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Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellow
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Dr Sonya Vasudeva is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2010-11. 
She has 9 years of experience in medical & marketing functions. Has been working with Reliance Life Sciences in India since 6 years and has been Heading the medical affairs Oncology department.  She has also been managing the medical function with key result areas of medical training for fieldforce, conducting CMEs and an active doctor query management service. She graduated with her MBBS from JNMC Belgaum and her MBA from International Management Institute in New Delhi, India.

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Naoki Takeuchi is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2010-11.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he worked at the Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ) for sixteen years.  Takeuchi's experience at DBJ include venture capital, M&A, corporate restructuring, private equity, and buyout finance.  Takeuchi graduated from the University of Tokyo with a BA in Economics in 1994.  He received his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002.

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Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellow
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Oshie Sato is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2010-11.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he has worked at Sumitomo Corporation, one of the major trading and investment conglomerates in Japan for ten years.  After joining Sumitomo, he has been engaged in management of some of Sumitomo's affiliated companies such as internet streaming channel, CATV broadcasting channel and film distribution company in media industries.

He graduated from Waseda University with a degree in Politics and Economics.

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Shorenstein APARC / Asia Foundation Fellow
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Puangthong Pawakapan is the Shorenstein APARC / Asia Foundation research fellow for 2010-2011. She has a PhD in History from the University of Wollongong in Australia and a BA in Political Science from Thammasat University, Thailand. She is an Assistant Professor in International Relations Department, Chulalongkorn University. Prior to joining Shrorenstein APARC, Pawakapan was a deputy director of the Master Program in International Development Studies at the same university for four years. Between 1999-1999, she was a research affiliate at the Cambodian Genocide Program, Yale University, where she researched on “Thailand’s response to the Cambodian Genocide” in  Genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda: New Perspectives (2004 and 2006).

Pawakapan’s academic expertise is in the field of Southeast Asian Studies with special interest on the political relationship between Thailand and Cambodia. Political violence is also part of her interest.  Most of her previous research focus on the modern and contemporary history of Thai-Cambodian relations. During her fellowship at the Shrorenstein APARC, her research will focus on the current conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, stemming from the Preah Vihear Temple issue.

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Pradnya Palande is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2010-11. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, she has been working with Reliance Life Sciences Pvt .Ltd. (India) since 2001. She is a senior research scientist in the Therapeutic proteins group. Her job responsibilities include cloning and expression of theraputic proteins. She also has been working on isolating genes of Mabs from mouse cell lines and analyzing CDRs which will lead to the development of chimeric and humanized monoclonal antibodies for therapeutic uses. 
Pradnya is a post graduate in Zoology with a specialization in animal physiology. She has also worked as a faculty to undergraduate students for a few months after her post graduation.

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Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellow
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Yuichi Moronaga is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2010-11.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he held positions at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan (METI) for about 11 years, where he took charge of policy making.  His latest position at METI was as deputy director in the Manufacturing Industries Bureau. He graduated from Kyoto University in Economics.

 

 

 

 

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Takeshi Kondo is a Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2010–2011. He started his career in 1994 as a systems engineer for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Kondo designed several IT/vision/telecommunication systems for road operation and
management agencies of Japan, and took part in a Japanese government and private sector study of electronic toll collection systems. Additionally, he designed a business-to-business web system for his company. He is currently a manager for the Strategic IT Business Planning Department of Mitsubishi Electric and he is in charge of research on new IT businesses. Kondo graduated from Waseda University with a BS and an MS in industrial and management systems engineering.

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Toshifumi Kadowaki is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2010-2011. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he has worked for the IT solution department at Sumitomo Corporation, one of the major trading and investment conglomerates in Japan. He was responsible for planning the business growth strategy, including M&A strategy, and supporting the management of the subsidiaries. He also has 5 years experience of investing in start-up companies. He graduated from Waseda University with a BA in Commerce.

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Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellow
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Minoru Aosaki is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2010–11 and 2011–12. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he was deputy director for international banking regulations at the Government of Japan's Financial Services Agency, where he was responsible for developing bank regulatory standards as a member of groups of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Before 2008, he worked for Japan's Ministry of Finance and drafted the ministry's policy-position papers on the International Monetary Fund and also participated in the communiqué drafting processes at the G7 and G20 meetings.

During his time at Shorenstein APARC, Aosaki researches policy responses to the recent financial crisis with the support of Dr. Michael Armacost, and discussed at seminars and conferences at Stanford University, Cornell University, and Harvard University.  He received a bachelor of law degree (LL.B.) from Hitotsubashi University in 2001, a master of public administration degree (MPA) from Syracuse University in 2004, and a master of law degree (LL.M.) from Cornell Law School in 2005.
 

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Earn Key Joo, a vice president with the Human Resources Development Center of Samsung Electronics, is a current fellow with the Corporate Affiliates Program of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) at Stanford University. Joo, who has worked with Samsung for 25 years, is based at the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. He has extensive auditing experience, including evaluating the management and operational business units and investigating the illegal activities of employees.

While Samsung's headquarters are based in Seoul, the larger research and development and operational offices are located in Suwon, a city in close proximity to Seoul. Samsung is the current leader of the global electronics market, manufacturing everything from televisions to refrigerators, and semiconductors to mobile phones. It is especially strong in the LED television, color monitor, memory chip, and LCD panel product sectors. Samsung is now trying to advance in the mobile phone market with the introduction of its Galaxy S smartphone, which is available in the United States.

Joo is currently researching ways for Samsung to maintain its market lead. Even as the current leader, he said, market changes could affect the company's success. Joo is studying the case of Sony, a previous electronics market leader, and the factors that led to the loss of its position. His advisor for the project is Gi-Wook Shin, director of Shorenstein APARC and the Korean Studies Program.

In addition to his research project, Joo is taking advantage of his time at Stanford University to improve his English-language skills. He is proficient at reading English, and is using the opportunity to strengthen his speaking ability. He also hopes in the coming months to attend more events, especially in order to learn about the systems of other companies. Joo has already participated in site visits to Cisco, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and Palo Alto Utilities.

Joo, who has previously not had the experience of living abroad and has had few opportunities to engage with people from other countries, says, "This is a very good time for me to widen my global perspective." He wants to interact as much as possible with the other fellows-who come from diverse work sectors and different countries in Asia-to exchange information, including best practices, based on each fellow's unique professional experience.

After he returns to Korea, Joo plans to take some of the information he has gained from his research and his exchange of knowledge with other fellows and share it with different development and marketing teams at Samsung, in addition to applying it in his own job. Samsung, Joo believes, is in need of creativity now and he is exploring ways it can develop this in its employees.

In between research and company visits, Joo has been able to spend valuable time with his family, which has traveled with him from Korea. They are planning to visit as many places as possible in the United States and have already visited Yellowstone National Park and are planning a trip to Alaska.

 

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