Oggy Live Today

Oggy appears at World Marketing Summit Japan 2015 website (Japanese)!
ワールド・マーケティング・サミット・ジャパン2015 のウェブサイトに登場!

Oggy’s essay (in Japanese) has been posted on the official site of WMSJ2015, World Marketing Summit Japan 2015 held in Tokyo on October 13 – 14, 2015.

Oggy のエッセイが ワールド・マーケティング・サミット・ジャパン 2015 (WMSJ2015) サイトに掲載されました。あのフィリップ・コトラーをはじめとしたマーケティングの錚々たるメンバーが世界中から参加するカンファレンス。2015年10月13日(火)～14日(水)に東京のグランドプリンスホテル新高輪にて、1,000人規模で開催されます。

どんなイベントなのか？参加のメリットは？ さまざまな期待を込めて寄稿してみました。

 

Today is an anniversary for me. It has been exactly 11 years since I  moved to the US for the first time. Back in 1997, March 19th when I was still enjoying my 20s, I had a farewell party called “Oggy FINAL” in Ebisu, Tokyo to drink with lots of friends, co-workers in Japan and then I flew to San Jose on the next day. I worked in Silicon Valley from March 20th 1997 through September 2002 for 5.5 years as a software engineer, technical analyst and planner. I fully enjoyed my first US life like outdoor activities, sports, wine tasting, home parties… I was also inspired and affected by the Silicon Valley events/cultures including the dot com booms and even the recessions during the period. I moved back to Tokyo for 2002-2007 but I have returned to the US (Midwest) now.  

Well, amazingly it’s the 11th time already. Time flies and life is short!

• KWEST night out @ Merle’ BBQ
• Discussion about Japan-night @ McManus

I have participated in a wireless indusry war game competition as a member of the Kellogg team against other MBA schools and… our team won! 

Here are related articles.

• Kellogg News: (http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/news/whatsnew/student-wargamewin.htm)
• Network World: (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/030608-wireless-internet-war-game.html)  
• Press Release by Fuld: (http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080306/neth092.html?.v=33)
• Blog article by Joyce Gioia-Herman: (http://www.keyboard-culture-future-workforce-trends.com/2008/03/war_games_observed.html)

This has been an excellent learning experience for me in a lot of ways.

I am/was taking the classes as follows: 

Fall 2007

• Leadership in Organizations (Uzzi) 
• Business Strategy (Hubbard)
• Marketing Management (Hennessy)
• Factory Physics I (Iravani)
• Accounting for Manufacturing Management (Balachandran)

Winter 2008

• Finance I (Kondo)
• Factory Physics II (Watson)
• Microeconomic Analysis (Loeper)
• Understanding hte Media and its Content (Smith)

Names in the parenthesis show professor.