Danny Taing

Danny Taing has over 10 years of experience in business development, marketing, and executive roles. In 2015, they founded and became the CEO of Bokksu, a New York and Tokyo-based D2C company that delivers authentic Japanese food and lifestyle products to customers around the world. Prior to that, Taing worked at Rakuten from 2010-2015 as a Business Development Associate, where they led and contributed to small teams handling domestic and international business alliance projects. From 2008-2010, they worked at Google as an AdWords Account Strategist, where they developed and executed high-impact marketing strategies for advertisers' AdWords accounts, increased advertiser conversion rates, and managed a book of business of over 15 high-potential clients.

Danny Taing has a diverse educational background. Danny obtained a Master of Arts in Sociology from Stanford University in 2008. Danny then pursued a Postbaccalaureate in Computer Science from Columbia University in 2013 and 2014. Prior to this, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Communication from Stanford University in 2007. In 2013, they also obtained a CLD in Chinese Language from National Taiwan University. In 2009 and 2010, they obtained a Bekka in Japanese from Waseda University. Additionally, they obtained a Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Level N1 from The Japan Foundation in June 2010.