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Business
Background and Experiences |
January, 2008 |
President&CEO for DFM Corporation |
October, f07 to present |
Senior Advisor for Dassault Systemes, KK, Developer for PLM Solution
April to August, 2007 |
April to August, 2007 |
Interim President, CEO for SolidWorks Japan Corporation |
June, 2006 to present |
An Auditor for Ampere Corporation,
a fabricator for semiconductor and device for thermal, vacume systems |
October, 2006 to present |
An Agent for Japan on Clarizen, Palo Alto, CA.
Project Management Software Developer for saas business operation |
Feb, 2006 to present |
Advisory BoardMember for CADNexus Corporation, Medford MA.
CAD-CAE data transfer and Optimization middleware software developer. |
October, 2003
to December, 2006 |
Consultant & Executive Advisor to President, Toyota Caelum,Inc.(TCI) |
October,2003
to Present |
An Agent for Japan on Clarizen, Palo Alto, CA.
Project Management Software Developer for saas business operation |
April,
1998 to March,2003 |
Senior Corporate Staff, Kubota Corporation Chairman & CEO, Kubota Solid Technologies Corporation (KUSCO)*1
President & CEO, Kubota Systems, Inc.(KSI)*2 |
April, 1998 to presen |
Board Member for SolidWorks Japan Corporation (SWJ)*2 |
January,
1995
to March, 1998 |
President & CEO,
KUSCO |
September,
1989
to December, 1994 |
President
CEO, Rasna , Japan Corporation,
*3 September |
August,
1987
to August, 1989 |
Assistant
General Manager, the Pipe Export & Engineering
Department,
Kubota Corporation, Tokyo Head Office |
July,
1982
to June, 1987 |
Manager,
Corporate Planning and Business
Development Department and International
Marketing Coordination Department, Kubota Corporation, Tokyo Head Office |
May,
1979
to June, 1982 |
Vice President
for Planning, Secretary, and
Treasurer, Kubota America Corporation,
New York Head Office |
April,
1976
to April, 1979 |
Vice President
for Planning, Marketing, Kubota
America Corporation, New York
Head Office |
September,
1975
to March, 1976 |
Student,
Intensive English Course, The
University of California at Los
Angels |
July,
1969
to September, 1975 |
Staff for
Procurement Department, Kubota
Corporation, Osaka Headquarters |
April,
1967
to
July, 1969 |
Salesperson of Marine Diesel Engines, Kubota Corporation, Diesel Engine Division |
1.
KUSCO is 100% affiliate of Kubota Corporation established in 1995, by having taking over the stocks of its partner, Rasna Japan Corporation. The deal was done in exchange of giving up its exclusive sales right on MECHANICA, as Rasna was about to go public. KUSCO was successful in gaining exclusive sales right of innovative 3D solid modeling CAD system, or SolidWorks, with second round of investment to the developer. KUSCO is well known as a reseller of package software that is used by the design engineers and analysts for manufacturers, with the sales right of prominent technologies from the US and Europe. Japanese users highly evaluated KUSCOfs capability of selecting creative technology, which made it possible to market KUSCOfs products into the broad range of engineers with their ease of use and affordable price. The evaluation was also endorsed by KUSCOfs aggressive sales force and consistent technical support. The combination of the concept and activities for a decade made the company quite unique in CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market in Japan.
KUSCO is also an investor and exclusive reseller of engineering software for design offices for manufacturers in Japanese market, many of which collaboratively work with 3D CAD systems, especially SolidWorks. KUSCO recently merged R&D unit from its parent namely KSWAD specialized in Pre-Post processor, CAM Kernel and API technologies. The unit consists of KUSCOfs 50 employees including 25 engineering staffs, and produces annual revenue of 15 $ million.
2.
KSI is a system integrator that specializes in manufacturing and infrastructure construction solutions that owns comprehensive capabilities for system development and integration, data processing, and storage, and outsourcing services throughout internet service for Kubota Corporation, its group companies, and suppliers. It provides such services also to governmental organizations as well as major industriesf accounts. KSI is categorized as guser originatedh system integrator, whose specialty and competitive edge comes from the knowledge fostered during the course of the development and the operation systems of its parentfs total management solution systems. Its revenue counts as much as $100 millions, with 500 employees and 200 subcontractorsf engineers.
3.
Rasna, Japan Corporation was a 50/50 % joint venture of Kubota Corporation and Rasna Corporation, a venture which is based in Silicon Valley and funded by Kubota together with American venture capitalists. Rasna developed an engineering package software in design analysis field with an ambitious intent of market creation by selling FEA package to a broader number of mechanical design engineers instead of a limited number of high end analysts. It was so successful that it was close to go public, but decided to be purchased by PTC (Parametric Technology Corporation), a major CAD system company. |
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