Hiroshi Yagi

Global Business Coordinator CleanTech Specialist Technology and Market Research of CleanTech both in US and Japan. IP evaluation in CleanTech and BIO area both US and Japan. Coordinate business matching between US and Japan. Create business opportunities. 2001/May IMAnet, Inc. Founded in Silicon Valley 2003-2006 Helped University of Tokyo Silicon Valley Office as a Partner 2004 Founding member of JUNBA (Japanese University Network in the Bay Area) 2005/April Start CleanTech business. 2010/April Keynote speech on "Smart Grid in the USA" at SEMI event. 2011/Feb. Lectures on Innovation & Cleantech @Yokohama National Univ. 2012/Apr. AdTech Tour Presentation : Silicon Valley as a MFG perspective. 2013/Apr. Japan Institute of Photography Presentation 2014/Nov. My carrier from Japan to Silicon Valley @Ethos 2014/Dec. Invited Talk for "Roll to Roll Technology now" 2015/Aug. US Education System Research 2015/Mar. Invited talk for Japanese Industry consortium "Healthcare and LED" 2015/Aug. Invited talk for Japanese Industry consortium "Perovskite research I" 2015/Dec. Invited talk for Japanese Industry consortium "Perovskite research II" 2016/Feb. Invited Talk for Silicon Valley Professionals "Government lead US Tech Innovation" 2016/Apr. Invited Talk for Medical Industry Consortium "Smart City and IoT" 2016/Apr. Invited Talk for Japanese Industry consortium "US wearable sensor device" 2017/Jan. Invited Talk for Japanese Industry consortium "US wearable device development" 2017/Apr. Invited Talk for MLIT "Super region case study in US" 2018/Mar. Invited Talk for Medical Industry Consortium "Deployment of Innovation through US government"

Establish search business in biotech and hardware industry in US. Create industry clients more than 100 in US, Japan and Europe. Attend trade shows and exhibitions and hold biotech career seminars both in Japan and US for recruiting.

Create several connections with small companies in new business area for investigating future possibilities. Attend trade shows and seminars for seeking future partners. Create biotech business strategy especially to work with start ups. Lead joint venture project of ion exchange resin business with US chemical giant to final negotiation.

Create built-to-order PC sales channel resulted $50K in 1997. Create sales connection with Comp USA and OEM supply with HiVal. OEM Hardware sales from HiVal achieved $400K in 1997. Sales of CD-R and CD-RW achieved $500K, and started DVD media sales in1998.

Organize MO media advertisement in COMDEX and other local trade shows. Make distribution contracts in US with manufacturers such as Fujitsu, Olympus, Ricoh, SONY, Mitsubishi Electric and Konica. Client development (HP, Chicago Title, EMC, IBM, T-Zone)

Establish in-line coating unit process for hard disk enabled its market success in 1987. Worked with Magneto Optical (MO) drive manufacturers to adjust and establish media characteristics from 1987. MO Clients are IBM, Fujitsu, SONY, Ricoh, Mitsubishi Electric, Olympus, Konica, Hitachi, Panasonic etc. Negotiate with measurement instrument venders. （Paltech, Panasonic, Epson etc） Successful launch of 3.5” MO media and drive first in market in 1990. Lead ISO 9002 certification of production plant in 1993. First ISO success in MCC group.

Successful new catalyst installation for the maleic anhydride oxidization plant which brought significant profits. (\300Mil/Year) Received President award in 1982. Start New business development with petrochemical grease　for thermal transefer ink base materials in 1985. Clients are Dainippon Ink, Fuji Chemical paper.

Asymmetric Synthesis of Terpene ologomers.