Chief Strategist

• May 2023 - Present

Octiive is a global provider of major label resources for independent artists, labels and musicians. We provide a platform to work directly with artists, and encourage the creative freedom to explore, showcase, and market their talents as they see fit. Octiive aims to provide a one-stop source for indie artists and labels to build their careers and reach new fans across the globe. Octiive is a global provider of major label resources for independent artists, labels and musicians. We provide a platform to work directly with artists, and encourage the creative freedom to explore, showcase, and market their talents as they see fit. Octiive aims to provide a one-stop source for indie artists and labels to build their careers and reach new fans across the globe.

Strategic Planning Manager, Corporate Technology Strategy Division

• Mar 2021 - Present

Working on strategies related to semiconductors, AI hardware, edge computing, SoC as well as... metaverse, blockchain, NFT related topics.Building and organizing company-wide interest groups related to AI Hardware and Blockchain/ NFT; organizing company-internal and external presentations, panel discussions and discussion rounds.

Chief Analyst, Technlogy Partnerships Europe, CTSD-Europe

• Jul 2018 - Feb 2021

Technology Strategy - Identify new trends and growth opportunities for Sony. Identify new business opportunities by utilization of cutting-edge external technologies in combination with Sony technology and process assets and shape the future strategies. Driving Innovation - Engaging with leading universities, research institutes and early stage startups to introduce innovative, cutting-edge external technologies to Sony’s various business units and R&D labs in Japan in order to establish technology leadership for Sony in various fields of consumer electronics and automotive.Technology Sourcing - Build strategic partnerships between Sony business groups and R&D teams with universities or technology startups through joint development and/or license agreements. Show less

DART Expert & Friend

• Dec 2019 - Present

DART Labs accelerates early-stage Swiss & European startups building breakthrough health and climate tech. DART Labs accelerates early-stage Swiss & European startups building breakthrough health and climate tech.

Tech Lead

• Jul 2021 - Mar 2022

Building the Instrument of the 21st century, Mictic one! Helped bring Mictic's first product to market, just on time before Christmas 2021; assisting in developing their strategy and future vision. Building the Instrument of the 21st century, Mictic one! Helped bring Mictic's first product to market, just on time before Christmas 2021; assisting in developing their strategy and future vision.

Scientific Advisor

• Jun 2017 - Sep 2021

Team Member

• May 2018 - Jul 2019

Preparing the ICO for www.conectum.io and searching for early-stage investors. Preparing the ICO for www.conectum.io and searching for early-stage investors.

Data Science & Business Development Consultant

• Jul 2017 - Jun 2018

Consulting Swiss and Japanese companies on cross-cultural business development Intercultural project management Startup scouting for Swiss companies in Japan Consulting companies on digital strategies, machine learning and artificial intelligence Crypto currencies, blockchain, ICO, white paper Consulting Swiss and Japanese companies on cross-cultural business development Intercultural project management Startup scouting for Swiss companies in Japan Consulting companies on digital strategies, machine learning and artificial intelligence Crypto currencies, blockchain, ICO, white paper

Head, Science & Technology Office Tokyo

• Sep 2012 - Jun 2017

Promoted Swiss Education, Research, and Innovation in Japan: - organized Swiss Pavilions at expos - Initiated and successfully organized exhibitions & promo events in Japan - Successfully fundraised for all promotional activities - Placed Switzerland as an innovative country in several newspapers, e.g., Wired Japan reported on 12 and 20 pages on Swiss Innovation in 09/2016 and 12/2016 (http://wired.jp/event/cybathlon_2016/) Facilitated research collaborations between Switzerland and Japan: - New scholarships as well as research & student exchange programs were launched - Swiss universities and Universities of Applied Sciences found new partners in Japan - 2014 -> 2015: 19% more Japanese students studied in Switzerland Successfully helped Swiss startups and research driven industry enter the Japanese market: - organized four Swiss Pavilions at Asia's largest cleantech and medtech expos (2015->16: +65% increase in CH participants) as well as workshops and visits for Swiss companies Reported on Japanese Science & Technology in Switzerland: - 100 blog entries/ year (http://www.stofficetokyo.ch) and a dynamic website with ~200 visitors/ day - Monthly newsletter with 4000+ subscribers (since 2017: web-based and data-base driven) - Released innovative and well-received annual reports (booklet, miura-fold, web-based, virtual reality) Further positions: - Co-Chair of the Science & Technology Diplomatic Circle (since 2012) - Special Advisor to the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (SCCIJ) (since 2012) - Member of the Board of Advisors at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (since 2015) Show less

Technology/ Engineering Consultant

• Feb 2012 - Jul 2012

Consulted various Swiss companies in the area of electronics and signal processing. Consulted a Swiss medtech company on their circuit board design with a reliability analysis Consulted various Swiss companies in the area of electronics and signal processing. Consulted a Swiss medtech company on their circuit board design with a reliability analysis

Chief Technical Architect, Advanced Technology Department

• Nov 2009 - Dec 2011

Chief Technical Architect in the Advanced Technology Department of MTI, Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan: Led the research and development of ultrasonic speakers combined with face detection - this work led to a patent application and a scientific paper & presentation in collaboration with Waseda University Data mining of log-data for the services "music.jp", "logtomo" and "luna luna" - the results were used to optimize the service and change the payment scheme - experienced and influenced the transition from feature phones to smartphones Face Detection on PC and iPhone for promotional applications of clients - prototyping for new business possibilities Show less

Technical Consultant/ R&D Staff

• Jul 2008 - Oct 2009

Consulting, research and development in the areas of signal processing and circuit design for total stations and other surveying and construction equipment: Developed an early prototype for laser distance measuring on an FPGA (Altera Cyclone III) Designed a test circuit and the complete test environment to conduct a feasibility study for a MEMS Tilt Sensors including market analysis Mentored young engineers, introduced circuit simulation and mathematics software Company internal & external presentations in English and in Japanese Show less

JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher

• Sep 2006 - Mar 2008

Research on digitally-corrected D/A-Converters, high-level simulation of the settling-behavior of high-speed D/A-Converters, Matlab and Simulink programming Supervision of (foreign) students Reviewer for IEEE TCAS 1 and 2, ISCAS, and other journals and conferences Research on digitally-corrected D/A-Converters, high-level simulation of the settling-behavior of high-speed D/A-Converters, Matlab and Simulink programming Supervision of (foreign) students Reviewer for IEEE TCAS 1 and 2, ISCAS, and other journals and conferences

PhD Student, Research and Teaching Assistant

• Aug 2001 - Jun 2006

PhD Student at the Signal and Information Processing Lab, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Research Assistant - More than ten journal and conference publications, two patents, invited for many international presentations (Publication List: http://research.komakino.ch) - Teaching Assistant for Analog and Digital Signal Processing - Taught a practical course on Analog Decoding of Error Correcting Codes - Organized an International Workshop on Analog Decoding - Reviewer for IEEE ISCAS Keywords: Communications, Mixed Signal Chip Design, Analog Chip Design, Neuromorphic VLSI, Analog Signal Processing, Digital Signal Processing Show less

Judo Teacher

• Sep 2001 - Jan 2005

Part-time judo teacher Part-time judo teacher

Intern

• Jan 1999 - Apr 1999

Internship Position, DSP Programming, Signalprocessing, Test Hardware Design - Ported an algorithm from Matlab to C for an embedded system - Did measurements for calibration - Built hardware for the verification of the first batch of instruments Internship Position, DSP Programming, Signalprocessing, Test Hardware Design - Ported an algorithm from Matlab to C for an embedded system - Did measurements for calibration - Built hardware for the verification of the first batch of instruments

Intern

• Sep 1998 - Oct 1998

Internship in Bangkok, Transformer Design - Designed the company's first website - Designed a transformer for a specific application - Fixed a faulty steel cutting machine Internship in Bangkok, Transformer Design - Designed the company's first website - Designed a transformer for a specific application - Fixed a faulty steel cutting machine

Part time sales and repair

• Jul 1995 - Mar 1997

Part Time Job after Highschool and during University Studies: Sold & fixed computers Consulted on computers, digital cameras and other hardware Part Time Job after Highschool and during University Studies: Sold & fixed computers Consulted on computers, digital cameras and other hardware