Career
2019 - Present
TechTalk, Inc. - CEO
Works directly with business owners to determine together whether an idea can become a business, and builds the first version. Projects include a chemical substance search system, AI-powered prototypes, and data aggregation infrastructure. Also develops and operates the in-house product Artifact Share.
2016 - 2019
IRIS, Inc. - Executive Vice President
While at FreakOut, set up the company as a joint venture with JapanTaxi and launched a taxi signage business with a team of two, covering business planning and management as well as the integration of hardware, video advertising, and the delivery system.
2013 - 2019
FreakOut Holdings, Inc. (formerly FreakOut, Inc.)
Worked on technology-based business development and alliances. In building the bidding logic for a DSP (a system that buys ad space automatically), turned business requirements into numbers and bridged the gap with the machine learning team.
1999 - 2013
Dwango Co., Ltd. / Niwango, Inc.
Started career as a programmer. Led development of ringtone services and portal sites, and served as head of corporate planning and head of new-business planning and development. Director in charge of technology at Niwango.