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Natsuyo received her MBA degree from the New York University Stern School of Business. She obtained her BA degree in cross-cultural communication in business from the Waseda University School of Commerce. Natsuyo also attended Washington University in St.Louis as a full-scholarship exchange student during her undergraduate studies.

Prior to establishing ASPIRE Intelligence in 2004, Natsuyo has held a position at ITOCHU International Inc. (New York) as a sales and business development manager in the steel and pulp & paper departments. She has served as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company (Tokyo), and as a marketing research, analysis, and strategy specialist at Eisner LLP (New York).

Additionally, she currently writes a series of columns for major media outlets, and conducts speaking engagements at various business conferences as a speaker/moderator/MC.

Natsuyo is the 2-time first place winner of Toastmasters International Speech New York Division E Contest Spring 2013 and 2014.

Natsuyo is a bilingual (Japanese and English) consultant, residing in New York since 1995 and frequently travels to Japan.