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
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
SVP, GM Silicon Valley,
Marubeni America Corporation
Partner, Geodesic Capital
Founding Partner, Riverwood Capital
Founder and President, BioInfoStrategies
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
Yotetsu Hayashi
Chief Executive Director, JETRO
Hitoshi Hokamura
Mentor, Open Network Lab & Chairman, Evernote, Japan KK
Takeshi Homma
Founder & CEO, HOMMA, Inc.
Fujiyo Ishiguro
Board of Directors, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Tomoko Ishikura
Managing Partner, Kicker Ventures
Nobuyuki Kambe, PhD
Managing General Partner
Phoenix Venture Partners
Mari Kawawa
Board Member, TinderWealth
Phillip Keys
Marketing Content Manager, Intertrust Technologies Corporation
Mitch Kitamura
Managing Director, DNX Ventures
Robert Kneller
Muckleshoot Health and Wellness Center
Akemi Koda
Founder & CEO, USAsia Venture Partners Inc.
Yoshitaro Kumagai
Director, Oura Ring
Specially Appointed Professor, Visiting,
Tohoku University
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
Andy Ozawa
Chief of Operations,
Presidio Ventures, Inc.
Laurent Rains
Managing Director, Alchemist Accelerator
Bill Reichert
Partner, Pegasus Tech Ventures
Tim Romero
JERA Ventures
Hiro Saijo
Head of Digital Transformation
and Cyber Physical, Panasonic
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
Tomoya Yamashiki
Azalea Technology Partners, LLC
Nancy Yamaguchi
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Emi Yoshikawa
Adjunct Professor, Kyoto University
Stan Yukevich
Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
