Mia Watanabe

Mercor | Stanford Engineering & Women’s Soccer Alum

San Francisco2.4k followers
Mercorex-Watershedex-C3

Studied engineering, then spent two years learning what customers actually want. Turns out both matter.

Career Timeline

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GTM Index

  1. MERCORJOB
    1. Member of Technical Staff
      6M
  2. SCHEMATAJOB
    1. Founding Forward Deployed…
      9M
  3. WATERSHEDJOB
    1. Revenue
      11M
  4. STANFORD UNIVERSITYSCHOOL
    1. Eng
      4Y 11M
    2. Master's degree, Eng
      1Y 3M
  5. C3JOB
    1. GTM Eng
      2M
    2. GTM Eng
      2M
  6. SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR USJOB
    1. Business Analyst
      2M
  7. MAKE A PLAY FOUNDATIONJOB
    1. MAP D-League Fellow
      10M
  8. STANFORD STUDENT ENTERPRISESJOB
    1. Undergraduate Research Ass…
      2M
  9. SHELEADSJOB
    1. Mktg Staff
      6M

Time in market 6Y 9MOpen 1Closed 11Stints 12

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  1. Job: Mercor — Member of Technical Staff · 2026-04 – present · 4 mo
  2. Job: Watershed — Revenue · 2024-08 – 2025-07 · 11 mo
  3. Job: C3 — GTM Engineering · 2024-06 – 2024-08 · 2 mo
  4. Job: C3 — GTM Engineering · 2024-04 – 2024-06 · 2 mo
  5. Job: Samsung Semiconductor US — Business Analyst · 2023-06 – 2023-08 · 2 mo — The Talent Development & Engagement (TD&E) team at Samsung Semiconductor is chartered to encourage continued education, inspire leaders to lead high performing teams, and offer new learning experiences for SSI employees. I spent 80% of my time assisting TD&E analytics and field enablement programs, and 20% working with the Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs).
  6. Job: Make A Play Foundation — MAP D-League Fellow · 2022-03 – 2023-01 · 10 mo — Selected as one of 150 student-athletes to participate in a 12-month professional development fellowship that develops in-demands skills for competitive industries.
  7. Job: Stanford Student Enterprises — Undergraduate Research Assistant · 2022-06 – 2022-08 · 2 mo — Selected to participate in a 9-week research program, working directly with 2 Stanford professors (Professors Panela Hinds & Riitta Katila) and 2nd year PhD student on an ethnographic project. Spearheaded the data analysis, from interview transcription, natural language processing, then data categorization. Attended weekly group meetings and prepared written and oral reports on research during the final week of August at virtual colloquium.
  8. Job: SHELeads — Marketing Staff · 2020-07 – 2021-01 · 6 mo — Worked under the supervision of the Founder to promote the weekly show, spotlighting powerful female leaders in competitive industries. Responsible for capturing interviews’ critical points of interest and drafting social media content to drive podcast viewership & subscriptions.
  9. Job: Schemata — Founding Forward Deployed Engineer · 2025-07 – 2026-04 · 9 mo
  10. School: Stanford University — Master's degree, Engineering · 2023-01 – 2024-04
  11. School: Stanford University — Engineering · 2020 – 2024
  12. School: Iolani School · 2020-06

Skills

Enterprise SoftwareRelationship BuildingTranscriptionEthnographyInterview PreparationCustomer RetentionPersonal DevelopmentComputer ScienceStatisticsManagerial FinanceSupply Chain OptimizationArtificial Intelligence (AI)Large Language Models (LLM)Natural Language Processing (NLP)MentoringCoachingLeadershipStrategic PlanningSocial Media MarketingEntrepreneurship

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