David A. Wouters
has a degree in Commerce from Washington & Lee University and an MBA from New York University. Wouters was a Sales Manager with Mobil Petroleum in Singapore and a Marketing Manager with The Coca-Cola Company in Bangkok. He later served Coke in Japan as Corporate Liaison Manager. Wouters has edited several editions of the American Chamber of Commerce, Manual of Employment Practices in Japan, and a CCH publication, the Japan Employers' Handbook. He is a past Director and currently the Head of Training for InterSearch (Worldwide) Limited.

Yoshiyuki Honjo
has a B.S. in Commercial Science from Chuo University and is a certified CPA. Yoshiyuki worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tokyo and Hong Kong from 1969 to 1985, before starting his own private practice. He has completed accounting, audit and tax responsibilities for Japanese and foreign companies.

Nicola Grieco
has extensive experience in the Asia Pacific rim, having worked in Hong Kong and mainland China for seventeen years. As Marketing Manager for major textile manufacturers, Nicola was responsible for garment production of several famous Italian brands. Nicola has been in Japan since 1997 serving as President of Ciao Italia Giappone (Italian Restaurant Association). Nicola holds an Electrical Science Diploma from Technical Institute ITIS, Italy.

Hitoshi Tsurumoto
has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Hokkaido University of Education. He was the past Director of Human Resourses and a member of the Board of Directors of Amway Japan Ltd. Previous to that Tsurumoto was employed by Wyeth (Japan) Corporation, and held various sales and marketing positions with that firm as well as serving as Personnel Manager. He has authored three books about training and HR related subjects.

Hideaki Ohwada
holds a Law degree from Keio University. He has held operations management positions with Goldman Sachs Japan Ltd., SBC Japan Ltd. and Lazard Freres K.K. In these assignments, he has specialized in HR recruiting, financial planning and legal issues.

Masataka Fujishima
is the founder of SHIM Inc., a major licensed real estate developer in Tokyo. He has managed significant real estate projects for Citibank, JP Morgan, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Coca-Cola, Disney, Time Warner, Air Bus, the Tokyo American Club and many embassies. He is a Meiji University graduate with a Bachelor of Politics and Economics degree.

Todd Tanaka
has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Keio University. He served as the Corporate Strategy Manager at Motorola for many years, and earlier in his employment was the co-developer of a wireless LAN business. Tanaka completed his corporate career as President of Andrew Japan K.K and later as Country Manager for ScanSoft Japan.

Jun Ueda
worked for Hitachi, Ltd and Renesas Technology. During this time he lived and worked in the US for thirteen years. He retired as Director of Renesas Electronics America, Inc. Ueda has experiences in microprocessor products with automotive consumer and industrial applications. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Keio University.

Yoko Kaneyama
is a graduate of Osaka Jogakuin Junior College.  Her experience includes customer service activities with Delta Airlines and Office Manager with a major Japanese real estate developer.