◆ Chair   　SUZUKI, Hiroaki  (Hiro)

Japan Chair, MIT Education Council. Trustee, The MIT Association of Japan

One of the founding members of MIT-EFJ in 1999. A long lasting friendship since 1986 with Mr. Kenneth P. Morse, one of the members of The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the US and developed MIT EFJ together. Currently, CEO, Green Power Research Institute and Executive Vice President, J-VIC Venture Capital Co., Ltd. As for work experience, Executive VP, Tecno-Venture Co., Ltd., (2000 ~ 2002), CEO, Aspen Tech Japan Co.,Ltd.(1987 ~ 2000) – a MIT Spin-out company. Started from scratch in software business for Japanese chemical industries and contributed the performance enabling the AspenTech listed in NASDAQ in 1994. Engineering Manager, JGC Corporation (1972 ~ 1987). Received MS in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979), MS in Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo (1972).

◆ Board 　MIYOSHI, Kazumi  (Kayes)

Membership (Individual)　Committee Chair

Joined MIT-EFJ in 2001 and established the administration system of MIT-EFJ including the membership database.  She started to work as a MIT mentor for BPCC in 2003 as well.  Kayes is COO of PYRO Enterprise Corporation, a consulting company, and has a project of PETULA PYRO Enterprise has provided MIT-EFJ with free office space in Aoyama. Kayes has an ample experience in international culture exchange activities including publication of Japanese translation of “Molly Moon” series and detective stories (Hayakawa Shobo), as well as in venture companies.  Received B.A. in Literature, Senshu Univ.

-       HR, Administration and PR Manager, Solvay Group Japan, ex-Amoco Japan Limited, a part of BP Amoco (1994,4 – 2009,3)

-       Japan Representative, looks.com Limited, a cosmetic e-retailer based in Hong Kong (1999)

◆ Board   AYAO, Shinji

Incubation & Collaboration

Former Chair of MIT-EFJ.   One of the founding members of MIT-EFJ in 1999 and developed MIT-EFJ. Currently, Visiting Professor , Kyushu University, Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and External Director or Auditor for several Start-ups. As for work experience, Researcher, Japan Nuclear Energy Research Institute, General Manager, Eurotherm International, General Manager, Cray Research, Managing Director, AT&T, Corporate Vice President & President of Solectron Japan, Solectron Corporation. Received S.M in Nuclear Engineering, MIT, B.S in Physics, Tokyo University of Education

◆ Board    BABA, Kenji

Board Member and MIT-EFJ mentor. In 2004 Kenji joined MIT-EFJ as a　mentor for BPCC. He was appointed to the board member by his contribution in the Mentoring Committee. He established the mentoring program as Mentoring Committee Chair by his ample experiences in not corporate venturing in a leading family owned company which has more than 30 entities in the group, but also HR consulting in Russell Laynolds. He started his career in a local bank and handled foreign currency investment and system development in the International　Division. He has a wide network in business and contributes as an　advisor of Kyushu-Asia Institute of Leadership and a committee member　of “Angel Network Activation Strategy Review Committee”. Received　BEcon in Kyushu University and MBA in Boston University.

◆ Board    NAKAMURA, Shinichiro

Aliance Committee Chair

After he graduated from Keio University in 1994, Shinichiro worked for Century Tube Corporation in Arkansas, and Joined MIT Sloan School of Management in 1997.  After getting an MBA degree from Sloan in 1999, he joined Bain & Company Japan Inc. as a consultant and participated in Netyear Group Corporation, an internet venture firm in Tokyo in 2000. Shinichiro returned his family business, Daiwa Steel Tube Industries Co., Ltd, in 2001, and is serving as its president right now.

http://www.daiwast.co.jp/english/index.html

He also established a venture, Commitment Technologies Inc., in 2008, to provide a next generation management tool “SuGuSuPa”.

http://www.commitment.co.jp/en_index.html

Shinichiro also acts as one of directors of MIT Association of Japan, and the Secretary General of MIT-Sloan Society of Japan.

http://www.mit-j.org/en/homepage.htm

http://mit-ssj.org/english/index.html

◆ Board MOTOHASHI, Takeshi

Mentoring Committee Chair

Takeshi Motohashi has been an entrepreneurial engineer and manager in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.(NTT).  He led development of e-commerce personalization system, AwarenessNet, an internet audience measurement system, InfoGather, and first-ever Japanese TV guide web site, Internet TV Guide Japan. He has also worked with Microsoft in Seattle for NTT-Microsoft joint video-on-demand project, Microsoft Interactive Television.  He has MS in Management of Technology from MIT Sloan School of Management in 2004 and MEng from University of Tokyo in 1994.

◆ Boaard　 KAWAHARA, Hiroshi, Sc.D. ‘84

Mentoring / Programming Committee Chair

Having worked for Schlumberger Wireline Division as R&D engineer over 8 years, Hiroshi spent more than 15 years as software specialist and system development project manager at Nippon Steel Solutions, IBM Japan, and Softbank. At Softbank he served as CTO at various joint ventures funded by Softbank and its overseas partners.  Since 2007, He has been a professor at Cyber University, Japan’s first 100% on-line 4-year institute owned by Softbank.  He has been a member of MIT-EFJ in the past decade, and mentored many finalists at the Business Plan Contest over a period of time.

◆ Board     KOROKI, Takahisa

Finance Committee Chair

Takahisa KOROKI is an internal control affairs manager of Mitsui Fudosan Residential. His career includes accounting, corporate group planning, business strategy, organizational behavior , strategic investment, and new or related business for Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd..   He has been a mentor for the MIT-EFJ since 2004.

He is also a venture-adviser for the Tokyo Tech Alumni Association.

He received his BA from Waseda University and his Master of Science in Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology.

◆ Board     OMURA, Taizo

Membership (Corporate)  Committee Chair

1996~2004 served for R&D field of Mitsubishi Material Co. as a board member.  Acting a mentor of Business Plan Contest in Japan, and received an award ‘the mentor of year 2008’.   Holds bachelor’s of electric engineering of Tokyo University and eng. doctor degree of Tokyo Institute of Technology.

1970~71 visiting engineer of Material Science Dept of MIT

◆ Board     NOZAKI, Shugo

ICT Committee Chair

◆ Board     FUYUNO, Takeshi

◆ Auditor     SASA, Yuriko