Future business planning and creation by venture scanning, vision creation, and implementation through business development and strategic investments.

Hack Ventures was an Osaka-based VC fund created on behalf of City of Osaka. Raised 4.8 billion yen (i.e., $40 million) from major corporations in the Osaka area.

Leading and managing all the strategy consulting projects.

Responsible for R&D and product development of color photo films, which was Konica's flag ship product. Later, Hiroshi spearheaded a new digital-technology-based display development when he recognized the potential threat to the silver halide photo system by the digital technology. (Konica eventually shut down its entire color photo business in 2006.)