U.S. Board Members.
Tatsuo Nakamura
CEO & Founder
Ph.D in Engineering. 15+ years as a consultant at Mitsubishi Research Institute. Researcher in the Science & Engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo and Adjunct Professor at Waseda University.
Masaaki Samejima
CFO & Corporate Division Director
MBA from Waseda University Graduate School of Business. Career in financial consulting and start-up ecosystems, with many years at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp supporting growth of SMEs.
Jiyoung Choi
COO of VALUENEX, Inc. (USA)
MSc in Engineering from University of Tokyo and MBA from Yale University. Background in capital market at Morgan Stanley. Focuses on building the team and expanding business of VALUENEX USA.
Hirotaka Katagiri
CTO
Holds a B.S. in Materials Engineering and an M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from The University of Tokyo. Started career at The Japan Research Institute, Limited in 1997, and subsequently worked at Cognitive Research Laboratories, Inc. and Dream Train Internet Inc. Joined VALUENEX in 2007, serving as a Senior Consultant before becoming an Executive Professional. Currently serves as the CTO of VALUENEX, Inc.
Hitoshi Matsuda
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Graduated from the Faculty of Law at Keio University and joined MITSUI & CO., LTD. in 1977. Successively held key positions including Director and General Manager of the Plastics Division at Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH, and Managing Director of AK&M Trading Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong). Appointed as Director, Representative Executive Officer, and COO of GNI Group Ltd. in 2013. Has been serving as an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of NIKKO COMPANY since 2015, and currently serves as an Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company.
Advisors.
Curtis Sasaki
Curtis Sasaki
Senior Advisor to LG, Advisor of startups including Pure Watercraft, as well as several stealth startups developing hardware, software and services. Formerly held executive positions at Apple, NeXT, General Magic, Sun Microsystems, and Samsung Electronics. An inventor holding 8 patents in computer hardware, software and services.
Masa Ishii
Masa Ishii
Managing Partner of AZCA, Inc. Formerly IBM and McKinsey & Company. Academic Advisor at Toyo University and Visiting Professor at Chubu University. MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Patrick Kim
Patrick Kim
Ph.D in Engineering, alumnus of M.I.T., Berkeley and ETH / EPFL. 17+ years at major OEMs & Tier 1 in the automotive industry including BMW, Benteler, Renault and DaimlerChrysler. Many years' experience as R&D executive. Extensive research on consciousness, art & neurosciences. Bridge Builder, strategy consultant and executive coach based in Central Germany.