Polina Oba 💪🏼

Co-Founder & COO at GourmetPro

Polina Oba has work experience at two companies in chronological order.

From 2020 to the present, Polina served as a Co-Founder & COO at GourmetPro - Food & Beverage Experts. In this role, they helped curate a global community of seasoned F&B professionals and facilitated business growth for companies.

From 2018 to 2019, Polina worked as an Operations Associate at Flexport. Their responsibilities included managing all aspects of international trade, both import and export. Flexport is a company that combines technology, physical transit infrastructure, and human expertise to provide supply chain visibility and exceptional customer experiences.

Polina Oba holds a Master's degree in International Business and Development Studies, which they obtained from Sophia University from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Trade Management for Asia at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences from 2014 to 2018. Additionally, they pursued undergraduate studies in Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Sophia University in 2017. Polina's educational journey began at the National Trade and Banking High School, where they completed their high school education from 2009 to 2014, with a focus on Finance, Banking, and Accounting. In 2011, they also attended the Internationl Language School in Japan, specializing in Japanese Language and Literature.

Polina Oba has acquired additional certifications, including the N2 Japanese Language Proficiency from The Japan Foundation in January 2021 and the TOEFL score of 114/120 from The TOEFL® test in August 2018. Polina also completed a course on "The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future" offered by Coursera, although the specific month and year of completing this course are not provided in the available information.

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Previous companies

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Timeline

  • Co-Founder & COO

    July, 2022 - present

  • Co-Founder & CX Manager

    January, 2021

  • Business Development

    October, 2020

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