Hiroshi H. Email & Phone Number

Aarhus, Middle Jutland, Denmark

Aarhus, Middle Jutland, Denmark

I deliver a unique and effective active learning experience to MBA students through case method, interactive discussion and my professional experience in R&D investment, M&A and corporate transformation. Constantly achieved “Excellent” feedback from students (over 4 average out of 5).Experienced and flexible in both physical and online teaching using Zoom.

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Aarhus, Middle Jutland, Denmark

Developed web and mobile applications for various clients in different industries and sizes. Analyzed and prioritized clients' business challenges and requirements to propose optimal and effective IT solutions to drive the their digital transformation and business process automation. Designed and implemented a large-scale e-commerce system that integrates various systems and smoothly made the live launch (PHP, C#, React/TypeScript, CSS, MySQL, SQLite, MS SQL, Dynamics 365, Magento, Umbraco, Azure, AWS).

Aarhus, Denmark

Provided a software development consultation and prototype development for startup companies in a very early stage, facilitating their ideas to a working prototype.

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Managed a group of 15 professional analysts to develop and execute corporate R&D strategies. Directly presented C-level executives with execution plans for annual R&D investment of $600M, process transformation and M&A post-merger integrations.[Data Analysis and Strategy Development]1) Analyzed Xerox and Fuji Xerox’s product portfolios to identify redundancies and proposed a solid post-merger convergence plan to capture $200M synergy in product development.2) Developed and proposed short- & long-term product development plan along with key financial KGIs/KPIs KGIs and KPIs using various quantitative analyses, such as product competitiveness, R&D productivity and financial performance.3) Led multinational teams in Japan, US, Singapore and China to execute process transformation to reduce R&D cost of $10M.4) Proposed and executed consolidation of R&D subsidiary company, Fuji Xerox Advance Technologies, to enhance Fuji Xerox's R&D capability in AI and IoT while reducing the overhead cost of $10M.5) Led cross-functional teams to reduce complexity in the product development process to achieve time-to-market improvement from 26 to 18 months.[Team Management and Mentoring]Rapidly enhanced the performance of the newly formed team by drawing a concrete talent development plan for each member, designing stretched tasks and providing frequent one-on-one mentoring.

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Identified and analyzed data, such as customer data, market share, R&D internal data and financial data in business development and process digitalization projects. Applied an issue-driven approach to manage cross-functional teams and to clarify ambiguous objectives.[Project Management]1) Continuously launched and managed R&D projects, such as new business development, product development projects and process transformation projects (2-3 projects a year). Applied Lean Startup and Agile Development Process to manage cross-functional stakeholders and uncertainties and to achieve rapid prototyping. 2) Led a team of Marketing, Product Development & Management, Supply Chain and Manufacturing to identify cost-saving opportunities in R&D and production, and reduced annual cost of production by EUR 10m.[Strategic Thinking/Analytics]Identified significant trends that may impact Fuji Xerox in the next five years, assessed the impact quantitatively and highlighted emerging opportunities to facilitate senior executives’ decision making on the long-term R&D direction.[Data Analysis]Prototyped a model to analyze usage logs collected from 1 million printers in the Asia Pacific and institutionalize a new field engineering operation, which contributed to $10-20M annual cost reduction.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

[Entrepreneurship]Founded an IT-based startup with a colleague from the Tepper School of Business. Jointly produced a business plan and product plans for the GlobaTrek platform service, which streamlined communications and transactions between exporters and importers. [Software Product Development]Defined system architecture using PHP/ORM on MySQL/AWS and developed GlobaTrek prototype from idea to release in 3 months with 3 interns by applying iterative development to focus on key activities. The prototype contributed to customer acquisition and an invitation to the Plug and Play Acceleration Program in Silicon Valley.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Pursued an MBA with corporate sponsorship from Fuji Xerox and majored in International Business. [Leadership]Spearheaded to practice leadership role as the Vice President of the student government. Enriched the student experience through proactive communication among key stakeholders including the dean, students, administration and the faculties to identify and resolve complex issues.

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Designed, developed and tested embedded software platform for multifunction printers using Executable UML/C/C++/Assembler. [Technological Innovation]1) Invented a new energy-efficient technology, which contributed DocuCentre-III C2200 series to winning the 10th Grand Prize for Excellence in Energy Efficiency and Conservation in 2008.2) Invented a patented virtual memory management software to improve the performance of embedded OS by 30%. 3) Proposed and led experimental projects, such as the development of prototype on a hypervisor with multicore CPUs.Submitted eight pending patents related to embedded systems and energy-efficient software technology.[Collaboration]Represented Fuji Xerox Software Development Department to lead a joint project with Xerox in the U.S. and Europe to develop prototype software for evaluation. Identified, prioritized and resolved technical issues with foreign engineers to meet schedule and requirements.[Analytics]Applied Total Quality Management to quality assurance procedure to identify the bottleneck and successfully reduced man-hours spent on the procedure by 30%.

Sydney, Australia

[Product Development]Invented a unique software solution to control legacy high-voltage industrial motors at remote sites in regional areas in Australia. Contributed to Toshiba R&D in Japan by implementing the solid prototype as a proof of concept.

Sydney, Australia

Upgraded existing industrial motor control software used in factory equipment.Proposed a project to develop remote control software for high voltage industrial motors, and won approval to continue contract after summer internship.

Master, Mba

Activities and Societies: Vice President of the Graduate Business Association (Student Government 2011-2012), Leader of the Tepper.

Mengsc, Computer Engineering And Science

Be/Me, Computer Engineering/Biomedica Engineering

Activities and Societies: Vice President of the Nippon Students Association (2003), Assistant Director of Studies of Warrane College.

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