Introduction: BRIDGES Consulting provides a variety of key business services all focused on helping our clients to maximize their potential and opportunities: STRATEGIC BUSINESS CONSULTING --Business Plan Review and Development --Financial Strategies over the short and long term --Business Development and Sales Strategies BUSINESS COACHING --Working with all types of serious professionals from seasoned executives to those just starting out --Strong emphasis on building a valuable professional network which includes tapping into our expansive network and sharing strategies to leverage LinkedIn effectively WRITING & EDITING --Professional writing of all sorts from scratch or as an extra set of editing eyes on your draft --Published author experience GRANT WRITING --Applying years of experience writing and receiving grants running my own social impact venture and consulting others on theirs --Strategy development for finding the best-fitting grants for your initiative JAPANESE TRANSLATION --Japanese Translation (written and verbal) covering all matters business and personal The above services are all based on 30 years of professional experience. >Global Auto Industry (government relations, purchasing, new model cost control) working between the USA and Japan for 8 years. >Wall Street Advisor for international ventures large and small with a strong focus on Asia, specifically Japan. >Social Impact Company Refugee Soccer Founder and Executive Director. Published a book, made numerous TV appearances, and built bridges between the people we serve and local social and governmental organizations. Languages: near-native fluency in Japanese; conversational Spanish. Life is really a treadmill of problems coming at us daily. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow...but ALWAYS coming. Collaborating with a client to solve issues keeping them from reaching their full potential is my WHY that gets me out of bed every day looking for the next problem to solve. What's your problem? ;-)