Yvonne Burton, president of Burton Consulting International, a New York based consulting firm delivering services including Technology and Management Consulting, Cross-Cultural Training and Business Development to Japanese and American companies.
Ms Burton lived in Osaka, Japan for over 8 years, attending university and then working in education, as a cross-cultural trainer and business consultant to Japanese companies. Upon returning to New York City, she worked in the Technology field in the areas of marketing and business development, online marketing and advertising and as a business analyst and project manager.
As a bridge between two cultures, she works on many diverse business and technology projects for a variety of Japanese and American clients across different industries. She is founder and principal writer of the blog Japan-US Business News, an online forum for ‘practical news’, information and sharing for the Japan -US business community.
She holds a BA degree in International Business and Economics from State University of New York, College at Brockport and an Asian Studies Certificate from the Asian Studies Program at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan.
yvonne@burtonconsulting.biz Yvonne Burton - UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley
Yvonne Burton, president of Burton Consulting International, a New York based consulting firm delivering services including Technology and Management Consulting, Cross-Cultural Training and Business Development to Japanese and American companies.
Ms Burton lived in Osaka, Japan for over 8 years, attending university and then working in education, as a cross-cultural trainer and business consultant to Japanese companies. Upon returning to New York City, she worked in the Technology field in the areas of marketing and business development, online marketing and advertising and as a business analyst and project manager.
As a bridge between two cultures, she works on many diverse business and technology projects for a variety of Japanese and American clients across different industries. She is founder and principal writer of the blog Japan-US Business News, an online forum for ‘practical news’, information and sharing for the Japan -US business community.
She holds a BA degree in International Business and Economics from State University of New York, College at Brockport and an Asian Studies Certificate from the Asian Studies Program at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan.
yvonne@burtonconsulting.biz The Project Manager as Superhero: Part 5
Read how Project Man-ager uses his skills to defeat Scope Creep and The Bug and succeed in Project…. The Bug’s latest has thrown them. But Project Man-ager was an old warrior and he been through a lot over the years in Project, and had learned a lot of tricks. He had been managing scope and expectations [...]
The Project Manager as Superhero: Part 4
By changing scope, is Project in danger? The Bug listened carefully to Scope Creep’s story of and saw opportunity. By changing Signed Scope, Scope Creep had probably created a few more weaknesses in Project that Bug could turn into major trouble for Project Man-ager. He was looking forward to it. He needed all the advantages [...]
The Project Manager as Superhero: Part 3
Does Scope Creep get in the way? Find out below…. Queen Spon-soor didn’t know what to do. She had listened to Harry and just didn’t know what to do. Bud Geted was already upset and Harry’s new requests would cost him. It was so hard to please everyone in Project and International Project she thought. But [...]
The Project Manager as Superhero: Part 2
When last we left Project Man-ager in Part 1, he was doubting his ability to prevail in the fight against Scope Creep and The Bug…. Project Man-ager’s phone rang. He recognized the extension and sighed as he picked up. Harry Needes was upset. Why was it taking so long he asked? Shouldn’t things in Project run more [...]
The Project Manager as Superhero
The following story is true and happens all the time…. Long, long ago and not so far away, in the kingdom of “Project” and its sister city “International Project”, there lived a man with wisdom and years of experience toiling in the fields of his endeavors. This mild mannered man, (a Project Man-ager) worked daily [...]
