TSUNAMI On The Road (TOR)
Advisory Board
■ Jitsuro Terashima
Chairman, Japan Research Institute; President, Tama University
President, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute(MGSSI)
After serving in the research and corporate administrative divisions at
Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and representing Japan at the Brooking Institution,
he became President of MGSSI in 1999. Chairman at Japan Research Institute
since 2001. Provides advice on current trends, international affairs, and
business engineering. Charter Member of TSUNAMI Entrepreneurs Club. Appointed
Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the venture support mechanism
"TSUNAMI"
■ Yoshio Ichiryu
Representative Director & CEO, Ichiryu Associates, Inc.
After joining the Ministry of International Trade and Industry(MITI), he
served as secretary to MITI ministers. Studied at Harvard University. Appointed
as Director-General of the Kinki Regional Bureau of International Trade
and Industry, Director-General for Policy Co-ordination. Keynote speaker
at TSUNAMI Venture Fair in 2004. Charter Member of TSUNAMI Entrepreneurs
Club. Appointed Member of the Advisory Committee of the venture support
mechanism "TSUNAMI"
■ Kenichi Arai, MD, Ph.D.
Professor emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Professor, Research Center for Advances Science and Technology of the University
of Tokyo.
An Alumni of Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Tokyo, he
continued his research at the Institute of Medical Science, the University
of Tokyo, and then at Stanford University. In 1981, participated as a scientist
in the startup stage of DNAX Research Institute of Molecular and Cellular
Biology, Inc., a biotechnology venture in the Silicon Valley. Actively
promoting the “Tokyo Genome Bay Project.” Councilor at the Kanagawa Academy
of Science and Technology (KAST). Charter Member of TSUNAMI Entrepreneurs’
Club.
■ Chris Tan, Ph.D.
Founding and Former Director of IMCB, Senior Counselor of A-IMBN
The founding and former
(1987-2001) Director of Singapore’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
(IMCB), Senior Counselor A-IMBN. Concluded a study on regulatory mechanism of
interferon and cytokine at Yale, John Hopkins School of Medicine, NIH, and the
University of Calgary. He established IMCB, a research institute integrating
cell signaling and genomics as an internationally recognized institution. After
retiring from the IMCB in 2002, he is an advisor to Agency for Science,
Technology and Research of Singapore (A*Star) and Okinawa Institute of Science
and Technology.
■ Tsuyoshi Taira
Tazan International Inc. CEO
Previously worked in Semiconductor Division of Sanyo Electric, and Fairchild
Semiconductor in the U.S. Went on to become Chairman of Sanyo Semiconductor
USA. In 1996, established a venture capital firm, Tazan International in
Silicon Valley. Numerous experiences as a hands-on capitalist, including
raising Junglee(a search engine company) from seed funding.Junglee was
acquired by Amazon for $ 210 million. He has been involved in TNP since
its establishment in 2000. Appointed to the Advisory Committee to the venture
support organization “TSUNAMI” in 2003. Charter Member of TSUNAMI Entrepreneurs’
Club.
■ Tadahiro Ohmi Ph.D
Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University.
After serving as a professor at the Electronic Engineering Department,
School of Engineering, Tohoku University, he is now heading a research
institute called New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHCe). In the mid.
1980s, strove for innovation in clean room technology crucial in the production of
semiconductors, resulting in yield improvement from 20% to over 90%. This enabled Intel,
which had been facing a management crisis, to adopt the methodology across the board,
and emerge as a premier semiconductor company. Currently serving as leader of a national
project to develop technology for the production of next-generation semiconductors.
Charter Member of TSUNAMI Entrepreneurs’ Club.
■ Zenju Kazama
Director, Industrial Advancement Research Institute; President, Yamanashi TLO
Founded MEC Engineering in 1970 after serving for Suwa Seikosha (presently
Epson) and renamed TELMEC in 1975. Merged with Tokyo Electron in 1984 and
appointed Managing Director. Representative Director and Senior Vice President
from 1990 to 1996. Appointed Director of Industrial Advancement Research
Institute in 1999. Also appointed Representative Director of Yamanashi
TLO in 2000. He provides advice on the technology development of semiconductor
production equipment ventures as well as on R&D, MOT, and mass production
engineering of various technology ventures.
■ Takami Sano
Chief Director, Matsushita Institute of Government and Management
Joined Panasonic in 1966. After 3 years of secondment to PHP Institute from 1969,
he had appointed as manager of the battery division, car-electronics division,
FA equipment division. In 1989,as vice president of Panasonic, he oversaw Tokyo branch,
car-electronics division, system division, device global marketing group that was handling
semiconductor, electric device etc. Served outside director of Panasonic EV Energy,
joint enterprise with Toyota for developing hybrid car battery and BS-TBS,BS broadcasting company.
Panasonic advisory board member since 2008. Joined Matsushita Institute of Government and Management in 2009.
■ Yasuo Nishiguchi
President, HANDY(K.K.); Professor of Business Studies at Graduate School of Doshisha University;
Senior Fellow, ITEC (Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness)
1975 entered Kyocera Corporation. 1987 became General Manager and Director for Electronic Products Division.
1989 became Executive Managing Director and General Manager for Telecommunications Information Division.
1997 rose to post of Vice President. 2005 selected as chairman and CEO. 2006 became advisor to Board of Directors.
2007 Became Academic Fellow at Doshisha University, in addition to Senior Fellow of ITEC at Doshisha.
Special Fellow for Japan Science and Technology Agency. Professor at Graduate School of Business for Doshisha University.
■ Takeo Minomiya
Chairman, TSUNAMI Network partners Corporation
Representative Director, MINO-SUN FARM Co., Ltd.
Involved in broad range of activities including design of audio & video
equipment and semiconductor development, after joining Sony in 1962. Appointed
Director of Production Engineering Research Institute and President of
Recording Media & Energy Company of Sony. Contributed to the foundation
of Sony’s production engineering as Corporate Senior VP in charge of components
and semiconductor business from 1999 followed by Corporate Executive VP
and Co-CQO (Chief Quality Officer) in charge of quality control concurrently
appointed Corporate Executive Deputy President of Sony EMCS. Founded MINO-SUN
FARM in 2006 and was appointed Representative Director.
■ Yoji Shimbori
CEO, TSUNAMI Network Partners Corporation
Founded TNP in 2000 and has led investments and hands-on development process for several dozen companies.
He has a highly reliable network of owners of listed companies located in Kanagawa Prefecture from his work at
Nomura Securities. Key member in the planning of the concepts and mechanisms of the venture support organization “TSUNAMI.”
He has a record of accomplishments in leading numerous start-up companies to IPO in the Japan stock exchanges.
