Founder and Principal of Meta Associates, a consulting syndicate specialized on cyber security and digital privacy, also keeping eyes on emerging technology such as AI and Biotech. Based in Tokyo and active internationally abroad for working projects. An Advisory Board member of Privacy Interneational headquartered in London, UK.Keen to predict and analyse risks, mechanisms, and averting remedies for the issues in networked society, cyber policies, and international affairs by utilizing various open source intelligence.Planner + Organizer + Connector + Project Manager + Coordinator + Negotiator + Research Analyst for research projects, strategy development for startup/mid stage venture companies, security/privacy assessment, and event production. Vast exeriences in international technology conference/event organizing, stage production management, technology jounarism, and inter-cultural marketing. worked with KPMG FAS, Neoteny, Blackhat Briefings, Dentsu, Hakuhodo, Panasonic Healthcare, also many corporations cannot be named by NDA.Harnessed with backgrounds of stage event management, software/hardware design, human/social behavioral understandings, and various research in global Internet policies, high tech startup scene, information security, blockchain & crypto, AI & machine learning, privacy technologies, social networks, user generated content media, virtual reality, computer graphics, fashion, biotech. Lecturer at conferences/seminars/university classes on cyber security/digital privacy. Supplied research reports to Japan's government ministries, and corporations in telecom, electronics, energy sectors. corporations.Planner + Project Manager + Coordinator for security assessment & research projects: - Network penetration tests: e-commerce & infrastructure corps. - Contingency simulation tabletop exercise: electronics manufacturing & web services. - Policy research on privacy: Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communication. - Critical infrastructure security research: telcom & electric power corps in Japan. Organizer/Production coordinator: - PacSec/CanSecWest (2009-current)- Black Hat Japan (2004-7)Professional journalist for over 10 yrs: - HotWired Japan, Wired Japan, Internet Magazine, CNET Japan, others. 1 of 4 stage managers at 1993 YMO Tokyo Dome concert.Specialties: Project Planning & Management, Social Media interaction, Technology Research, network security, privacy protection tech, Internet business continuity, and critical infrastructure protection.