I am a graduate of
San Francisco State University with MSBA (Master of Science in Business Administration) degree in 1998.My areas of interest are taxation and financial accounting theory. Here are one of my papers in the latter field...
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A case: tax..how to do it wrong...I wrote my
master's thesis on the U.S. transfer-pricing tax issues with particular focus on foreign exchange risk and its adjustments.I am also interested in using accounting knowledge as a tool of driving force to make "
re-engineering" type of changes in business organizations, which is somewhat related to my business experience mentioned below.Before I came to San Francisco, I worked for over 7 years at
Nippon Steel Corporation, the global steel giant based in Tokyo, Japan and ranked at 110th on the FORTUNE Global 500. I had substantial international business experiences mainly in purchasing iron ores from Australia, India, Brazil, South Africa, Canada, and so on.I got involved in making various purchase contracts, negotiating terms and conditions, project feasibility studies for developing new mines as well as expanding existing operations, administering a joint-venture
mining project in Western Australia, and so forth.Business trips were always great, but also somewhat unusual and a little scary experience;
In Western Australia, you typically fly in a small chartered plane with 7 seats or so, for a couple of hours, to go to mining sites in
I also spent 2 months in 1995 at various mining companies of Australian leading mining conglomerate, CRA through "The Young Executive Exchange Program" by the Australia-Japan Business Conference Committees, and had valuable opportunities to discuss topics such as re-engineering and organizational development with many managers in charge.
I am proud of myself with all these precious business experiences in my previous job. The one most valued thing I learned from my previous business experiences, if I were asked, would be to "think persistently and logically" which, I believe, is a universally applicable capability. I thank many of my bosses and colleagues as well as valued business partners for my growth opportunities.
I now work for a big 5 accounting firm as a tax professional as a tax consultant.
I also plan to start working on J.D. degree shortly.
"RISKY TO CHANGE, RISKIER NOT TO CHANGE."
Links to my alma mater:
Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan from which I graduated with a bachelor's degree in management in 1989.