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Project management
IT consultancy & functional design
Web content and services
Communications

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Ahold, Albert Heijn Thuisservice
AKTU Database Publications BV
Algemene Nederlands Persbureau ANP
ArtPlanet International
Asahi Shuppan-Sha
Atlas Architects
Benelux Press
Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, see: Management, Print
Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Consultative Committee of Sector Councils for research and development (COS)
Elsevier Science: Science Channel
Expatica HR
Gakken
Getronics-Olivetti Japan
Hoek & Sonnepouse
Iconclass, KNAW
IDFA
INFAS
Japan Insite
KNAW Bureau
KNAW Edita, see: Management (Iconclass), Database, Web
KNAW Library
Kruunenberg van der Erve Architecten
Life Sciences Institute, Sophia University Tokyo
The Localizers
Magazine House
MDN
Mediamatic
Nikkei Click
Nippon Hoso Kyokai, NHK
NIWI see: KNAW Library & Swidoc
Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA
Rotterdam Film Festival
Shinshusha
Shiseido, Hanatsubaki
Shogakukan
SWIDOC, see: Management, Database, Print
Switch
Toyo Keizai
Telecommunications Association of Japan
Wabnitz Editions
ZKM





Project management

Clients in alphabetical order:
Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha
Iconclass, KNAW
KNAW Bureau
Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA
SWIDOC

Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha
 Japanese publisher specializing in art books and magazines.

  • 1988 to 1990
    Established and coordinated international advertising operations for the art magazine Mizue.
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Iconclass
 Software project Iconclass of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

  • March 2002 - September 2004
    Management of project team. Setting up administrative system for technical, sales and financial management for software product Iconclass. Systems and interface design for various database and web site development projects including re-design of the content management system for the KNAW web site. Responsibilities include control of legal licensing issues
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KNAW Bureau
 Headquarters of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

  • November 2001 - March 2002
    Planning, coordination and execution of software migration for entire institute (130 users) to the MS Office package. Building of web content management system demo for KNAW Foresight Studies.
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Partij van de Arbeid
 Dutch labour party, one of the largest political parties in the Netherlands

  • September 2004 - October 2006
    Functional design of online budgeting and accounting system serving 500 regional departments of the political party.
    Project management between the various party departments and international programming staff ranging from conception of system design to testing and implementation.
    Establishing testing and training procedures.
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SWIDOC
Former Social Sciences Information and Documentation Centre (SWIDOC) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), since 1997, known as the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI).

  • 1995 to 1997
    Project leader for the implementation of the on-line bilingual thesaurus for the SWIDOC information system.

back to top | top of this section | see also SWIDOC print & other media | database & IT | NIWI

IT consultancy & Functional Design

Clients in alphabetical order:
Ahold, Albert Heijn Thuisservice
Atlas Architects
Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Consultative Committee of Sector Councils for research and development (COS)
KNAW Edita
KNAW Library
Partij van de Arbeid
SWIDOC

Ahold, Albert Heijn Thuisservice
Internet home delivery branch of Netherlands' largest supermaket chain. Currently called Albert.nl

  • June 1999 to October 2000 (project commisioned by the Localizers)
    The Albert Heijn Home Shopping System formerly called Albert Heijn Thuisservice.
    Translation and documentation of the entire back-office system that makes the AH Thuisservice site and service possible. The Oracle 8i back-office system was originally developed in Dutch. The translation of the database and the interfaces was necessary to make this system usable for the United States. Unfortunately it is not possible to show any of the documentation or the actual work that was done in the Oracle database. However, by visiting their site, you can gain an idea about the scope of the project. The entire localization project took one year.
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Atlas Architects
Dutch architects bureau

  • March 1993 to June 1993
    IT services. Designed and implemented an automation system for information and document management. Provided training for the architects. In 1996 Gerard Kruunenberg of Atlas Architects set up Kruunenberg Van der Erve Architecten together with Paul van der Erve.
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Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Consultative Committee of Sector Councils for research and development (COS)

  • March 2003
    Development of a relations database.
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KNAW Edita
 Edita, publishing department of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

  • March 2002 to September 2004
    Database administration for the publications database behind the KNAW web site. Re-designing systems and user interfaces for the press content management system of the KNAW web site.
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KNAW Library
Former Library of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), since 1997, known as the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI).

  • 1997 to 1998
    Contributed towards setting up the Dutch national medical research database.


    [Discipline-advies geneeskunde van de afdeling Wetenschaps Onderzoek, Koninkelijke Nederlands Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) Bibliotheek, (na fusie in September 1997, NIWI Nederlandse Instituut van Wetenschappelijke Informatiediensten)]
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Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA
Dutch labour party, one of the largest political parties in the Netherlands.

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SWIDOC
Former Social Sciences Information and Documentation Centre (SWIDOC) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), since 1997, known as the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI).

  • 1994 to 1998
    Documentalist & systems administration services for the Department of Current Research. Services ranged from database/systems administration and user support to translation and editorial services for the Current Research Database of Social Sciences Research.

[Sociaal-Wetenschappelijk Documentatie en Informatiecentrum SWIDOC, Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen KNAW, (na fusie in September 1997, NIWI Nederlandse Instituut van Wetenschappelijke Informatiediensten)]

back to top | top of this section | see also SWIDOC print & other media | project management | visit NIWI

Web content and services

Clients in alphabetical order:
ArtPlanet International
Elsevier Science: Science Channel
Expatica HR
Getronics-Olivetti Japan
KNAW Edita
Kruunenberg van der Erve Architecten
The Localizers

ArtPlanet International
 Web site for business travellers with emphasis on cultural information.

  • April-June 1998
    Editorial services and content for ArtPlanet International.
  • April-June 1998
    Webmaster services. Daily updates of the ArtPlanet International site.

    (2006: The ArtPlanet International site is not available on the web)
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Elsevier Science: Science Channel
Daily science news website of Elsevier Science, world's largest scientific publisher. Unfortunately, the Science Channel is no longer on the web due to the discontinuation of the service. A sample copy of this project can be viewed on this site.

View copy.
  • April 1998 - May 1999
    Provision of content for the Science Channel.
    Articles ranging from reports on breaking news to reviews and interviews.
    Reviews of articles published in the Trends journals of Elsevier Science as well as Nature and the Lancet.
  • May 1998 - May 1999
    Webmaster services on call.
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Expatica HR
 International human resources Web site.

  • March 2004
    Article on international mergers.
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Getronics Olivetti Japan

  • June 2000 to December 2004
    English and Japanese articles on IT trends and interviews of corporate and government officials. Click on the links below to read some of the latest articles:
Interview of Dutch State Secretary Monique de Vries on Water Management Policies
Report on Supermarkets on the Internet


back to top | top of this section | visit Getronics Olivetti Japan

KNAW Edita
 Edita, publishing department of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

  • January 2004 to September 2004
    Site and user interface design for both the back and front ends for an open-access academic publications site.
back to top | top of this section | visit KNAW | visit E-journals site [under construction]

Kruunenberg van der Erve Architecten
Architects bureau in Amsterdam

  • 1996 to present
    English editorial services. PR text for architectural projects and competitions.
    Web technical and maintenance service for their web site.
    Kruunenberg van der Erve Architecten still continues using the information and documentation management system that was designed and implemented by Hirokawa.
    See also Atlas Architects.
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The Localizers

  • 1999 to 2002
    Dutch-to-English translation projects.
    Copy editing for English content of the Localizer's web site.
    Various translation projects.
    See also: Ahold, Albert Heijn Thuisservice
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Print and other media

Clients in alphabetical order:
AKTU Database Publications BV
Algemene Nederlands Persbureau ANP
Asahi Shuppan-Sha
Benelux Press
Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha
Gakken
Hoek & Sonnepouse
IDFA
INFAS
Japan Insite
Life Sciences Institute, Sophia University Tokyo
Magazine House
MDN
Mediamatic
Nikkei Click
Nippon Hoso Kyokai, NHK
Rotterdam Film Festival
Shinshusha
Shiseido, Hanatsubaki
Shogakukan
SWIDOC
Switch
Toyo Keizai
Telecommunications Association of Japan
Wabnitz Editions
ZKM

AKTU Database Publications
 Dutch publisher of computer magazines.

  • 1991 to 1992
    Translation services for the MSX Computer Magazine.
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Algemene Nederlands Persbureau (ANP)
Dutch news agency

  • January to March 1992
    Translation work for the Japanese news bulletin service.
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Asahi Shuppan-Sha
 Japanese publisher.

  • October 1989 to May 1991
    Co-authored books for learning English for Japanese businessmen and women.
  • Judge, Thomas; Thompson, David; and Hirokawa, Dorothy S. Omoikkiri Eigode Shaberitai. (Engels voor de zakenvrouw) Tokio: Asahi Shuppan Co., Ltd., juli 1990.
  • Skillman Co. Ltd.; Hirokawa, Dorothy S. Omoikkiri Eigode Shaberitai. (Engels voor de zakenman) Tokio: Asahi Shuppan Co., Ltd., april 1991.
  • Okuno, Fumiaki; Kouga, Michiko; and Hirokawa, Dorothy S. A Guide To Effective Public Speaking. Tokio: Asahi Shuppan?Sha Co., Ltd., Juli, 1990.
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Benelux Press
 Dutch stock photo agency

  • August 1994 to September 1996
    Interpreting services for business negotiations with Japanese clients.
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Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha
 Japanese publisher specializing in art books and magazines.

  • 1988 to 1990
    Translation and editorial services for bilingual art books.
    Established and coordinated international advertising operations for the art magazine Mizue.
  • 1988 to present
    Articles for the art magazine Bijutsu Techo
    and for the design magazine, Designers' Workshop.
back to top | top of this section | visit Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha

Gakken
Japanese publisher specializing in educational books.

  • April 1989 to March 1993
    Articles and editorial services for the design and architecture magazine FP.
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Hoek & Sonnepouse
Translation and subtitling company.

  • July 1998 to June 2000
    Incidental Japanese-English translation/subtitling and editorial services.
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

  • December 1990
    Subtitling for the Japanese Film Private Eros Romance.
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INFAS
Japanese publisher

  • April 1994 to June 1996, March 2001
    Articles on Dutch graphic design for the magazine Studio Voice. Coordination of interviews for the special Amsterdam issue.
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Japan Insite

  • March 1991 to April 1994
    Translation services for economic and business texts.
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Life Sciences Institute, Sophia University, Tokyo

  • September 1982 to September 1988
    Editorial work for English publications on molecular genetics published by the professors and researchers of the institute.
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Magazine House
Japanese magazine publisher.

  • April 1995 to May 2001
    Articles and project coordination for the magazines Brutus and Relax.
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MDN
Japanese publisher.

  • December 1993
    Articles on Dutch graphic design for the magazine MDN, Macintosh Developers Network.
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Mediamatic
Dutch multimedia publisher.

  • January 1991 to December 1996
    Translation services for Japanese articles concerning cyber art and culture.
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Nikkei Click
Japanese IT magazine

  • March 1995
    Various articles and interviews on Internet trends in the Netherlands.
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Nippon Hoso Kyokai
Japanese National Broadcasting Company

  • May 1992
    Research for a program on Dutch environmental movements.
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Rotterdam Film Festival

  • January 1991
    Subtitling for the Japanese films Hishu Monogatari and Haru Sakura.
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Shinshusha
Japanese publisher.

  • March 1990 to March 1993
    Translation and editorial work for bilingual art books, coordination and negotiation of reproduction rights.
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Shiseido
Japanese cosmetics company.

  • August 1994 to June 1996
    Articles on Dutch trends for the fashion magazine, Hanatsubaki.
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Shogakukan
Japanese publisher.

  • September 1998 to December 2001
    Acquisition of art reproduction rights from various Dutch and Belgian museums and collections on the behalf of their publications.
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SWIDOC
Former Social Sciences Information and Documentation Centre (SWIDOC) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), since 1997, known as the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI).

  • 1994 to 1995
    Provision of camera-ready text for the publications: Dissertaties Maatschappijwetenschappen, Register Lopend Onderzoek, Jeugdonderzoek, Selektie 14a.
  • 1995 to 1997
    Editorial services for English text for several projects such as the European Youth Research Project, the Econdata project of the Steinmetz Archive, PR text for SWIDOC and the SWIDOC Web site.
back to top | top of this section | see also SWIDOC in Databases | Management | visit KNAW | visit NIWI

Switch
Japanese lifestyle magazine

  • February 1996
    Coordination of interviews for the special Amsterdam issue of the magazine , Switch.
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Toyo Keizai
Japanese publisher specializing economic reports and publications.

  • March 1990 to March 1993
    Translation services for the quarterly publication, Japan Company Handbook.
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Telecommunications Association of Japan

  • 1984 to 1987
    Editorial advisor for technical English text.
    (Japanese site)
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Wabnitz Editions
Dutch publisher, Arnhem

  • October 1995
    Article on trends in Japanese graphic design for the Dutch graphic design magazine, Affiche
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ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe Germany

  • September 1998
    Translation and editing of text by Masaki Fujihata for the publication Artintact 5.
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