KAPS News, July 21st

Welcome to the July 21st, 2010 edition of the KAPS Newsletter.

In this issue:
*KAPS Professional Foodies: Exploring Non-Profits
*August Kappy Hour at Mr. Smith's
*Stanford Study on Asian-American Skin Cancer Needs Your Help
*Job Posting: Korean Speaking Mobile Support Engineer

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KAPS Professional Foodies: Exploring Non-Profits

Red Cross, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Doctors without Borders...All are not-for-profits making a difference in the lives of the less-privilegedless privileged around the world. While volunteers play a crucial role, especially as board members, in operating such not-for-profits, these organizations are usually corporations operated by professionals from various backgrounds.

For KAPS Professional Dinner #3, we will be discussing careers in non-profit and the considerations one must make, such as the financial impact and the compromise between personal career growth vs. job satisfaction.

Please come join KAPS and explore the Non-Profit industry with our special guest, Keith Kamisugi, who has successfully built a career in the non-profit world.

Keith Kamisugi is the the Director of Communications at the Equal Justice Society, a 10-year-old civil rights nonprofit based in San Francisco. The $1.8 million charitable organization has nine full-time employees. He serves as a director or trustee on the boards of the Asian Law Caucus, Chinese for Affirmative Action, San Francisco Japantown Foundation, Nichi Bei Foundation and the Chinatown Community Development Center. Keith was previously a spokesman for Verizon Communications and an account manager with the now-defunct Niehaus Ryan Wong Public Relations, a pioneering tech PR firm. He also worked on the executive staffs of two Hawaii governors after serving as student body president at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Where:
FIVE (www.five-berkeley.com, http://www.yelp.com/biz/five-berkeley)
2086A Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

When:
Wednesday, July 28rd @ 7pm.
Reservation: Please contact KAPS Professional Chair Min Lee at min@kaps.org for your interest in attending by Sunday, July 25th.
*Paid KAPS members will be given priority over non-paid members. Please RSVP as early as possible as we had a full table for our 1st and 2nd dinners!

Reminder:
We will be organizing monthly dinners for members to come together and enjoy conversation over delicious food in a casual atmosphere. Seating will be limited to a maximum of 10 (members given preference over non-members). We will also be choosing a topic of conversation to discuss to keep things interesting so if you attend, please come prepared to state your opinion!

*Depending upon the topic, we will have special guests join us for dinner. Restaurant and conversation topic will change for every dinner so please keep looking for future dinner locales and themes. Dinner cost will be shared by the table. Alcohol will be the responsibility of each individual.

August Kappy Hour at Mr. Smith's

Come join us for the August installment of our monthly Kappy Hour at Mr. Smith's, where we will partake in their monthly Champagne night as well as some nice live jazz! Each of our Kappy Hours offer a great opportunity to network with fellow Korean-American professionals, meet up with old friends, and learn about what's going on in KAPS.

Where: Mr. Smith's - 34 7th Street (between Jessie St & Market St) San Francisco, CA 94103
When: Thursday, August 5th, 2009, 6:30

Interested in seeing pictures from past Kappy Hours? Please visit http://www.kaps.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=3748

Want to become a member and pick up your t-shirt at Kappy Hour? Join or renew online at www.kaps.org/membership10

We have some very exciting upcoming events, so make sure you don't miss out!

Stanford Study on Asian-American Skin Cancer Needs Your Help

The Dermatology Department from Stanford University would like to invite you to fill out a questionnaire. This survey will be completely anonymous. We are investigating knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding skin cancer prevention and detection among Asians living in Northern California. We encourage both Asians and non-Asians to complete the survey. Asians are an understudied population regarding skin health. They are genetically distinct from Caucasians, and their cultural beliefs and socioeconomic patterns are likely to influence their knowledge, attitudes, and practices surrounding skin cancer prevention and detection.

Our survey will take approximately 10 minutes to fill out. You must be 18 years old or older to fill out this survey.

Please complete the survey at the following address:
http://med.stanford.edu/survey/asianskinca

Please feel free to forward to friends and family, however, they MUST reside in Northern California. Your assistance is appreciated!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Katherine Connors, at (650) 721-7159 or kconnors@stanford.edu.

Job Posting: Korean Speaking Mobile Support Engineer

A respected firm in Richardson, TX is looking for a Korean speaking Mobile Support Engineer to join their team.

Position Summary:
Providing technical support for the client carriers’ marketing and engineering personnel throughout the entire product cycle; Compiling and reviewing the submission package to make sure that all the materials are acceptable to the client carrier; Working with Project Managers and R&D engineers to make sure that the product are satisfying the requirements for common carrier or for specific customer feature and applications operability during the production phase.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide technical support for the client carriers’ marketing and engineering personnel on assigned models or projects through Project Manager.
• Compile and review the submission package of test data, revision history, and manuals for clarity and accuracy, recommending changes where appropriate.
• Interfaces proactively and effectively with corporate Korean manufacturing engineering teams, US support team and other lab members, various client carriers and infrastructure companies’ engineering personnel.
• Work with 3rd party application developers and testing companies to meet the client carrier’s device requirement and provide technical support if needed.
• Make recommendations to management personnel of corrective actions for issues encountered throughout the product development phase. (Responsibility will extend to reviewing and occasionally drafting technical reports that explain the issues)
• Perform semi-routine and routine usability test to evaluate user interface software for quality, standards performance, functionality conformance and device requirement compliance. Uncovers and report all hardware and software anomalies that can be found.
• Work effectively with other laboratory engineers such as Field Support personnel, Quality Assurance personnel and Product Development engineers.

Background/Experience:
• An Associate of Arts or Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related electronics technical training in cellular/CDMA from two or four-year college or university.
• Have between 0-2 years technical or telecommunications engineering related experience.
• Must be able to read, analyze and interpret technical journals, reports and procedures.
• Familiarity with calibration and operation of RF equipment, such as signal generators, spectrum analyzers, communication test sets, cellular and PCS interfaces/simulators is a plus.
• Passion for new technology and high interest in telecommunication is a must.

Necessary Skills/Attributes:
• Develops and maintains excellent proactive, working relationships with all appropriate levels within and outside the company.
• Plans, organizes and prioritizes multiple engineering support assignments and projects as directed by the manager of the group and/or other department leaders.
• Reads, interprets and acts on proper understanding of technical documents, engineering test materials and contracts or related documents based on corporate legal and customer applications, engineering standards and philosophy.
• Demonstrates competency in communication skills using both oral and written modes for internal and external personnel at all management and staff organizational levels for both persuasion in product manufacturing decision activities and/or the communication of technical information. Must be able to communicate in writing, through email and reports, or orally complex technical matters to an audience that may include less technically oriented or listeners.
• Works independently and in a team environment, in order to achieve personal and team goals and complete assignments within established time frames. Tasks are guided by clearly defined objectives and functional direction with an implied knowledge of task alternatives and decision making experience to guide the incumbent.

Interested candidates should contact Mark Blanscet at (972) 671-3434 or mark@worldlink-us.com

INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN KAPS?

KAPS is always on the lookout for people interested in getting the most out of their KAPS experience. We are looking for volunteers to plan social events, coordinate community service events, serve as guest speakers, monitor the website, and improve the overall KAPS member experience. We are also looking for contributors to our newsletters and website, in the form of job postings, professional advice, and relevant news.

If you are interested in becoming an officer, contributing to newsletters, or assisting with an event, please contact andrew@kaps.org.

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