Jason Yang, named “Most Valuable Player in 2009” by Numonyx, for his role in developing and launching a customized product for the gaming industry, has sold semiconductor chips in Japan for six years, and is the author of GeneticKanji, a webpage on how to attain literacy in Japanese in less than two years, memorizing Japanese characters using real etymologies as a memorizing tool. The page sits on the top page of Yahoo.com for “learn kanji.”
He is active in Toastmasters International, leading Tokyo Bilingual Toastmasters to earn the distinction Distinguished Club as president in 2008, and placing 3rd out of >600 people in the Tokyo Division Speech Contest in 2009. A sought-after public speaker, he holds the title Advanced Toastmaster, and has given over 35 speeches in English and Japanese combined. He has spoken about his intercultural experiences at the Canadian embassy, and at Intel K.K.
Jason has amassed a diverse (and certainly odd) roster of experiences:
- Holds hypnosis certifications from the National Guild of Hypnotists and Mark Cunningham
- Speaker of 4 languages (7 if the Chinese dialects he speaks are counted as different languages)
- Attained JLPT level 1 (“integrated command of the language sufficient for life in Japanese society”) after two years of study.
- Named “Rabbi of Intel” by the Chabad House of Tokyo
- Tumor imaging researcher at UTMD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX
- Japanese to English translator at Thelen, Reid, and Priest LLP, in San Francisco, CA
- Chaired the Ugly Man Competition at Stanford University, that raised >$700 for the Bay Area Crisis Nursery.
- 4th-kyu practitioner of Aikido
- Japanese/English bilingual wedding celebrant
Jason received his BS from Stanford University in 2003, where he studied Electrical Engineering and Linguistics departments.
