My Personal History
Working Experience
- present:
Japan-US Marketing Consultant
JUST Assist International
Palo Alto, California
representing Japanese companies for the US market
representing American companies for the Japanese market
including business development, marketing research, marketing support, PR support, media relationship, localization, product presentation, and others
- 2000 - 2000:
Director of Sales and Marketing
4DMATRIX
Mountain View, California
responsible for developing and managing sales team and marketing team
products: Kessai.com, WebSho.com to support e-merchants and e-entrepreneurs in Japanese e-commerce community.
- 1996 - 2000:
Director of Product Marketing
Sentius Corporation
Palo Alto, California
responsible for developing Asian market and Asian language market
products: RichLink Series, EB (Electronic Books) Player, Mikan Series, and Epistola Series.
- 1993 - 1996:
Director of Business Development, Asia
Kaleida Labs, Inc. (a multimedia joint venture between Apple & IBM, no-longer exists)
Mountain View, California
responsible for developing Asian market
products: ScriptX, a complete object-oriented multimedia environment
- 1989 - 1992:
Manager of Typographic Marketing for Asia
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Mountain View, California
responsible for developing and maintaining the relationship with Asian type industries and designers
product: Type1 Fonts (Adobe Type Library, Adobe Type Library in Japanese)
- 1986 - 1989:
Manager of Typographic Development for Japan
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Mountain View, California
responsible for developing the first Type1 Japanese typefaces and the PostScript type market in Japan
product: PostScript, Type1 Fonts
- 1986:
Staff of Typography Department
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Palo Alto, California
developing Type1 Font typefaces and corresponding with Japanese customers & potential customers.
- 1985 - 1986:
Staff of Procurement Department
Semiconductor Division
Hitachi America Limited
San Jose, California
responsible for helping a better communication between US office and HQ in Japan
- 1982 - 1985:
Project Leader & Language Scientist
Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC), the first spin-off of SRI International (formerly known as Stanford Research Institute)
Menlo Park, California
responsible for developing the recognition algorythm library for on-line real-time hand-written character recognition systems
- 1977 - 1982:
Group Leader & Language Technician
XEROX Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) & Office Product Division (OPD)
Palo Alto, California
responsible for developing Japanese laser fonts and developing grammatical processing systems for a Kana-Kanji conversion program used in J-STAR Workstation.
Living Experience
Educational Experience
- 1966 - 1971:
Sophia Univ.
BA in Philosophy
- 1963 - 1966:
Sapporo Nishi High School
- 1960 - 1963:
Sapporo Koryo Middle School
- 1959 - 1960:
Sapporo Maruyama Elementary School
- 1957 - 1959:
Sapporo Kotoni Elementary School
- 1955 - 1957:
Sapporo Soen Elementary School
- 1954 - 1955:
Date Usu Elementary School
Family History
- 1996 - present:
A single father to two children
- 1996:
Devorced
- 1995:
Separated
- 1984:
Daughter Emika was born at Stanford Hospital in Stanford, California.
- 1981:
Son Takumi was born at Birth Place in Menlo Park, California.
- 1976:
Married to Kay H. Sandberg
- 1976:
Moved to Palo Alto, California, from Tokyo, Japan
- 1966:
Moved to Tokyo, from Sapporo, Japan
- 1947:
Born to Mr. Shitomi Abe and Mrs. Tsuyono Abe as their seventh of 8 children and the second of three sons in Sapporo, Japan
Sisters: Konomi Yamazaki, Minori Abe, Satomi Goto, Miharu Homma, Misaki Hashimoto
Brothers: Tsunemi Abe, Kurumi Abe
Family Member Introduction
- Takumi Kenneth Abe
Birth Date: Nov. 28, 1981
Birth Place: Birth Place in Menlo Park, California
Freshman at University of Colorado at Boulder majoring International Relationship
Graduated from Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto
Plays jazz drums
He was a team captain for Paly's basketball Varsity Team in Winter and played baseball Varsity Team in Spring also. Last year (1999-2000), Paly Basketall Varsity Team earned the second place in the league and Takumi received 1st Team All League honor in addition to several all-star type of selection by several organizations including San Jose Mercury News.
He spent a month in Europe this summer.
He went Stanford Big Kids' Place, Friends Nursery School, Ohlone Elementary School and Keys School before Paly.
He wants to study in International Studies and Environmental Studies at a college.
- Emika Sandberg Abe
Birth Date: Nov. 8, 1984
Birth Place: Stanford University Hospital in Stanford, California
11th grade junior at Gunn High School in Palo Alto
A Regular Member of Palo Alto Children's Theatre in Palo Alo
She participated Wing Spread at Palo Alto Children's Theatre and American Conservatory Theatre lesson in San Francisco this summer.
She went Stanford Little Kids' Place, Friends Nursery School, Ohlone Elementary School, JLS Middle School before Gunn High School in Palo Alto.
She wants to study in Theatrical Arts at a college.
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