International Business Student Organization

Mr. Shatz studied as an undergraduate student at the University of Arizona with a major in Oriental Studies (East Asian Studies) and a minor in Business Administration. Then, he went to graduate school at Thunderbird and focused on Japan and Marketing.

From there, he worked in the sister city of his home town as a director of a private English academy for 18 months, and found a job in Tokyo with The Nomura Securities Company, Ltd.

http://www.nomuraholdings.com/company/index.html Mr. Shatz worked in Equity Research for three years. He translated from Japanese into English company reports of Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Then Mr. Shatz transferred to the Los Angeles brokerage subsidiary for four years. He sold the research to money managers on the West Coast and was involved in a number of strategic partnerships between Nomura and US entities.

After seven years with Nomura, he quit to set up his own company, Flex International Ltd. This company finds investors and invest in start up and microcap companies.

Finally, two years ago, Mr. Shatz teamed up with a retired IBM executive to establish a non-profit organization called International Trade Development Center. Their mission is to help build international competitive advantage for Southern Arizona by identifying, evaluating, and developing its unique intellectual capital.