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Management Profiles

As of August 10,2010

Katsuyuki Torii

Katsuyuki Torii
Chairman, Representative Director

Mr. Torii is a graduate of the Seinan Gakuin University Faculty of Commerce. He previously worked at Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. and Recruit Co, Ltd. before founding BRAINS Inc. He took on his current position when CICOM BRAINS Inc. was established in October 2008. Through his unique human resource expertise and practical training and consulting activities, Mr. Torii has contributed to the development and improved performance of many companies.
Tadayasu Nishida

Tadayasu Nishida
President and CEO, Representative Director

Mr. Nishida has a B.A from Waseda University and an M.B.A. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Nishida began his career at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in 1985, working in corporate finance including global capital markets, investor relations, and project financing for overseas telecom projects. Mr. Nishida started CICOM International, Inc. with Ms. Yukiko Kuroda in 1996. Since then, he has led the company to become one of the leading providers of management training, in both English and Japanese. Mr. Nishida advises corporate clients on their training programs, and works as trainer in finance, corporate strategy, and business planning. He is also involved in promoting entrepreneurship as a steering member of The MIT Enterprise Forum in Japan, which mentors entrepreneurs and operates an annual business plan contest.
Yuki Ota

Yuki Ota
Managing Director
Member of the Board

Ms. Ota is a graduate of the Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Social Sciences. She previously worked at Recruit Co., Ltd., developing small and mid-size corporate clients as well as editing and producing media for recruiting advertisements. She then helped plan the creation of BRAINS Inc., serving as one of its founding members. She took on her current position when CICOM BRAINS Inc. was established in October 2008. Ms. Ota is primarily involved in developing HR and sales skills training programs for large corporations and educational organizations, as well as teaching courses.
Hiroaki Kobayashi

Hiroaki Kobayashi
Director, Mgt. and Innovation Development
Member of the Board

Mr. Kobayashi holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Tokyo and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago. He started his career at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in 1982, marketing network services, including new product development, promotional planning, and other sales support activities. He then joined Boston Consulting Group Tokyo, where he was involved in business development, business process reengineering, and sales effectiveness projects. He later became Director of Strategy for BT Japan, where he focused on M&A strategy for e-commerce and multi-media in addition to equity tie-ups. From March 2000, he worked for HSBC Securities as a Senior Analyst covering the telecom, broadcasting and advertising sectors. He joined CICOM in April 2003 as Managing Director, before appointed to COO in February 2006. Mr. Kobayashi is the co-author of the MOT Innovation Guide (Nikkei BP), and co-translator of Business of Software by Michael Cusumano (Diamond Publication), and Democratizing Innovation by Eric Von Hippel (First Press), both authors are faculty in the MIT Sloan School.
Michiaki Lee

Michiaki Lee
General Manager
CICOM BRAINS (Asia) Pte. Ltd.

Mr. Lee graduated from Keio University and has an M.B.A from the Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business. He has worked as a trading and sales specialist at Citigroup, a strategy consultant at PwC Consulting, and has also managed several startup companies.
He has been involved in a wide range of management activities including; business development, process improvement, and human capital development. He recently moved to Singapore to be General Manager of CICOM BRAINS (ASIA) Pte. Ltd.
Sandy Saito

Kumiko Hayashi
General Manager
CICOM BRAINS (Shanghai), Ltd.

B.A. in Literature, Okayama University Worked at Yaohan Japan, Dentsu Shanghai, MUFJ Research and Consulting Shanghai　She joined CICOM BRAINS shanghai, Ltd. in July 2009.
Yukiko Kuroda

Yukiko Kuroda
Member of the Board

Ms. Kuroda specializes in organizational and leadership development, teambuilding, and management training for corporations and academic institutions. Ms. Kuroda holds a B.A. in Economics from Keio University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University, where she attended as a Fulbright scholar. Ms. Kuroda is the founder and President of P.Y. International and co-founder and part-time Director of CICOM International, Inc. She is a skilled presenter and trainer and is often called upon to provide Japanese management with new skills and insights in areas such as strategy development, leadership, change management, and communications. She formerly worked as a Senior Consultant at Gemini Consulting and, prior to that, as a Marketing Representative at Sony Corporation. Ms. Kuroda is also the author of numerous publications, including Venture Keiei Kakumei (Management Revolution through Venture Business-Nikkei BP), Yuki no Keiei (Managing with Courage-Japan Management Association), and translation of What Leaders Really Do by Harvard Business School Professor John Kotter.
Kei Horii

Kei Horii
Member of the Board

Mr. Horii is a graduate of Kyoto Sangyo University. He previously worked at Pacific Sports Co., Ltd. (Daiei Group), and served as Branch General Manager at Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. and as Director and General Manager at Adams Co., Ltd. (now T Card & Marketing Co., Ltd.), before founding and becoming President of Holos Planning Co., Ltd. in 2001. Mr. Horii now also serves as Chairman of the Board at Holos-Brains Co, Ltd., where he is involved in training sales managers and sales people. He holds numerous qualifications, including certification by the government of Japan as a 1st Grade Certified Skilled Worker of Financial Planning, and certification as a Psychological Counselor by the Japan Mental Health Association.
Noboru Ishihara

Noboru Ishihara
Corporate Auditor

After acquiring his M.B.A. from Yokohama City University, Mr. Ishihara worked with Nomura Research Institute, researching policies for the telecommunications industry, and as a Senior Global Technology Analyst specializing in the semiconductor and ICT industries. He has authored numerous publications including Top Company Analysis for Management (Nikkei), Flash Memory Business in the Front Line (Kogyo and Chosakai Publishing), and helped translate Resolving the Innovation Paradox (First Press). In 2004, he joined CICOM as MOT Advisor and is also currently a venture capital partner and research fellow at The University of Tokyo.
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