Executive Officer
Masaaki Tashiro
Masaaki Tashiro holds a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Social Engineering of Tokyo Institute of Technology. He joined DI as a new graduate after receiving his MA from the Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
- From his experience researching urban social issues as a student, he joined DI immediately after graduation with the aim of solving social problems with business structures.
- For more than 15 years since joining DI, he has been engaged in building mechanisms for repeatable new business creation in industries such as automotive, telecommunications, IT, electronics, chemicals and materials, and general trading companies. His work has included formulating growth strategies and launching new businesses and organizations that span different technology seeds and industries.
- Masaaki also worked at DI Vietnam for three and a half years, where he was involved in the development of strategies for Japanese companies seeking to expand into Southeast Asia, and proposals for infrastructure and industry policies in collaboration with the Vietnamese government and the Japanese government. He also gained experience in investments in local companies and had served as an outside director.
- In recent years, he has also been involved in the Technology & Amplify Practice since its inception, working on numerous projects aimed at fundamentally transforming existing businesses through business process reform and digitalization.