2007-NOW: Hawaii
2006-2007: Fukuoka, Japan
2005-2006: Hawaii
2004-2005: Tokyo
2003-2004: Hawaii
2001-2003: Los Angeles
1983-2001: Hawaii

B.A., Japanese Language & Literature


2008-CURRENT

Web Developer, Sales Assistant, PRTech, LLC.
Sales Assistant and manager of all business accounts, whose duties include communicating with all present and new clients, creating sales estimates and quotes, pursuing sales opportunities, and coordinating company resources to fulfill customer needs. Development and maintenance of client websites, involving work with Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Illustrator, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, and Kentico CMS. Web application development using C# under an ASP.NET 2.0 environment. Utilization of various skills including graphic design, photography, Japanese language ability, and programming.

2007-2008

Information Technology Specialist, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Responsible for the repair and maintenance of all library computer systems and peripherals through daily interaction with all library staff. Serve as an information technology consultant for the library staff. Training of department student hires in troubleshooting hardware and software problems. Implementation of an interactive, geospatially aware Geographic Information System (GIS) web application to display digital aerial photographs on a Web Map System. Documentation of troubleshooting procedures for internal use and the creation of user instructions for staff and student use. Conducted workshops for continued staff learning covering a broad range of topics such as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to instant messaging and photo sharing in the Hamilton Library’s Web 2.0 seminar series.

2006-2007

Assistant Language Teacher, JET Programme, Fukuoka, Japan
Assistant teacher of English as a second language in 9 elementary schools and 1 junior high school in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Prepare English language teaching materials and instructing classes of up to 40 children aged 5 to 16. Directly responsible for consulting and collaborating with teachers in Japanese and executing lesson plans in the classroom. Solely responsible for monthly English language training seminars for 8 elementary school teachers. Conducted two English language teaching method seminars for elementary school teachers in Japanese.





Web designs

PRTech
Hawaii Convention Center - Promotional
Hawaii Convention Center - Clean Energy
Central Pacific Bank
PacRim Marketing Group
Hilton Surf Safari
yamakiyo.org
MAGIS
more...

Video editing





Freelance translation of Japanese-English

Translation materials

children's books, technical documents, news articles, press releases, song lyrics, television shows

かぁ君とドケビン (Kah-kun and Dokebin) Japanese-English translation
YamaKiyo Press

Translations featured on the front page of websites including:

  • Kotaku
  • GamesIndustry.biz
  • Major Nelson's blog
  • Gamasutra
  • Gamers.com
  • Joystiq
  • Ars Technica





Amateur photographer since 2004

yamakiyo.org photoblog

Equipment

Canon 30D Digital SLR, 17-40mm f/4 L, 35mm f/2.0, 60mm f/2.8 macro, 24-105mm f/4 L

Selections