Victor Lee
Tech Education | Workforce Development | Program Management

I am a passionate workforce development professional with a proven track record of designing and implementing successful programs that help
individuals transition into new careers in tech.
Experience
Program Director
Purple Mai'a
January 2020 - Present
- Creating a workforce program designed to give underrepresented communities the opportunity to transition into a new career in tech
Marketing Lead & Student Liaison
DevLeague Inc.
June 2015 - December 2019
- Developed, marketed, managed and taught the prep course that accounted for over 40% of the company's top line revenue
- Increased student conversion rate by 20.8%
- Managed marketing activities that included email marketing, drip campaigns, workshops, meetups and events
- Led project team in obtaining approval of the GI Bill Educational Benefits that created a new student acquisition channel for the school
- Planned, marketed and raised monies for community Hackathons (i.e. NASA Space Apps Challenge, Uber Hackathon
Vice President
Silverback Solutions
June 2013 - June 2014
- Rebranded marketing materials that created a consistent message
- Assisted with client research and business development initiatives
Vice President
Asia Pacific Land
June 2010 - October 2012
- Designed and implemented strategic marketing plans for retail assets that maximized sales, customer traffic and improved marketing efficiency by 28%
- Created customers surveys and research to better understand main customer segment with the purpose of improving marketing strategies and promotions
- Analyzed tenant sales benchmarks to better understand customer behavior and to determine the appropriate tenant mix
Assistant Vice President
PCA Life Insurance company
June 2008 - March 2009
- Executed marketing strategies that helped the sales teams achieve targets for insurance and annuity products
- Defined product proposition and marketing tools that simplified the selling process for agents as well as improved customers’ comprehension of products
- Created press releases on new product launches and new partner alliances that increased brand and product awareness
Manager
Shinsei Bank
November 2005 - May 2008
- Developed the Shinsei Visa Card and card loan products to improve cross selling opportunities to existing customers and to generate new revenue streams for the bank
- Managed all marketing activities for the home mortgage loan product and assisted customers with the application process
- Created business cases and financial models to determine the most attractive opportunities for the development of a new credit card and unsecured loan
- Executed promotional campaigns, direct mails (DM’s) and outbound sales calls which increased qualified leads and mortgage loan applications
Product Manager
CitiFinancial Japan
April 2004 - October 2005
- Introduced a loyalty program for the new unsecured loan product, which was a one of a kind service offered in the marketplace with the aim of differentiating the product and increasing customer satisfaction
- Designed promotional campaigns and strategic alliances to help increase applications by 10% for the new unsecured loan product via the website and branch channels
- Led project team in the development and launch of loan product as well as coordinated the launch of three other loan products
Education
DevLeague
Full Stack Development
Completed April 2015
An intensive course on learning the fundamentals of full-stack web development. The course was taught primarily in Javascript. Learned OOP, design patterns, test-driven development, relational and non-relational databases, server and API handling, Angular and deployment of web apps.
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Master of Business Administration
Fujitsu Scholarship Recipient
Completed November 2003
Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing
Completed May 1996
Key Skills
Product Development
Strategic Marketing
Marketing Operations
Lead & Campaign Management
Reporting & Analytics
Training & Development
Javascript
HTML5
CSS3
Japanese (Level 2 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test)