Executive Profile

Kotaro Takahashi

Kotaro Takahashi

Representative Director/Data Scientist

Graduated from the University of Tokyo Graduate School. I am engaged in research on instant tsunami height prediction using machine learning. I am a standardization committee member of the Association for Promotion of Financial Data Utilization. I participated in AVILEN as a founding member and have been the representative director since 2021. I manage to enrich humanity with data and algorithms. I also discuss the definition and training of digital human resources at the Japan Deep Learning Association, and my book "The Shortest Breakthrough Deep Learning G Test Problem Collection" has exceeded 10,000 copies.

Yohei Ohkawa

Yohei Ohkawa

Director, Head of Business Division/Data Scientist

Graduated from University of Tsukuba. Founded AVILEN, Inc. after launching the website "Statistics for All Humankind (Current: AVILEN AI Trend)", the predecessor of AVILEN. I specialize in planning and executing system development projects using AI. I also serve as a skill definition committee member of the Data Scientist Association, and co-authored the "Official Reference Book for the Shortest Breakthrough Data Scientist Test (Literacy Level)".

Ryo Matsukura

Ryo Matsukura

Executive Officer, COO/Consultant

I hold degrees from the University of Tokyo and the Wharton School of Management at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Statistics/Finance. After working for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and a foreign strategic consulting firm, I supported new business creation for major companies, strategy development for startups, and DX for local governments, etc. At AVILEN, I am responsible for the execution of company-wide strategies. My personal interest is AI x web3, and I was involved in the drafting of the "web3 white paper" as a member of the web3PT working group of the LDP's Digital Society Promotion Headquarters. I am a DX advisor for Kyoto City and a lawyer.

Taku Ota

Taku Ota

Executive Officer, AIX Strategic Management/Consultant

After completing graduate school at the University of Tokyo, joined AVILEN after working as an executive officer at BCG and unilabo, Inc. At BCG, I am involved in strategy formulation and execution support on themes such as transformation and turnaround in industries such as manufacturing, telecommunications, finance, retail, and pharmaceuticals. At unilabo, Inc., I oversee five departments such as business planning, new sales, and CS as the person in charge of the core business, and is engaged in business growth.

Takuo Nishiki

Takuo Nishiki

Director, CFO

Graduated from Waseda University Graduate School. I have a career in investment banking for about 10 years and is well versed in M&A and general financial strategy. Most recently, as the person in charge of the corporate planning department of a listed company, I experienced operations such as capital and business alliances and IR. At AVILEN, I am not only responsible for finance, accounting, general affairs, and human resources, but also manage operations such as alliances with major companies, and have executed capital and business alliances with four listed companies.

Taneki Ono

Taneki Ono

Outside Director, Foreign Lawyer

Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, LL.M, Cornell University Law School, USA, Cornell Business School M.B.A. Since 1988, I have been a US attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. From 1997 to 2010 I worked at Goldman Sachs. I will serve as partner managing director for four years. After that, I served as Executive Officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Managing Director of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. From 2017 to June 2022, I will serve as Senior Managing Executive Officer of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., and from 2021 to June 2022, I will also serve as Senior Managing Executive Officer of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York Law)

Takefumi Yoshikawa

Takefumi Yoshikawa

Chief technical officer/Data Scientist

Graduated from the University of Tokyo. I have a history of winning awards such as passing the University of Tokyo Science Class 2 highest score, the Japan Biology Olympic Gold Prize in the final round, and the iGEM Gold Prize in the world competition of synthetic biology. AVILEN has a wide range of development projects such as image recognition, time series data analysis, and language processing. At the same time, I am in charge of supervising and teaching courses such as E qualification courses by making use of my abundant practical experience.

Masafumi Yokobori

Masafumi Yokobori

Executive Officer, General Manager of Build-up Strategy/Sales

Graduated from Gakushuin University in 2011. Since I graduated, I have consistently worked in the field of Sales & Marketing. After working atThe Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited and Recruit Co., Ltd., I was responsible for growth from the launch of the business and organization as the SaaS business manager of a sports healthcare startup company. After that, I was enrolled at Kaizen Platform, Inc. before and after the IPO, supporting DX consulting, PJT promotion, and UX improvement for about 30 companies, mainly major companies.

Atsushi Ikeda

Atsushi Ikeda

Executive Officer, CBO/Designer

After graduating from the Department of Design at Chiba University, engaged in car design for GT-R, Z, and models for North America at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. After moving to ITANDI, Inc., a real estate tech company, I launched a design organization as a design manager, managed the design quality of corporate and all products, and won the GOOD DESIGN award at the toC service OHEYAGO. As a brand manager at AVILEN, I am in charge of promoting branding measures and building an organization.

Shengfu Hsiao

Shengfu Hsiao

Executive Officer CTO

Graduated from National United University of Taiwan, Department of Architecture, and studied at Curtin University in Australia. 2008 came to Japan and engaged in development as an engineer in various business categories such as SaaS, EC site, game, and Sl. After that, I worked as CTO and general manager for about 8 years, leading IT strategy formulation, development organization construction, and QA supervision.

Yasuko Kodama

Yasuko Kodama

Full-time Auditor/Certified Public Accountant

In 2012, as a certified public accountant, engaged in audit work at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC for about 7 years. Established independently in 2019, engaged in consolidated financial settlement support for listed companies, IPO support, etc. In 2022, I joined AVILEN as a full-time auditor with the desire to be involved in the governance of a growing company.

Hiroyuki Yaji

Hiroyuki Yaji

Auditor/Certified Public Accountant

Graduated from Waseda University School of Commerce. After 23 years of career experience at Chuo Audit Corporation (Chuo Aoyama Audit Corporation), I moved to Shin Nihon Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) in 2007. I am mainly in charge of supporting and auditing companies preparing for listing. I have been involved in 17 IPOs as a partner. I have also been involved in business development activities and have been in charge of many publications and seminar lecturers. After retiring from Ernst & Young ShinNihon in 2022, I became an advisor to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation. Since 2023, I have been an AVILEN auditor.

Tsubasa Yamamoto

Tsubasa Yamamoto

Auditor/Lawyer

Since becoming a lawyer, I have consistently worked on supporting startups' intellectual property strategies, and in March 2020, published "Startup's Intellectual Property Strategy". In the same month, I received an Encouragement Award from the Patent Office as a start-up IP expert. In 2022, I won first place in the Intellectual Property Division of Weekly Toyo Keizai's "Ranking of Lawyers Chosen by Legal Department Members". From 2023, I established the law firm amaneku and became the representative lawyer of the firm.