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Cliff Woolley
(Japan code 81) Tel 03-3494-5252 Fax 03-3493-1628
Cell 090-7729-1195
Mail cliff@cliffworks.net
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EDUCATION
El Camino College, Torrance, California, 1969-72, 1974-5.
Music theory and Japanese. President of Japanese Club.
Jazz guitar with Barney Kessel, music theory with Tommy Gumina, founder of Polytone
Amplifiers.
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PERSONAL
Born: Bethesda, Maryland US Naval hospital. Lived throughout the US East Coast &
Morocco. From age 10 lived in the city of Gardena, Southern California, host to a
large Asian population.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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March 1990 - present Business Consultant
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Assist overseas firms' business development in Asia.
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Recruit personnel for multinational firms. Clients include Morgan Stanley,
Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brother, Merrill Lynch, CSFB.
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Trainer of 10 Japanese in all aspects of recruiting for Career Exceed.
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Sales of Forex fundamental & technical analyses on Reuters.
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Former Director of IT Search for Boyden Japan.
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1985-1990 Marketing Supervisor Far East
Paramount Pictures & Universal Studios (CIC Video)
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Strategic planning, programming, marketing and sales of films on video (140
monthly) to Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, and
Korea.
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Set and achieved sales forecasts.
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Daily work in Japanese w/ joint venture partner JVC, 30 Japanese staff.
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Intellectual Property Rights enforcement with Motion Picture Association.
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High volume of daily communication overseeing licensees' production, reporting to
parent Hollywood studios and CIC International, UK.
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1980-1985 Advertising Sales/Marketing Manager, Japan
Northern & Shell Publishing, Ltd. UK (Tokyo office)
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Established and ran Tokyo office with contracted staff of 5.
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Sales of advertising space to Japanese clients in UK and USA editions.
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Tour support of major musical acts, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, etc.*
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Planned, produced, edited, conducted adverting sales of Japanese special edition
Professional Musicians' Equipment Test Guide.
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1970-1980 Music Industry (Japan)
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Marketing Representative for Schecter Guitar Research.
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Artist relations for Gibson Guitars.
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Sourced Japan distribution for Mesa Boogie Amplifier Company.
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Sold volumes of equipment direct from manufacturers to major touring artists.
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Tour support, facilitation of product endorsements for major acts including:
Daryll Jones (The Rolling Stones), Don Henley, Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, Steve
Lukather (Toto), Kansas, Stevie Wonder, Hall & Oates, Talking Heads, Weather
Report, Manhattan Transfer, Allan Parsons, Ambrosia, Todd Rundgren, John
Entwistle, Ann Wilson, Hiram Bullock, David Spinozza, Jaco Pastorius.
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Delmar Brown's (Miles, Sting, Pat Martino) Asian business representative.
(www.delmarbrown.net)
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Music Industry (USA)
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Years of concert performances with Grammy award winning group Ambrosia, member of
pop vocal group the Association and the Art Pepper & Tommy Gumina Casual
Jazz Band.
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Sessions & live appearances with John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Andre Crouch,
David Benoit, Chuck Girard, others.
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Volunteer Activities
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Toured military medical facilities and bases for the Department of Defense/USO in
Vietnam, Japan, and the Philippines in 1972. Received commendation from General
Fred Weyand, Chief of Staff, US Army.
(Vietnam commendation)
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Established Guitars for Guns peace project in Cambodia, 1997.
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Musical Director for Cambodian Disabled Peoples Organization, 1997.
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Performed 200 concerts with Thai Laotian musical revue throughout Northeastern
Thailand starring Jintara Punlarp, the region's superstar singer, 1998.
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Created morale boosting Musical Mouseketeers type of group, visited hospitals and
schools along the Northeastern Thailand concert trail, 1998 to mid-1999.
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Contract/Project Work
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JAL. Contracted Trainer/English instructor of in-flight staff for 15 years at the
Haneda Training Center.
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Manpower Japan. Sales manager of temporary staff and computer training courses to
multinational financial institutions.
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Night managed Tex Mex restaurant/bar La Mex, 1989.
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Helped open, promoted and managed highly popular gentlemen's club Seventh Heaven
in Roppongi, Tokyo, 1995.
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Yamada Gijuku Prep School, Bangkok, Thailand. Taught English to Japanese
expatriate executives and their families, 1999.
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* still active
References available upon request
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