Collaboration and Critical Thinking: Richard Matsuura

Join us as Richard Matsuura, Co-Founder & Head of Panda Tree, shares his thoughts on intrapraneurship, interpersonal skills, conflict management, and the transition to life as an entrepreneur.

  • Date: Thursday, March 15, 2018
  • Time: 5:30 - 7:30p.m., Doors open at 5:00pm
  • Location: Shidler E402

About the Speaker

Rich Matsuura was an intrapreneur who held multiple Director positions at eBay, including: Director of Global Seller Trust and Feedback, Director of Product Management, and Head of Shipping Business and Group Product Manager. At eBay, Rich led a team to increase site wide seller satisfaction, created the first mobile selling eBay app with a team, fixed high shipping costs, and led the team that implemented key programs for eBay's buyers and sellers.

Fast forward, Rich is now an entrepreneur, becoming the Co-Founder & Head of Product at PandaTree, an online, foreign language tutoring for kids. In addition, Rich is a Co-Founder of BBQbot, a beautiful, Internet connected device that allows anyone to make competition level BBQ. Rich is also a Co-Founder of Crowdera, a civic crowdfunding platform designed exclusively for educational and non-profit organizations.