanese language- implementing mergence with JobStreet.com, the largest job portal in Southeast Asia, listed in Bursa Malaysia- The company evolved into JobSteet.com Japan in 2007

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  Greenfield japan (formerly jobstreet asean business consulting)

  Jul 2007 - now

  Country manager, managing director, partner

  - conducting corporate branding and marketing in Japan, Southeast Asia and India- conducting strategic consulting for transnational business in Japan, Southeast Asia and India- advising and training for transnational business expansion- conducting acquisition, networking and due diligence in transnational investment - making lectures and publication in the related fields- managing engineering development projects employing 70 engineers and professionals

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  Asia infrastructure corporation

  Jan 2014 - now

  Director

  -identifying project opportunities for private sector investment in infrastructure development -formulating projects in Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, India, Kenya, Tanzania, United States, and Canada-having identified over 20 project portfolio out of around 300 to 400 very early project plans -having targeted CAPEX for the overall projects are around USD2B-mobilizing amount of the project investment varies between USD20m to USD1.2B-raising the initial cash capital -mobilizing additional equity and structured loan-leading legal and financial advisory for DD and execution-conducting capacity building sessions to Japanese companies such as Hitachi Ltd, since 2012 under JobStreet.com Japan Show less

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  Coefont

  Jan 2022 - now

  Advisor

  - assisting opertiaon of a start-up for AI vocal platform acquiring 300m users in a month- supervising sales, collaboration, finance, and general administration as COO function- realizing its financial foundation in the Japanese market- facilitating expansion to the global market