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Director of Smart City Solutions Marketing IoT and Social Innovation Unit

Hitachi Vantara drives data to meaningful outcomes.

- Marketing: Extensive lifecycle marketing background, including lead generation, branding, and PR.- Strategy: Creative strategic planning experience focused on making impact through technology, including at a preeminent Smart City and Internet of Things (IoT) technology company that created a new market.- Leadership and Project Management: Substantial cross-team technology and strategic project management experience, driving results by leading diverse project teams that include executives, engineers, creative teams, public sector officials, and external stakeholder groups of partner startups and Fortune 500 companies.- International Business: 7 years of experience in Japan, South Africa, and managing EMEA marketing efforts.- Product Management: Developing new products based on comprehensive user research and design thinking.- Research & Analysis: Expertise collecting data and synthesizing it into meaningful sales, marketing, process, and product insights, reports, and actionable recommendations – including market sizing, competitive analysis, sales and marketing performance and projections, and product recommendations.- Sustainability: Career-long focus on creating impact through innovation and technology, including an MBA in Sustainable Management.- Versatility: Have worked with startups and Fortune 500 companies in a variety of capacities, from the strategic planning level through to project management and execution.