Department of Economics

Keiko Kitao

  • Graduated: 2000
  • Field: Technology

Keiko Kitao(opens in new window), who graduated in 2000 with the John G. Smale award for Outstanding Economic Achievement, is marketing manager at Uber Japan. After graduation Keiko accepted a job with Borland(opens in new window) as administrative and marketing assistant where she wrote articles for their customer newsletter and designed materials for their R&D Department.

After 2 years at Borland she moved to O’hara College of Business(opens in new window) in Japan as an analyst. In this position Keiko designed a survey and collected and analyzed survey data on prospective students. She left O’hara to become senior account executive at Fleishman-Hillard(opens in new window) where she won awards for her achievement in public relations for the firm. In 2011 Keiko joined Acronis(opens in new window) as Public Relations Specialist.

In late 2013 Keiko moved to her current employer, Uber Japan, as marketing manager. She manages public relations, marketing, social media, customer support, social listening, new business development and partnership development.  Keiko completed her Master of Business Administration(opens in new window) at Temple University(opens in new window) in 2014. (Last Revised 6/20/19)
Portrait of Keiko Kitao