Bulletin
(From Global Horizons, Spring 2004)

AMP
JMP
ICMP
JEMBA/CHEMBA
JAIMS Visitors
Weddings
New Arrivals

AMP

Keisuke Hayami (AMP-4) is with the marketing department at Sankei Living Newspaper in Osaka, Japan.

Seiji Kurihara (AMP-35) passed the Japanese bar examination in November 2003. He began his 1.5-year training in the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court on April 2, 2004. Since graduating with a law degree 18 years ago, he has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer.

Yoshiharu Nakamura (AMP-92F) is the manager, Manufacturing Data Systems Section, Management Information System Department at Fujitsu Computer Products Corporation of the Philippines in Makati City.

Junichiro Suita (AMP-35) was named managing director of RWD Technologies Japan Co., Ltd., formerly SAP Learning Solutions Japan Co., Ltd. in Tokyo.

JMP

Marsela Ibrahim (JMP-15) is the assistant general manager, Corporate Marketing for VADS Berhad in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Lung-Nien Lee (JMP-15) is the vice president and financial markets head, Malaysia, EM Sales & Trading, Asia Pacific at Citibank Berhad in Kuala Lumpur.

Mathiyazhagan Ramachandran (JMP-16), a licensed attorney in India who can practice in all commonwealth countries, now works for a law firm in Los Angeles, California, USA practicing U.S. Immigration Law and Business law. He is also in the process of setting up an affiliate law office in Chennai, India and Singapore. He would like to offer his services to JAIMS alumni in the U.S., Singapore, Malaysia and India.

Gregory Ratte (JMP-12) has been promoted to president of Bishop Street Capital Management, the investment management subsidiary of First Hawaiian Bank, in Honolulu, USA.

Somjin Sornpaisarn (JMP-16) is senior vice president and head of Derivatives Department at Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) PLC. in Bangkok.

ICMP

Ricca Fransisca (ICMP-03S) works for the Accounting & Tax Department at PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia in Jakarta.

Rachanee Jirathawonkul (ICMP-02S) is senior staff, Automobiles Sales & Marketing Bloc at Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand.

Masakazu Kanayama (ICMP-99S) is senior manager, Network Operation Department, Engineering Division at Japan Communications, Inc. in Tokyo, Japan.

Yoshi Kanayama (ICMP-01S) is with Denso in Japan.

Im-koo Kwak (ICMP-03S) is the contractor’s QC system manager for Federal U.S. Army Corps of Engineers OSAN Family Housing Project at Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. in South Korea.

Indunil Liyanage (ICMP-96F) completed his Master of Science in Management degree at Sri Jayawardenepura University, Sri Lanka, on January 14, 2004. His thesis titled, "An Empirical Study Regarding Role Stressors of Bank Managers and Their Performance" was highly acclaimed and accepted by the viva board. Indunil may pursue a Ph.D. either in Sri Lanka or abroad.

Kenichi Mizusawa (ICMP-95F) is a system engineer with CSG Systems, Inc. in Tokyo, Japan.

Yoshiko Nakabayashi (ICMP-02F) is the chief, General Affairs Department of NTT Communications Corporation in Tokyo, Japan.

Yoshiyuki Sasada (ICMP-99S) recently joined Inovant LLC, the Visa International’s U.S. subsidiary in Tokyo.

Tomohiro Sato (ICMP-01F) is a sales executive for Nikkei Business Publications Europe Ltd. in London, UK.

Joy Shao (ICMP-99F) is research analyst at Gartner, Inc. in San Jose, USA.

Juliana Sjaiful (ICMP-02S) is assistant finance & accounting manager at PT Tiga Ikan in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Masayuki Tsubaki (ICMP-02F) is vice president, Business Planning at Oxygenix Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan.

Reiji Tsugawa (ICMP-98F) is executive manager (R&D) for Tsugawa Electric Works Co., Ltd. in Osaka, Japan.

Yuko Uehara (ICMP-99F) is with the Treasury Sales Department at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan.

Hae Un Yang (ICMP-98F) is general manager of KITA Busan Branch in Busan, South Korea.

JEMBA/CHEMBA

Becky Armstrong (JEMBA-11) works as the guest service manager at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa in Honolulu, USA.

Eileen Beamis (JEMBA-13) is program coordinator at Japan-America Society of Hawaii in Honolulu, USA.

Rajesh Bhambani (JEMBA-13) is assistant manager, Sales at Hyundai Motors India, Ltd., Sales & Marketing Headquarters in New Delhi, India.

Judy See Kiat Gan (JEMBA-7) is general manager of Group Corporate Planning for Texchem Group of Companies in Penang, Malaysia.

Ruoqi Guan (JEMBA-5) is vice president of CNC International in Beijing, China.

Joseph Heller (CHEMBA-6) is operations manager at Reva International, in Guangdong, a privately held U.S. manufacturing firm that has a plant in China and specializes in the design and manufacture of exclusive technology for government agencies and professional users worldwide.

Udomsil (Tick) Hemstapat (CHEMBA-6) is project manager at T.N. Information Systems, Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand.

Chi-Hsien (Max) Ho (JEMBA-11) is senior marketing executive at the Far East Book Co., Ltd. in Taipei, Taiwan.

Samjin Kim (JEMBA-13) is senior consultant at Caleb & Company in Seoul, South Korea.

Vincent Learned (JEMBA-13) is vice president, Corporate Risk Management at Bank of Hawaii in Honolulu, USA.

Kang Suh Lee (JEMBA-13) is manager of Investus Global Corp. in Seoul, South Korea.

Brandon Matsui (JEMBA-13) handles the Reebok account and sports marketing for the Creative Department at DDB Tokyu in Tokyo, Japan.

Carlos (Lito) Mercado (JEMBA-3) is senior vice president of Basic Capital Investments Corporation in Makati City, Philippines.

Collin Miyamoto (JEMBA-11) recently joined Avalon Development Co. LLC in Honolulu, USA as a real estate analyst and is responsible for financial and market feasibility analyses.

Keith Ng (CHEMBA-5) is manager, route planning of Planning & International Affairs, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited in Hong Kong.

Tara O’Donnell (CHEMBA-5) is project analyst in the Product Development Department with Symitar, Inc. in San Diego, USA. Symitar, Inc. makes financial software for credit unions.

Ir. Dabit Raditya (JEMBA-4) is business controller at PT. Ericsson Indonesia in Jakarta.

Kuskoor Bharath Ram (JEMBA-4) is marketing director for Genesis Microchip, Inc. in Alviso, USA.

Ruth Reiner (JEMBA-12) assumed the position of manager of business development at Harel-Hertz Investment House Ltd. (HIH) in Tel-Aviv. HIH is a privately held consulting and investment boutique whose mission is to promote business between foreign companies and Japanese companies, and assist foreign companies wishing to enter the Japanese market. The company represents ITX corporation in Israel and scouts Israeli technologies (Bio/IT) for them. It has offices in Tokyo and in Tel-Aviv, and does business globally.

Diana Jean (DJ) Reyes (CHEMBA-5) is the group head of Integrated Corporate Communications at K2 Interactive (Asia), Inc. in Pasig City, Philippines. She is also involved in business development and guest lectures at Thames International Business School in the Philippines.

Herbert (Herbie) Santos (JEMBA-11) is a senior consultant at MRI Worldwide Philippines, Inc. in Makati City.

Kevin Smith (JEMBA-13) is with iNAGO (iNtelligent Agents Online), a software development company that builds and brings together tools to creative online digital agents. The company is in located in Japan.

Wai Hung (Ronald) Tang (JEMBA-4) is director of Corporate Finance Group in Citibank China in Shanghai.

Michael Wiley (JEMBA-9) is senior process engineer at TDK Ferrites Corporation, an automotive parts manufacturer in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA.

Wai Pong (Raymond) Wong (JEMBA-8), is currently in Yokohama with Koei, the entertainment/game company, for training (1-1.5 years), then will head back to Singapore to establish the Singapore Office of Koei.

JAIMS Visitors

Masakazu Kanayama (ICMP-99S), December 3, 2003.

Kuskoor Bharath Ram (JEMBA-4), December 10, 2003.

Mihoko Matsuoka (ICMP-97S), December 12, 2003.

Sawa Negishi (ICMP-97S), December 12, 2003.

Kimi Takai (ICMP-97S), December 12, 2003.

Akiko Yamaguchi (ICMP-97S), December 12, 2003.

Yoshihara Kanayama (ICMP-01S), January 12, 2004.

Weddings

Michiko Griffith (formerly Michiko Takiya, ICMP-02F) married Chad Griffith on January 31, 2004.

Takayuki Hori (ICMP-02F) married Naomi Hori on September 3, 2003.

Mark Jackson (JEMBA-12) and Ikuyo Sugimori married on March 27, 2004.

Jamie Ortiz (JEMBA-12) and his wife Jennifer held their wedding on Maui on November 29, 2003 at Makena Beach.

Akiko Yamaguchi (ICMP-97S) married Takashi Yoshikawa in October 2003.

New Arrivals

Tim Calton (CHEMBA-6) and his wife, Suzanne, welcomed their first son, Hunter Timothy Calton, born on February 6, 2004.

John Cheuck (JEMBA-3) and his wife, Natsumi, welcomed their second daughter, Nina Hau-Yee Cheuck, born on March 23, 2004.