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Director of Marketing Strategy and Planning

The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and Nintendo GameCube(TM) systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.4 billion video games and more than 420 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario(TM), Donkey Kong(R), Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere.

Insightful, results-driven professional with 10+ years of outstanding domestic and international work experience at globally respected organizations. Ability to identify and capitalize on market opportunities, develop strategies and solutions, and implement through detailed management of high priority projectsDemonstrated professional versatility from previous work in management consulting at Bain & Co. and finance at Merrill Lynch. MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern UniversityManagement Strategy; Program Management; Marketing Strategy; Customer Research / Competitive Analytics; Budgets / P&L; Financial Forecasting & Reporting; International Experience; Partner / Vendor developmentExtensive international work experience in Asia / China; native speaker of English and Mandarin