Hiro Takakusaki

Hiro Takakusaki has a wide range of work experience, beginning in 2015 when they worked as a Retail Associate at Fossil Group, Inc. In 2016, they worked as a Summer Student at the City of Brampton, and also founded and served as President of Laurier International Business. In 2017, they worked as a Residence Life Don at Wilfrid Laurier University. From 2018 to 2022, they worked at Stryker in various roles, including Operations Analyst, Operational Excellence, Supply Chain Analytics Associate, and Supply Planner. In their role as Supply Planner, they analyzed customer sales orders, created forecast models, and managed purchase orders. Hiro also created Power BI reports and reduced cost by 20.1% in $6.9M. In 2022, they began working as a Revenue Operations Analyst at SpotHero.

Hiro Takakusaki has an extensive educational background. Hiro attended Turner Fenton Secondary School from 2009 to 2013 and obtained their High School diploma. From 2014 to 2018, Hiro attended Wilfrid Laurier University where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Honours BA - Economics from the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics and a Bachelor's Degree in Honours Economics. In 2016, Hiro also took a French course at Western University. Additionally, Hiro has obtained numerous certifications from institutions such as LinkedIn, Microsoft, Coursera, HubSpot, and The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. These certifications include Software Architecture: Domain-Driven Design, AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, R Programming - Johns Hopkins University, The Data Scientist’s Toolbox - Johns Hopkins University, Databases and SQL for Data Science with Python - IBM, Data Analysis with Python - IBM, Data Visualization with Python - IBM, Python for Data Science and AI by IBM, Inbound Marketing Certification, Smart Serve, and Standard First Aid & CPR-C.