Experience

Embassy of Canada | Ambassade du Canada

• Canada
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trade Commissioner - Cultural & Entertainment Sector (as of October 2023)

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Portfolios include music, film, broadcasting, fine and performing arts, book publishing, and interactive media. Focused on promoting the Canadian artists, entertainers, and production studios in Japan and enhancing business ties between North American and Japanese cultural sector businesses.

• Trade Commissioner - ICT (Semiconductor, Cybersecurity, & Digital Media)

  • Sep 2005 - Present

  International business development (IBD), business liaison and coaching, tech scouting, global SC management, multicultural management, international policies on DX and cybersecurity, and FDI consultation.Current Portfolios: Semiconductor (compound semiconductors, including GaN, GaAs, InP, photonics/electronics power devices, etc.), Cybersecurity, Telecommunications (5G/Beyond-5G network and businesses), Geographic Information Systems, IoT/AI, 3DXR and Gaming, and all others.



UCLA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Alumni Mentor for graduates/undergraduates

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Inter-Embassies Mobile Forum (IEMF)

• Tokyo, Japan

• Secretary General, Inter-Embassies Mobile Forum (IEMF)

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2010

  Enhance opportunities for non-Japanese ICT companies to do business in the Japanese telecommunications market by mutually collaborating with major foreign diplomatic offices in Japan and by offering overseas ICT companies as a one-stop contact point under the patron of Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC). The forum members consisted with multiple foreign diplomatic offices of the US, Canada, the UK, Finland, Ireland, Australia, Luxembourg, Israel and Korea as well as JETRO and 1st tier carriers such as NTT Docomo, KDDI, and SoftBank. Show less



Office Hero Iwao

• Tokyo, Japan

• Business-owner & CEO, Researcher, Consultant in cross-border business development

  • Jul 2005 - Sep 2005

  Independent researcher in cross-border business, and science and technology multilateral cooperation helping international non-profit organizations, diplomatic offices, trade organizations and research institutes. Independent researcher in cross-border business, and science and technology multilateral cooperation helping international non-profit organizations, diplomatic offices, trade organizations and research institutes.



Royal Norwegian Embassy in Stockholm

• Sweden
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technology Adviser, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo

  • Aug 2000 - Jul 2005

  Enhance P&L through selling and managing projects including all aspects of program development in partnership with industry leaders, startups, and innovators in technology (ICT, biotech, aquaculture, automotive, forestry, medical, and more). Conducted in-depth research and development, fostered vital relationships, and coached a variety of business leaders. Enhance P&L through selling and managing projects including all aspects of program development in partnership with industry leaders, startups, and innovators in technology (ICT, biotech, aquaculture, automotive, forestry, medical, and more). Conducted in-depth research and development, fostered vital relationships, and coached a variety of business leaders.



Engineering Systems, Inc.

• Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst, Engineering Systems, Inc.

  • Jan 1998 - Jun 2000

  Responsible for working with large GIS databases and to implement and maintain GIS mapping projects and transactional libraries for multi-layer ArcInfo databases and with management of data within defined tile structures. Responsible for working with large GIS databases and to implement and maintain GIS mapping projects and transactional libraries for multi-layer ArcInfo databases and with management of data within defined tile structures.



Japan Metal bulletin (Sangyo Shimbun-sha) Co., Ltd.

• Tokyo, Japan

• Editor-in-chief for “Daily Precious Metal Futures News”

  • Nov 1989 - Nov 1993

  Responsible for gathering materials, editing articles on its publications, and providing economic and financial analyses to the subscribers. Regularly interviewed renowned financial analysts and/or key-industry players. Delivered investor presentations for the gold futures market with outlook analyses. Responsible for gathering materials, editing articles on its publications, and providing economic and financial analyses to the subscribers. Regularly interviewed renowned financial analysts and/or key-industry players. Delivered investor presentations for the gold futures market with outlook analyses.



Health Industry News (Kenko-sangyo Shimbun)

• 1-8-3 Kaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0014 Japan

• Editor

  • Jan 1989 - Jul 1989

  Responsible for gathering materials, editing articles and recruiting sponsor companies wishing to advertise through the printed monthly media “Up-to-date Foodprocessing.” Provided VIP guests from overseas with interpretations. Organizing an annual tradeshow "Kenko-hakurankai” (Tokyo Health Industry Show). Responsible for gathering materials, editing articles and recruiting sponsor companies wishing to advertise through the printed monthly media “Up-to-date Foodprocessing.” Provided VIP guests from overseas with interpretations. Organizing an annual tradeshow "Kenko-hakurankai” (Tokyo Health Industry Show).



Managemen Service Co.,Ltd.

• Tokyo, Japan

• System Engineer / Computer Programmer

  • Nov 1986 - Oct 1988

  Contributed to developing customized system software requested by external clients using required computer programming languages. Contractor programer with then-Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), and provided system engineering and programming works on Third-generation Online Systems. Contributed to developing customized system software requested by external clients using required computer programming languages. Contractor programer with then-Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), and provided system engineering and programming works on Third-generation Online Systems.