Acceleration Program in Tokyo for Women
Introduction of Lecturers
Pacific Asia Travel Association
CEORenee Welsh
Renee Welsh is the CEO of Embed and Booking Boss, which she founded as a start up in 2013 before its acquisition by Helix Leisure in 2017.
One-part executive, one-part entrepreneur, Renee's passion lies in building businesses and transforming industries. A natural innovator, she launched her first tech business when she was 27, and followed this up with stints at prominent start ups across the world, including lastminute.com, wotif, Monster and RedBalloon.
In 2013, Renee launched Booking Boss, an award-winning ticketing and booking management platform dedicated to attractions, tours and entertainment industries.
When it was acquired by Helix Leisure in 2017, Renee was appointed CEO to both Booking Boss and sister-company Embed, a complete integrated cloud-based business solution platform made to enable business owners in the family entertainment space achieve greater operational efficiency while reducing costs and increasing profitability.
Since her appointment as CEO, Renee is Singapore-based, where she continues to push for female representation in the tech industry. As of 2020, Renee leads a Chief Executive team with a gender parity of 50%.
Renee has won many awards and recognitions - most notably being named one of the top 30 Australian Female Entrepreneurs at the Entrepreneur of the Year, Women in Tourism Awards. She was also named one of 10 Tech Innovators at Phocuswright in the US, and then became a judge of the innovation awards in 2016. Renee has spoken at countless global tech conferences and continues to do so.
In her free time, you won't find Renee cooking but she's a fond foody. Her loves include shoes, laughing with family and much to her husband and children's regret, she is a recent Marie Kondo convert.
Introduction of Lecturers
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ProNova Inc.
President and Representative Director
Euglena Co., Ltd.
Director and CHRO (part-time)Etsuko Okajima -
01Booster, Inc.Takahiro Kato
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TalentEx Co.,Ltd. / CEOYojiro Koshi
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Miyakezaka Sogo Law OfficesNaoki Sato
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for Startups, Inc. / CEOYuichiro Shimizu
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GLOBIS University /Graduate School of ManagementRyoko Takei
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Strike Co.,Ltd.
Innovation Support Dept.Fuyuki Tachiyama -
Founder and CEO at Pronoia Group & Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at MotifyPiotr Feliks Grzywacz
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e-Education. / CEOKaito Miwa
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Aspire Intelligence Founder and Managing Principal
Breakthrough Speaking Executive Coach & Professional SpeakerNatsuyo Nobumoto Lipschutz
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DNX Ventures
Director of PartnershipsYoshimi Nomura -
Bokksu
Director Of OperationsNamiko Kajiwara -
Amber Bridge Partners
CEO & Managing PartnerNaoko Okumoto -
US Market Access Center
Co-CEOAlfredo Coppola -
US Market Access Center
Managing DirectorKate Bunina -
US Market Access Center
Project Director Japan to U.S. Expansion SpecialistSaori Kakiuchi -
Lecturer at UC Berkeley and Stanford University
Angel InvestorLeah Edwards -
WaveEdge Capital
Managing DirectorGail Gannon -
Segacious Think
CEOLouAnn Conner -
Engagepoint
CEONatasha Kurtova -
CLEAR, Inc.
CEOGoichiro Arai -
ADVANCE BUSINESS SUPPORT PTE. LTD.
FounderTakako Osone -
25 Holdings Pte Ltd / SEGNEL VENTURES
Co-founderHideki Fujita -
KK Fund
FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNERKoichi Saito -
MEDIA JAPAN PTE. LTD.
CEOTakeshi Naito -
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
PartnerCarmen YUEN -
Pacific Asia Travel Association
CEORenee Welsh -
FemTech Partners
FounderNeha Mehta