Introduction of Lecturers
US Market Access Center
Director of Japan
ProgramsSaori Kakiuchi
Saori Kakiuchi has worked as a Japanese-American law firm, a human resource business, and an accelerator
for a total of 17 years, helping Japanese companies to expand their business in the U.S. She has also
worked in the U.S. for 13 years. In the U.S., she established the Atlanta branch of a staffing agency
(Pasona USA) and worked in the human resources industry for 13 years. In Japan, she was involved in the
start-up of a U.S. accounting firm (Plante Moran) and a Japanese law firm (Masui & Masui).
In addition, as a Japan Desk Executive at Smith Gambrell Russell LLP, she provides general corporate
legal support (incorporation, intellectual property, visas, contract drafting and review, labor
relations, etc.) primarily to Japanese companies that are establishing or have established operations in
the U.S. She is also a partner at the U.S. law firm of Smith Gambrell Russell LLP, where she is
responsible for the firm's Japan Desk. She is also a member of the Japan Desk Executive team. She
specializes in new client development and networking. The US Market Access Center will further promote
market expansion in Japan.
Introduction of Lecturers
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Wiz. Group, Inc.
CEO&FounderHiromi Okuda -
Cast a spell, Inc.
CEOTsutomu Aota -
TalentEx Co.,Ltd.
CEOYojiro Koshi -
NEWPEACE Inc.
CEO
Creative DirectorShimpei Takagi -
Niremia Collective
Founder & Managing PartnerNaoko Okumoto -
SSS Capital G.K.
General PartnerRyota Kamiya -
DNX Ventures
Director of Growth and PartnershipsNomura Yoshimi -
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Attorney at LawAkiyo Inoko Hewett -
Glocomm.kk.
CEOJunko Okamoto -
e-Education.
Representative DirectorKaito Miwa
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Vertex Ventures
Partner of Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & IndiaCarmen YUEN -
KK Fund
FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNERKoichi Saito -
Techshake
Co-Founder and CEOKohtaro Adachi -
eeevo malaysia Sdn.Bhd.
CEONoritaka Araki -
NIHON ASSIST SINGAPORE PTE.LTD.
BIZLAB Singapore
CEOYasuji Seki -
Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE)
Assistant ManagerRebecca Lim -
yathar Group
CEOShunsuke Ichikawa -
ADVANCE BUSINESS SUPPORT PTE. LTD.
Founder and DirectorTakako Ozone -
Forge Ventures
Partner and Co-founderTiang Lim Foo -
Beautynesia
COOTomonori Hasegawa -
TalentEx Co.,Ltd.
CEOYojiro Koshi -
Star Kitchen
CEOYuya Arashima
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US Market Access Center
Co-CEOAlfredo Coppola -
EndeavorXR
CEO of EndeavorXRAmy Peck -
WaveEdge Capital
Managing DirectorGail Gannon -
MSCI Inc.
PMP.MBA.Juanita Dion -
Niremia Collective
Founder & Managing PartnerNaoko Okumoto -
Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University,
VC Investor, Board DirectorRichard Dasher -
US Market Access Center
Director of Japan ProgramsSaori Kakiuchi -
UC Berkeley
Director of Global EngagementSusan Giesecke