Innovation Steering Committee
Development Team
Board Vice Chair, Japan Society of Northern California
Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University
President & CEO, InfiniteBio
Board Chair, Japan Society of Northern California
CEO, Enotech Consulting
Lecturer, UC Berkeley
Founder & Chairman, Sunbridge Corporation
President, Japan Society of Northern California
Satoru Watanabe
President and CEO, Maximize Inc.
Floadia Corporation
Innovation Awards Committee
Principal, Cando Advisors
Investor, Trinity Ventures
Founding Partner, Riverwood Capital
Founder and President, BioInfoStrategies
Co-Founder, Cape Therapeutics
Shri Dodani
Serial Entrepreneur
Robert Eberhart, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Management, Santa Clara University
Kenneth Epstein
Principal, NewCap Partners
Katsuya Hasegawa
SEED Project Professor, Tokyo University
Ray Hatoyama
Venture Partner, Sozo Ventures
Hitoshi Hokamura
Mentor, Open Network Lab & Chairman, Evernote, Japan KK
Takeshi Homma
Founder & CEO, HOMMA, Inc.
Fujiyo Ishiguro
President & CEO, Netyear Group Corp.
Tomy Kamada
President & CEO, TomyK Ltd.
Nobuyuki Kambe, PhD
Managing General Partner
Phoenix Venture Partners
Phillip Keys
Marketing Content Manager, Intertrust Technologies Corporation
Mitch Kitamura
Managing Director, DNX Ventures
Robert Kneller
Professor, Tokyo University
Akemi Koda
Founder & CEO, USAsia Venture Partners Inc.
Masaya Kubota
Partner, WiL
Doug Kuribayashi
CEO, Presidio Ventures, Inc.
Masato Matsuo
Director, Kyushu University California Office (Ret.)
Hiroshi Menjo
Managing Partner, NetService Ventures
Vish Mishra
Director & Charter Member, TIE Silicon Valley
Hitoshi Mitsuhashi
Professor of Operation Science, Keio University
Zak Murase
Managing Director, Pacific Sky Partners
Norio Nakazawa
Umekita Future Innovation Organization
Reiko Namikawa, MD. Ph.D.
Strategic Advisor for Biotech/Biopharma
Austin Noronha
Vice President, Sony Corporation of America
Koji Osawa, Ph.D.
Managing Principal and Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners
Toshi Otani
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Translink Capital
Bill Reichert
Partner, Pegasus Tech Ventures
Tim Romero
Head of Google for Startups, Japan
Hiro Saijo
VP of Business Development and Strategy,
Woven Planet Holdings
Eric Sibbitt
Partner, Paul Hastings LLP
Atsushi Taira
Managing Director, Mistletoe Singapore
Tsuyoshi Taira
CEO, Tazan International, Inc.
Yokum Taku
Partner, Wilson Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Yoshiaki Tojo
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Angel Investor
Tatsuki Tomita
Co-founder, Vivaldi & EIR at The Berkeley Lab
Nancy Yamaguchi
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Tomoya Yamashiki
Azalea Technology Partners, LLC
Yotetsu Hayashi
Chief Executive Director, JETRO
Emi Yoshikawa
VP, Corporate Strategy & Operations, Ripple
