Innovation Advisory Council Members
Innovation Steering Committee
Development Team
Takahide Akiyama
President, Japan Society of Northern California
Richard Dasher, Ph.D
Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University
Akiko Futamura
President & CEO, InfiniteBio
C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
Member of the Board, Japan Society of Northern California
Michi Kaifu
CEO, Enotech Consulting
Jon Metzler
Lecturer, UC Berkeley
Allen Miner
Founder & Chairman, Sunbridge Corporation
Steve Pollock
Gigster
John Thomas
Vice-Chairman, Martingale Asset Management
Ken Yasunaga
Floadia Corporation
Innovation Awards Committee
Chako Ando
Principal, Cando Advisors
Allison Baum
Investor, Trinity Ventures
Nic Braithwaite
Founding Partner, Riverwood Capital
Gary W. Cleary
Co-Founder, Cape Therapeutics
Robert Eberhart, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Management, Santa Clara University
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.
Gen Isayama
Co-Founder & CEO, World Innovation Lab (WiL)
Fujiyo Ishiguro
President & CEO, Netyear Group Corp.
Phillip Keys
Marketing Content Manager, Intertrust Technologies Corporation
Mitch Kitamura
Managing Director, Draper Nexus
Robert Kneller
Professor, Tokyo University
Akemi Koda
Founder & CEO, USAsia Venture Partners Inc.
Kevin Kuhn
General Manager, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Masato Matsuo
Director, Kyushu University California Office
Hiroshi Menjo
Managing Partner, NetService Ventures
Vish Mishra
Director & Charter Member, TIE Silicon Valley
Hitoshi Mitsuhashi
Professor of Operation Science, Keio University
Koji Miyajima
Executive Vice President, NTT Data, Inc.
Zak Murase
Managing Director, Pacific Sky Partners
Norio Nakazawa
Senior Principal Researcher, Research Division, Daiwa Institute of Research
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
Tim Romero
Head of Google for Startups, Japan
Hiro Saijo
CEO & Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory
Eric Sibbitt
Partner, O’Melveney & Myers, LLP
Tsuyoshi Taira
CEO, Tazan International, Inc.
Yokum Taku
Partner, Wilson Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Tatsushi (Ted) Tatsumi
President & CEO, Presidio Ventures, Inc.
Yoshiaki Tojo
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Angel Investor
N. Leigh Wasson
Senior Director, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Satoru Watanabe
President and CEO – Maximize,Inc.
Nancy Yamaguchi
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Tomoya Yamashiki
Azalea Technology Partners, LLC
Takanori Yamashita
Director, JETRO
