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After graduating from University of Southern California, Kiyo joined PwC in
 which he experienced multiple incubation businesses for IT startup companies.
 Subsequently, he founded multiple startup companies in Japan, China and the
 U.S. and has managed businesses related to mobile media, promotion and
 apparel.

Kiyo joined Monstarlab in January 2018.

Kiyotaka Izumi

Tomo started his career at a major systems integration company in Japan and
 has managed multiple large mobile app and web systems development projects


 He joined Monstarlab in 2015 as a project manager and adds value through his
 extensive experience with business and project management of various project
 types.

Tomo holds an MBA from Australia Bond University.

Tomoyuki Uno

Daisuke started his carrier as a software engineer in IBM where he specialised
 in enterprise applications.


 He later joined a startup where he developed a variety of hardware and
 software systems, such as an automatic data center management system, VoLTE
 middleware, and drone systems.


 He joined Monstarlab in 2015 and has overseen a number of web application and
 smartphone application development projects. He is now the CTO Lead of
 Monstarlab’s Japanese business.

Daisuke Hirata

Steffen D. Sommer is the Technology Lead for Monstarlab’s International
 Markets, covering the Americas, Europe, Middle East and parts of Asia.
 
 He is a driven leader with a long track record of experience across mobile,
 web, backend and solution architecture.
 
 At Monstarlab, Steffen focuses on building a world-class technology
 organisation, and advising clients on how to navigate the complex and
 fast-moving technology space.
 
 He has worked with international companies, from scale-ups to enterprises
 across verticals such as BFSI, Life Science and Retail. Besides helping
 clients, Steffen has helped start and run several developer meetups across
 Copenhagen and London, as well as established an international developer
 conference in Berlin, Copenhagen and London.
 
 He has also published a book around programming for kids and occasionally
 speaks at conferences.
 
 Prior to joining Monstarlab, Steffen focused on fintech and was involved in
 building some of the most popular mobile payment applications in Denmark.

Steffen Sommer

After graduating from California State University, [this person] returned to Japan and joined Monster Lab in 2017. Since joining the company, they have been in charge of FP&amp;A (budgeting and actual analysis) for various businesses in Japan and overseas. They have been involved in new business launch support, organizational restructuring, internal audits, and IPO preparation. After serving as APAC Finance Director, they assumed the position of APAC CFO in July 2024.

Jun Takada

Takuya commenced his career as an auditor at PwC where he mainly served global
 financial institutions and provided audit and consulting services.


 In 2013, he joined Bain &amp; Company and led multiple strategic consulting
 projects such as corporate strategy, business strategy, new business
 development, cost optimisation, M&amp;A strategy and due diligence.


 Takuya joined Monstarlab in May 2022 as a head of CEO office and leading
 global corporate strategy and M&amp;As.

Takuya Yamaguchi

One of our founding members, Sumito led the music platform businesses and
 later launched Monstarlab’s B2C and B2B businesses. After further expansion,
 Sumito became the head of the corporate global Legal function in 2015.

Sumito hold an MBA from Australia Bond University.

Sumito Suzuki

Hiroki founded Monstarlab in 2006 after 7 years of experience with US-based
 consulting firms and web technology startups. He started by creating an online
 music marketplace in Japan and built up the company into a global development
 group with over 1,200 people in 25 offices across 16 countries by blending
 growth through internal expansion and by M&amp;As.


 Monstarlab has some of the world’s best developers, designers and project
 strategists working on the most complex challenges of our time. and blending
 strategic thinking with stunning design and cutting-edge technology to
 engineer awesome solutions.


 We are a multicultural team of specialists with a global approach that not
 only allows us to attract outstanding talent worldwide but also provides us
 with deep insight into local markets. By challenging ourselves to create
 unique centers of excellence in developing countries such as Gaza we lay the
 seeds for new opportunities for growth by nurturing the talents of the next
 generation of creators.

Hiroki Inagawa

Before joining Monstarlab, Masahiko led a successful three-decade career at
 ITD Japan in systems development, system operations, and has experienced
 various managerial roles. He worked as the company’s Offshore Promotion
 Officer/ Business Manager and was involved in the company’s expansion efforts
 to Asia– mainly in China.


 In 2012, he joined Lifetime Technologies Ltd. (later acquired as Monstarlab
 Hanoi) as CEO and developed the company’s specialized offshore and outsourcing
 business.

Masahiko Matsunaga

After graduating from International Christian University, Chiamin joined
 Intentia, a major ERP vendor, working on corporate digitisation and
 operational reforms projects across Japan and Europe.


 She later joined a U.S. strategy consulting firm, Monitor Group, overseeing
 business strategy planning and Asian expansion projects, before joining DCM
 Ventures as a venture capitalist, where she was in charge of investments into
 startups such as freee and Coubic, etc.


 In 2014, she joined Happy Elements, a Chinese startup, serving as Chief
 Strategy Officer and in charge of their listing in Japan, before becoming the
 Representative Director of Japan, overseeing content development and AR/VR
 businesses in Japan and China.

Chiamin has an MBA from IE Business School.

Chiamin Lai

As a new hire, he joined the IT outsourcing department at Comtech Co., Ltd.
 and took on a PMO position for establishing new systems and a call center.


 In 2001, he moved to Intelligence Co., Ltd. (current Persol Career Co., Ltd.),
 and headed the PMI for the JV with Serve Web Technology Co., Ltd.,. From March 2009 until 2011, he engaged in strengthening the company’s staffing
 agency division (current Persol Process &amp; Technology Co., Ltd.); a
 counterbalance strategy to the then turbulent Lehman Shock. In 2013, he was
 appointed COO of Persol Process &amp; Technology Co., Ltd., and moved on to be
 CEO in 2014. Through vigorous promotion and revision of M&amp;A activities as
 well as the company’s products, prices and clientele targets, he oversaw the
 company’s sales which tripled over a mere span of five years. Within four
 months of working at SMS CO., LTD in March 2018, he was appointed as CEO;
 promoting medical care, healthcare developments as well as group management.


 In 2021, he was appointed as CEO at Persol Innovation Co., Ltd. to promote
 innovative business using digital technologies.

Toshihito Nagai

After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University’s Faculty of Commerce, he
 joined Mitsui &amp; Co., Ltd., with the accounting department as the first
 step, and then mainly engaged in import / export transactions, business
 investment and management in the steel and metal-related departments for about
 30 years. Engaged in a wide range of industrial fields from resource
 development to trading and metal recycling. Based on such business
 experiences, he moved to the internal auditing department, acquired
 certification as Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner
 (CFE), etc., and practiced internal audits of the domestic and overseas
 business departments and the affiliated companies for 6 years. While working
 for the company, he was stationed in Stockholm, Manila, New York and other
 overseas offices for 13 years in total. He completed AMP course in Harvard
 Business School in 2006. 


 From 2015 to 2019 he was appointed as a corporate
 auditor of Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd. He has been appointed as an
 Auditor &amp; Supervisory Board Member in Monstarlab since Oct 2019.

Hitoshi Takabatake

Akenobu entered Nakajima Transactional Law Office in 2005 and became a partner
 in 2010. In 2015, he established Hayakawa Business Law Office. In the same
 year, Akenobu became a part-time instructor at Fukushima University
 (instructor at Fukushima Entrepreneurship School ). In 2016, he became a
 mentor in the BusiNest Accelerator Course operated by the Organization for
 Small &amp; Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan. Akenobu was
 appointed as a mentor at the Kyushu University Entrepreneurs Club Program in
 2017, and was appointed as an auditor at HENNGE K.K. in 2019.


 Akenobu joined Monstarlab as an auditor in 2020. His main activities include
 consulting on corporate governance and risk management at listed corporations,
 and support for growth strategy at venture corporations.

Akenobu Hayakawa

Yuko passed the accountancy board in 2004 and became a Certified Public
 Accountant in 2008. While studying law at Keio University, she worked for Chuo
 Aoyama Audit Corporation (currently PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC),
 focusing on accounting audits of foreign companies. 

 
 In 2012, she joined the Accounting Department of Novartis Pharma K.K. and was in charge of all
 accounting-related reporting. She has been involved in accounting in a global
 environment, including internal audit work for Novartis global affiliates.
 After two parental leaves in 2019, she became a full-time auditor at Studist
 Corporation, a provider of manual services in the cloud.


 In 2020, she was appointed as a full-time auditor at Takara Leben Co.,Ltd., a
 comprehensive real estate developer listed on the Prime Section of the Tokyo
 Stock Exchange. Two years later, she joined Monstarlab Holdings as external
 auditor.

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