Innovation Advisory Council Members
Innovation Steering Committee
Development Team
Richard Dasher, Ph.D
Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University
Akiko Futamura
President & CEO, InfiniteBio
C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
President, Japan Society of Northern California
Michi Kaifu
CEO, Enotech Consulting
Jon Metzler
President, Blue Field Strategies
Allen Miner
Founder & Chairman, Sunbridge Corporation
Steve Pollock
Gigster
John Thomas
Vice-Chairman, Martingale Asset Management
Ken Yasunaga
Managing Director, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan
Innovation Awards Committee
Christina Ahmadjian
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
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
Tomoya Yamashiki
Azalea Technology Partners, LLC
Mitch Kitamura
Managing Director, Draper Nexus
Robert Kneller
Professor, Tokyo University
Kevin Kuhn
General Manager, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Stephen H. Leist
Managing Partner, Piedmont Partners Group Ventures, LLC
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
Chief Executive Director, JETRO SF
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
Host & Founder, Disrupting Japan Podcast
Hiro Saijo
CEO & Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory
Satoru Watanabe
President and CEO – Maximize,Inc.
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
