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[[File:Naoko Komura December 2008.jpg|thumb|200px|Naoko Komura, Head of User Experience Programs]]
Naoko Komura is the Program Manager for the [[Press releases/Wikipedia to become more user-friendly for new volunteer writers|Stanton Foundation Usability Project]]. She will begin work on January 2, 2009, and her employment contract with us will end on April 1, 2010.
'''Naoko Komura''' was the Program Manager for the [[Press releases/Wikipedia to become more user-friendly for new volunteer writers|Stanton Foundation Usability Project]], and the ongoing User Experience Programs<!--link plz--> until June 17, 2010.


Before joining the Wikimedia Foundation, Naoko had worked as a Senior Program Manager and Project Manager for Yahoo! Mail, Postini (now a Google company), Cygnus Solutions, and GolfWeb.
Naoko has previously worked with us as a contractor shepherding two important projects: the [[Press releases/UNU survey agreement|reader/contributor survey]], which was successfully launched and received tens of thousands of responses, and the [[wm2008:Survey|Wikimania 2008 postmortem]] analysis. She's also project managed the [[Press releases/2008-9 Annual Giving Campaign Launch|fundraiser translation work]], the development of the Stanton Foundation grant proposal, and another grant proposal we're actively working on.


Naoko often contributes to Wikimedia Commons, which she believes plays a crucial role in social media and citizen journalism. Another Wiki project close to her heart is Wikispecies, a catalog of species which helps raise awareness of identified endangered species.
Naoko has worked as a Senior Program Manger and Project Manager for Yahoo! Mail, Postini, and Cygnus Solutions. She has an MA in

International Development Policy from Stanford University and an MS in Economics from Kobe University in Japan. She's a native speaker of Japanese.
She has a MA in International Development Policy from [[w:Stanford University|Stanford University]], an MS in Economics from [[w:Kobe University|Kobe University]], as well as a BA in Cultural Studies from [[w:Osaka University|Osaka University]]. Naoko practices [[w:Aikido|Aikido]], loves surfing, playing with legos, and knitting. She's also a native speaker of Japanese.

Naoko's email address is nkomura{{@}}wikimedia.org.
In addition to the Usability Project, Naoko has previously worked with the Wikimedia Foundation as a contractor shepherding two important projects: the [[Press releases/UNU survey agreement|reader/contributor survey]], which was successfully launched and received tens of thousands of responses, and the [[wm2008:Survey|Wikimania 2008 postmortem]] analysis. She's also project managed the [[Press releases/2008-9 Annual Giving Campaign Launch|fundraiser translation work]], the development of the Stanton Foundation grant proposal, and another grant proposal for the [[Press releases/Wikimedia Ford Foundation Grant July 2009|Wikimedia Commons]].
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 29 June 2010

Naoko Komura, Head of User Experience Programs

Naoko Komura was the Program Manager for the Stanton Foundation Usability Project, and the ongoing User Experience Programs until June 17, 2010.

Before joining the Wikimedia Foundation, Naoko had worked as a Senior Program Manager and Project Manager for Yahoo! Mail, Postini (now a Google company), Cygnus Solutions, and GolfWeb.

Naoko often contributes to Wikimedia Commons, which she believes plays a crucial role in social media and citizen journalism. Another Wiki project close to her heart is Wikispecies, a catalog of species which helps raise awareness of identified endangered species.

She has a MA in International Development Policy from Stanford University, an MS in Economics from Kobe University, as well as a BA in Cultural Studies from Osaka University. Naoko practices Aikido, loves surfing, playing with legos, and knitting. She's also a native speaker of Japanese.

In addition to the Usability Project, Naoko has previously worked with the Wikimedia Foundation as a contractor shepherding two important projects: the reader/contributor survey, which was successfully launched and received tens of thousands of responses, and the Wikimania 2008 postmortem analysis. She's also project managed the fundraiser translation work, the development of the Stanton Foundation grant proposal, and another grant proposal for the Wikimedia Commons.