Hello,
I’m Chikara! I’m a PMP-certified project manager, ethicist, and intercultural translator. I’m passionate about creating beauty and order so that meaningful good can happen.
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“I had the great fortune to work with Chikara on a transformational project on which he served as Project Manager. Chikara was instrumental in our project's success.
His innate mastery of project management skills allowed his other talents to shine through: Communication, creating a positive and productive environment, and setting a tone of intense creativity.
We not only hit our timelines and complete scope, but due to Chikara's strong organizational skills, we were able to provide additional value to our project, providing our stakeholders with a quality, timely, creative solution.”
Kim Suther
Senior Manager of Analytics & Logistics
“I had the pleasure of working with Chikara on several complex projects for which he served as project manager. One of Chikara’s many strengths is his ability to communicate. Our projects were complex, spanning multiple quarters.
We hit our content creation targets while maintaining an exceptionally high standard of quality because of Chikara’s ability to communicate with project stakeholders.
Chikara is a pleasure to work with and he would be an asset to any team.”
Eliot Friesen-Meyers
Senior Curriculum Manager and EdTech consultant
Recent impacts
Project management
Common App • EdTech nonprofit
Planned and executed multi-quarter projects and programs at Common App, a mission-driven EdTech organization that serves 1,000,000+ students applying to U.S. colleges every year.
Developed and rolled out org-wide project management curriculum, training 150+ Common App employees on how to integrate project management best practices at both a programmatic and individual level.
Mentored other Project Managers in the PMO.
Large healthcare union
Delivered a 55,000-user learning management system, leading an internal team of 70+ people across eleven workstreams, plus five external vendors, in-time and on-budget.
Worked closely with senior leadership to develop the organization’s nascent information security department.
Magoosh • Edtech
+ 4% year-over-year growth of student essay-grading subscriptions after created guidelines were implemented for the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
Led teams of 3-5+ people (including internal collaborators and external contractors) to complete in-depth analysis and content creation work at Magoosh, a mission-driven edtech startup.
Drafted DEIJ language guidelines to guide content creation.
Provided consulting, led workshops, and created language guidelines for equity and inclusion for mission-focused organizations and nonprofits.
Taught adult education courses on environmental justice, the history of oppression, and race.
DEIJ support
Get in touch
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