Summary
Michiko Yamada is a versatile Director of Operations in Los Angeles with nine years of cross-industry experience spanning hospitality operations, talent and casting, UX/web design, and Japanese translation. She runs operations for three restaurant locations while leading tech integrations—from POS and digital gift cards to accessible websites and online stores—and founded Menewly to help restaurants adopt compliant digital menus during the pandemic. Comfortable collaborating with distributed teams across the US, Spain, and Japan, she pairs hands-on technical skills (Webflow, WordPress, frontend tooling) with marketing and events experience, including email and social campaigns. Known for spotting process gaps, she combines finance oversight and fraud detection with practical product launches and staff training. Her background in design and language localization gives her a rare ability to bridge user experience, technical implementation, and multicultural communication.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Graphic Design, Graphic Design at New York Institute of Art and Design
Frontend web developement, Frontend web developement at Udacity
Data Analytics, Data Analytics at DataCamp
Webflow and Web Design, Webflow and Web Design at Flux Academy
UX design(short course), UX design(short course) at Designlab
Codecademy
Treehouse