Project Managing a Project Management Career Harumi Urata-Thompson

About Harumi Urata-Thompson

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• Specializes in business operations, strategy and marketing. • Consultant and Director for several companies

• CFA Society New York, former Chief Operating Officer • Established better operating processes and models to turn around the deficit-ridden organization • Developed model for corporate sponsorships • Generated US$500K from new sources of income

• Thomson Reuters, senior positions over 14 years • Director at corporate level overseeing innovation, managing product portfolio of mobile products • Chief of Staff to CEO of Healthcare and Sciences, overseeing US$900mn budget across 4,300 employees • Product Manager for fixed income business

• Morgan Stanley, Citigroup - fixed income sales and M&A

• MBA, INSEAD (France); BA, magna cum laude, in business from Sophia University (Japan)

• Chartered Financial Analyst, Project Management Professional, and Pragmatic Marketing Certified

• Bilingual in English and Japanese

Harumi Urata-Thompson

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• Investment banking -> HUT Consulting and Celestialdata founder – how did that happen?

• Path

• Investment banking (S&T) – Japan & UK

• Investment banking (M&A) – US

• Information Technology – US, several functions

• Non profit – US, COO

• Entrepreneur – consulting and outerspace industry company

What I Do Today

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• After turning around an organization, I started HUT Consulting and…

• Working with international clients

• Helping to operationalize emerging technologies

• Operator/advisor of multiple companies

• Starting Celestialdata came as part of this flow

Sample Projects I Worked On

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Having a country as a client and

assist their blockchain initiative

Helping international client to start a coffee shop in the US

Assisting cybersecurity company to operate

How Does This Translate to Everyone?

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• Analysis

• Skill Transfer

• Networking

• Willingness to try and deliver

Analysis

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What you want to do

Industry trend

What you currently have

Packaging/image to project

Networking

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• Internal vs. external

• Do you know enablers and connectors?

• Not once and done

• Give and take

Skill Transfer

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• What do they need?

• What do you have that you can explain?

• Do you have something to back it up with and deliver?

• What else might you need?

Willingness to Try and Deliver

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Prove

Never pretend

Value add

Play to your strength and continue developing

Own Your Action and Be Happy

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Contact

Harumi Urata-Thompson

harumi@hutconsulting.com

Twitter: @HarumiUrata

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/harumiuratathompson

Website: www.hutconsulting.com

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