{"id":16167,"date":"2020-04-28T23:24:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T14:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanintercultural.com\/team\/sarah-aptilon\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:31:45","slug":"sarah-aptilon","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/japanintercultural.com\/es\/team\/sarah-aptilon\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Aptilon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_separator type=&#8221;normal&#8221; transparency=&#8221;0&#8243; thickness=&#8221;0&#8243; up=&#8221;75&#8243; el_class=&#8221;spacing-100&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; 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Aptilon<\/h3>\n<h4>Consultor S\u00e9nior<\/h4>\n<p>Kansas, USA[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"language-list\"><div class=\"tooltip\">ES<span class=\"tooltiptext\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tooltip\">JA<span class=\"tooltiptext\">japon\u00e9s<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tooltip\">IN<span class=\"tooltiptext\">Ingl\u00e9s<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;profile-language-link&#8221;]<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/es\/about-us\/team\/sarah-aptilon\/\">VIEW IN SPANISH<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 \/\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/es\/america-latina\/\">VIEW SERVICES IN SPANISH<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;matrix-section-container&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<h3>Topics<\/h3><div class=\"team-taxonomy-links\"><a 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negocio<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<h3>Industries<\/h3><div class=\"team-taxonomy-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japanintercultural.com\/about-us\/team\/?industry=autopartes-repuestos-de-automovil\">Autopartes \/ Repuestos de autom\u00f3vil<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/japanintercultural.com\/about-us\/team\/?industry=automotriz-y-transporte\">Automotriz y Transporte<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/japanintercultural.com\/about-us\/team\/?industry=quimicos-energia-y-materiales\">Qu\u00edmicos, Energ\u00eda y Materiales<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/japanintercultural.com\/about-us\/team\/?industry=consultoria-y-servicios-empresariales\">Consultor\u00eda y Servicios Empresariales<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/japanintercultural.com\/about-us\/team\/?industry=educacion\">Educaci\u00f3n<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/japanintercultural.com\/about-us\/team\/?industry=electronica-y-semiconductores\">Electr\u00f3nica y Semiconductores<\/a><br><a 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Financieros<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;page-intro&#8221;]Con amplia experiencia en las culturas japonesa, latinoamericana y estadounidense, durante los \u00faltimos quince a\u00f1os Sarah ha dirigido sesiones de entrenamiento y creaci\u00f3n de equipos para Japan Intercultural Consulting a lo largo de Estados Unidos y M\u00e9xico. 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