Kyle K Yee

Operations Associate

Tokyo, Japan24 yrs 5 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led company-wide transformation project for 5,000+ employees.
  • Co-led $425MM acquisition of LinkShare Corp.
  • Designed leadership programs across Southeast Asia.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in Corporate Strategy and HR within the Tech and Education sectors.

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M&A experienceHR StrategyKnowledge ManagementNew Country Market DevelopmentFinancial AnalysisFinancial ModelingSemanticsStrategic PartnershipsStrategic PlanningE-commerceBusiness StrategyStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentMarket DevelopmentMergers

About

From: Regina, Sask., Canada Chinese Name: 余 継光 / Yu Jiguang; Japanese Name: イー カイルケー CURRENT CAREER FOCUS A. PRODUCT ENGINEERING 1) Product Engineering x Research x AI 2) Product Portfolio Mgmt.: Learning Experience Platform, Project Mgmt., Vendor/Contract Mgmt., RFx, Sales Channel Partner Portal, Customer Reservation System 3) IP Patent Development B. TRANSFORMATION MANGEMENT 1) Organizational Transformation: Englishnization, AI-nization 2) Leadership Development 3) Internal Case Study Writing 4) Executive Committee Support CAREER HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS 1) Change Mgmt-Led company-wide transformation project (>5,000 employees) to change the official language from Japanese to English (Project featured in HBS case study) 2) Strategic Alignment-Developed and deliver programs to align and support the overall strategic objectives of the organization with all internal & external stakeholders 3) M&A Transactions/PMI-Co-led acquisition of LinkShare Corp (NYC) at valuation of $425MM 4) Financial Transaction-Co-led investment in Ctrip.com at $103M for 20.3% in 2004 and divestment at $575M in 2007. 5) Leadership Development-Designed & delivered leadership programs across SE Asia 6) Organization Development-Designed & delivered general staff and management training programs 7) Product Mgmt-Apps: Focused on productivity, finance, & education 8) Investor Relations: Prepared roadshow & quarterly results materials PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY 1) MGMT: GM, SR MGR, Director of Ops 2) HR: Change Mgmt, Organization Development, Talent Development, Human Capital Mgmt, Leadership Development (JP, TW, ID, IN), Employee Retention, Diversity & Inclusion , MBA Program, New Employee Onboarding (for Cohort sizes: 50 ~ 400 ppl), Employee Evaluation Systems (Global Programs), D&I, MMJ-2, MMJ-3 3) CORPORATE: Global M&A, PMI, Liaise with External Legal Counsel 4) GLOBAL BIZ DEV: US, DE, LU, CN, KR, SG, ID 5) COMPANY SIZE: Start-up (12 ~ 15 employees), SME (150 ~ ), Large (>10,000) 6) INDUSTRIES: Restaurants & Hotels, Education (Private), Tech 7) GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY & OPERATIONS: Enterprise Cloud-based Products EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS MBA, McGill University MSc in Financial Economics, University of London MA in Teaching EFL, University of Birmingham BA in Psychology, University of Regina Exec Education Stanford GSB Certifications Rakuten: Project Manager, Product Manager, Scrum Master Facilitator: 360 Feedback, DDI, MBTI Guest Lecturer - University McGill, Hitotsubashi, Tsukuba, Meiji, Musashi, Toyo

Experience

24 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
24 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
24 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Rakuten

15 roles

Management Development Trainer, GHR

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Englishnization Project, Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos

MMJ Programme (Future Leaders Programme), BTB (Back-to-Basics) Promotion Office, Group HR

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • 2026 Programme
  • 2025 Programme
  • 2024 Programme

Manager, Product Development & Engineering Group, PLM Section, Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

Oct 2023Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

Senior Manager, PLM Section, TTSD, Technology Management Division

Aug 2023Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

Manager, Project Management Group, PLM Section., Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

Jun 2022Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Senior Manager, Product Lifecycle Management Section (PLM), PSO, Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

Dec 2021Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

Project Lead/Product Manager of Rakuten Mobile Application Portfolio, Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

Nov 2019Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

  • 1) Learning Experience Platform, Nov 2019 ~
  • 2) Project Management, Jan 2022 ~
  • 3) Vendor Management, Jan 2022 ~
  • 4) Partnership Portal, Jan 2025 ~
  • 5) Customer System, Feb 2025 ~
  • 6) AI Agents, Mar 2025 ~
  • 7) E2E Enterprise Partnership, May 2025 ~

Vice-Office Manager, BTB (Back-to-Basics) Promotion Office, Group HR

Promoted

Jul 2018Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

Vice-Senior Manager, Talent Development Section, Global HR

Apr 2017Jun 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

Senior Manager, HR Development Section, Global HR

Sep 2015Oct 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

Manager, Englishnization Group, Global HR

Jan 2011Oct 2017 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Special Project Advisor, Project Committee Chairperson, CEO Office

Promoted

Jun 2010Dec 2010 · 6 mos

Global M&A Specialist, Corporate Planning Office/Global Biz Lead & Biz Analytics, Global Biz Dept

May 2005Dec 2010 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Management Consultant, CEO Office & Rakuten Ichiba Business

Sep 2001Apr 2005 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Education

McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management

Master of Business Administration (MBA) — Strategy & Organizational Behavior

Jan 2014Jan 2016

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Executive Education — Talent Leaders Summit (TLS) Program

Jan 2015Jan 2015

University of London

Master of Science - MS — Financial Economics

Jan 1999Jan 2001

University of Birmingham

Master of Arts - MA — Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language

Jan 1997Jan 1999

University of Regina

Bachelor of Arts - BA — Psychology

Jan 1982Jan 1990

University of London

- — International Business Strategy

Jan 2003Jan 2003

Rakuten Management - Professional Skills Development Program

Advanced Business Skills — 2018 - 2018

Rakuten Management - Professional Skills Development Program

Advanced Business Skills

Jan 2017Jan 2017

Rakuten Englishnization Next

Cross-cultural Management (Basic/Advanced)

Jan 2017Jan 2017

Rakuten Management - Professional Development Program

DPA Cohort No. 4 (Development Program for Potential Grade AAA)

Jan 2017Jan 2017

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