Toru
Mino
, 2010, United States
Cellulant, Chief Product Officer - Nairobi, Kenya
Other Post-Fletcher Employment: CGAP/The World Bank, Consultant, The Technology Program - Washington, DC
Fletcher Thesis: The Agency-Based Banking Opportunity in Kenya
Enduring mentors: “I had at Fletcher and continue to have a strong relationship with Professor Kim Wilson. She is a wonderful teacher and thinker, but also someone I trust deeply. She was the primary faculty supporter of the M-Banking conference and my thesis advisor. But more importantly, I also know first-hand that there are few people I would rather have with me in a life or death situation.”
Launching a new career: “Fletcher provided me with a clean sheet and the resources with which to build a new career path for myself in the field of technology and development. By allowing me to shape my two years largely how I wanted, I was able to walk away with a network of contacts in my chosen field and real experience I could point to which I would not have been able to obtain outside of the bounds of an institution like Fletcher.”
Fields of Study
- Strategic Management & International Consultancy
- Development Economics
Summer Internship
- Mobil banking start-up, Cellulant; Nairobi, Kenya
Key Activities at Fletcher
- Lead organizer of the M-Banking 2009 Conference in Nairobi
- Researcher for Professor Wilson's "Savings and Chance" project in Haiti
Education before Fletcher
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BS Product Design Engineering, Stanford University
Experience before Fletcher
- R&D Engineer, Ventus Medical, Inc.
- Technical Advisor, Ecosystems Nepal
- Product Developer, Unovo Inc.
Languages
- Chinese
- Japanese
- French
- English