Ray Kameda

• Managed and developed business strategy with project lead for Hitachi’s new analytics business incubation project targeting the North American electric utility market (quarterly project budget: $2.2 million) • Developed market-entry strategy by leading market research projects to assess energy analytics market trends and map the competitor landscape • Designed business partnership models and developed new partnerships with three market-leading companies in the US and the UK

• Assisted major corporate clients to achieve industry-leading ratings in Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) questionnaires (Dow Jones Sustainability Index, CDP, Vigeo) • Advised corporate clients on improving sustainability performance and disclosures to meet global standards and better integrate sustainability into their overall business strategies • Assessed human/labor rights and supply chain reputation risk of clients’ global operations

• Supported research activities for the Global Change and Sustainability thematic research group • Constructed technical ArcGIS tutorials of remote sensing techniques for UNU postgraduates • Conducted a research project on Sri Lanka water management with remote sensing techniques using ENVI and ArcGIS

• Compiled and managed the spatial database of over 85 data layers as the GIS analyst for the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Japan’s 2011 Disasters Digital Archive Project (www.jdarchive.org) • Conducted extensive data collation and analysis from public online resources for database integration • Corresponded with various Japanese private, public, and academic entities for data requests • Work featured in an online article by the Harvard Gazette newspaper