Damon Mackey

President and Founder
2008 Tsukuba MBA-IB graduate.
Combining skills with a professional network  from over ten years working in Japan  as a Consultant with Globis Consulting, Market Research Associate with Touchstone Japan, an HR Training Manager and as a Corporate Trainer. An extensive professional and MBA network coupled together with this team gives us the ability to create a conduit of talent and information unmatched in the industry.

Lars Jensen

Technical Manager
Lars brings his expertise from positions as Technical Manager and most recently Managing Director at JobDragon with more than 15 years of developing complex online solutions for clients on more than 4 different continents. His track record combines bringing companies from launch to market leaders with a wide range of experience from IT, eCommerce, online marketing and community building just to mention a few. When not working, Lars is a photographer with tokyoportraits.com
 

Yuka Meguro

Executive Liaison
Previous Office Manager with a polished  focus on attention to detail in legal documents, insurance claims and business correspondence.  Practiced organization skills from general booking in the medical industry to managing and marketing of events at Disney.  Years of experience in business to business rapport building and management of staff.
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Toshiyuki Mori

Corporate Liaison
Accumulated business acumen from 6 years experience in accounts division of trading company, assisting with strategy formation and researching markets to find competitive advantage. Played a key role in building relationships with client companies.  Worked closely with sales persons to gain full understanding of inner workings of sales department.

Shoko Baba

Executive Entertainment / Event coordinator
Talented Pianist and event producer with a Bachelor of music in piano performance from Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan and a Masters in Music from Longy School of Music, United States, having performed at Carnegie Hall, Harvard University Pforaeimer House Recital Hall, VOX Trio at MIT Concert Hall. Chief Producer of the International Chopin Piano Competition - in Asia and producer of  fund raising for the Piano Paralympics, etc. she brings not only her musical skills but also her professional skills in event production and management.

Toshiko Hanada

Catalystic Associate
Founder of her own formal event management company, she brings her creative problem solving, entrepreneur skills, eleven years of experience of working in formal events plus has years of the finest customer service training from her administrative background with the Walt Disney Company.

Sungyeon Ryu

Catalystic Associate/ Interpreter
A truly international English/ Korean interpreter studied in Australia and the Philippines, having lived in Hong Kong and Japan possesses the ability to handle customers from different countries and cultural backgrounds,not only with her speaking abilities in English , French, Japanese and Korean but from her strength in understanding cultural sensitivities and being able to communicate internationally. 

Ryoko Sawabe

Catalystic Associate/ Translator
Specializing in Web-marketing, Arts and General Business Ryoko has years of experience in music, poetry and business translation including the latest "The book on learning and forgetting".  Not only is she bilingual but bicultural as well from her time spent living and studying abroad in Canada.

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Yunia Kuzumaki

Catalystic Associate
Years of experience from working in the customer service arena in Tokyo, Yunia constantly goes above and beyond to exceed clients expectations, Whether it be in organizing groups or working one on one, you can be assured that you will be well taken care of with Yunia working the floor at this years MBA Career Forum. 

Jeevan Premasara

Designer and Social Media Marketing Strategist
Using skills from professional experience and those learned from International University of Japan’s Ebiz Masters program Jeevan leads the marketing project for Catalyst’s social media integration.
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