Entrepreneur and Investor, Marketer, Attention Economist
Japan
- Current
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- Director at Archetype Communications
- Corporate Auditor at ITmedia
- Corporate Advisor at TEAC Corporation
- Director at Infoteria Corporation
- Advisor at Six Apart, K.K.
- Partner at Archetype Coporation
- Director at Japan Startups Corporation
- Past
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- Managing Director at TEAC Corporation
- Director at atmarkIT Corporation
- Director, Business Development at Infoseek Japan
- Manager, Product Management/Product Marketing at Lotus Development
- Engineer at Sony Corporation
- Education
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- Kyushu University
- Shuyukan High School
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Osamu Higuchi’s Summary
Seasoned IT product management/marketing professional with technical background. particularly experienced in PC-based business software and web businesses.
Osamu Higuchi’s Specialties:
Product Marketing
Product Management
Corporate Management
Attention Economist
English-enabled
Osamu Higuchi’s Experience
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Director
Archetype Communications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
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Corporate Auditor
ITmedia
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
After successful merge of atmarkIT and Softbank ITmedia into current ITmedia Corporation, and then successful IPO of ITmedia, I stepped aside and now overseeing the company as a corporate auditor.
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Corporate Advisor
TEAC Corporation
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
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Director
Infoteria Corporation
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)
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Advisor
Six Apart, K.K.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)
Overseeing media business of this Blog software company.
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Partner
Archetype Coporation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)
A privately held incubation/consulting firm specialized in net businesses.
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Director
Japan Startups Corporation
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
April 2000 — Present (9 years 10 months)
Director, founding member of a marketing/managment consulting firm specialized in IT industry.
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Managing Director
TEAC Corporation
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 1 month)
Helped this old Japanese electronics company to turn around.
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Director
atmarkIT Corporation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 2000 — February 2005 (4 years 11 months)
Co-founded one of the most successful Japanese net-only online media companies as a director of business development. The company merged with Softbank ITmedia in February 2005.
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Director, Business Development
Infoseek Japan
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 7 months)
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Manager, Product Management/Product Marketing
Lotus Development
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1990 — August 1998 (8 years )
Product management/marketing manager resoponsible for all non-spreadsheet products including Lotus Notes/Domino at Lotus Japan.
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Engineer
Sony Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
April 1985 — August 1990 (5 years 5 months)
Worked as an electronic design engineer and a product planner for home computers, word processors, and personal computer products.
Osamu Higuchi’s Education
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Kyushu University
Ba , Electronics , 1981 — 1985
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Shuyukan High School
