Yuri Ito

IT Vendor Recruiter at SoftSource

Greater Tokyo Area

About

Osaka native who spent 6 years of her childhood in Greenwich, CT, USA. That's why I have an American accent. Always eager to learn more about the Enterprise IT/SaaS space, with the goal to provide positive impact to both the foreign-capital IT vendors' business in Japan, and the people who aspire to cultivate their career in Japan within tech. Watches too much American TV and spends too much time lurking Reddit (also Tiktok nowadays).

Experience

  • SoftSource* K.K. (Tokyo, Japan)
    • Senior Consultant
      Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

      Helping out cutting-edge tech vendors launch and scale in Japan, with the best talent available.

    • Consultant
      Dec 2022 - Oct 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Even though security vendors will forever be my first love, I now cover other layers of technology too! (Yes, we are known for Japan Country Manager searches, but we do more than that💪✨) https://www.softsource.jp/about.html

  • Recruitment Consultant at Computer Futures
    May 2021 - Nov 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Covering enterprise IT vendors' sales & marketing roles, specializing in the cyber security market (Sorry Security Analysts, I can't help you🥲My coverage is IT vendors' commercial roles only!)

  • Robert Walters (8 mos)
    • Associate Consultant
      Feb 2021 - Apr 2021 · 3 mos

      Covering the Healthcare Industry in general.

    • Sourcing Specialist
      Sep 2020 - Feb 2021 · 6 mos

      Initially offered a full-time new grad entry position, which had been rescinded due to COVID affecting the business. Reoffered an internship-adjacent role to join after 5 months of waiting.

  • Teaching Assistant at Kyoto University
    Oct 2017 - Mar 2018 · 6 mos

    Adding this to show that I was *actually* involved in academia. Responsible for supporting a relay-lecture class with multiple guest lecturers from a certain media publisher. Specific duties include printing documents, attending guest lecturers, technology coordination, communicating with students and MCing the acutal class.