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Ichiro Sayama has more than 25 years experience in technology marketing and product globalisation. He is based in Tokyo, Japan and Marina del Rey, CA. His professional experience includes:
Ichiro was a Principal at JUSC International, Marina del Rey, CA. www.jusci.com, where he worked as a marketing consultant dedicated in assisting IT-related companies worldwide to penetrate into the Japanese market.
He then became Vice President, Japan Operations at Launch Media Inc., Santa Monica, CA. www.launch.com, , where he managed the entire relationship with Launch Japan (a joint venture between Softbank, Yahoo Japan and Tokyo Broadcasting Corporation.
Ichiro was also a Consultant to Founder and CEO at GeoCities (now Yahoo!) Marina del Rey, CA, www.geocities.com , where he coordinated the localization of GeoCities Japan's Web site and managed communications between the American and Japanese business entities of GeoCities.
He had close experience with international channels and sales marketing in his post as Manager, Software Acquisitions at Softbank America, Marina del Rey, CA, www.softbank.com.
At Softbank, Ichiro was responsible for identifying and realizing business opportunities in software licensing, acquisitions, and research, on behalf of Softbank America's parent company, Softbank Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. Softbank is the world's leading investor in Internet businesses (early investor in Yahoo!) and also is the Japan’s largest PC software and hardware distributor.
While at Softbank USA, Ichiro had a key role in the parent company’s growth into other worldwide markets and eventual acquisition of major U.S. publishing and Internet companies. He also worked closely with SOFTBANK divisions, including Yahoo JAPAN to bring new products and services into the Japanese marketplace.
