Experts

As a trusted partner to business leaders and transformation drivers, our experts help shape the future our clients aspire to,
providing end-to-end support from strategy formulation to execution.

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Toshihide Akagami

Vice President

Supports corporate and business strategy formulation, marketing, business transformation, system planning, R&D, and new business development in the telecommunications and utilities/energy sectors. Oversees DX initiatives across various industries and in the Chubu and Western Japan regions.

Ryohei Sasakawa

Vice President

Leads FORTIENCE CONSULTING's SCM/S&OP; helps clients enhance competitiveness through SCM process optimization, data-driven decision making, and business design and execution. Responsible for building alliance with partners and increasing engagement with customers.

Junichi Sudo

Vice President

Supports companies, primarily in the manufacturing sector, with market trend analysis, new strategy development, and business model evaluation; drives creation of unprecedented value in products and services, and restructuring of value chains for businesses facing challenges such as electrification (EV), GHG regulations, and fluidity and decline of workforce.

Hang Su

Vice President

Oversees Asia operations. With expertise in process improvement across sales, production, procurement, and planning in the manufacturing sector, he supports SCM transformation, shared services, core system restructuring, and change management; he has led numerous large-scale ERP/SCM projects.

Katsuhiko Arakawa

Exective Director

Supports wide range of industries and businesses from assembly manufacturing to materials, semiconductors, food, and beverage manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and transportation and aviation industries, working on medium- to long-term strategy planning and implementation, business process reform, and system implementation, as well as BOM-based management accounting.

Tadayasu Kato

Senior Managing Director

Helps consumer goods companies in food, beverage, liquor, daily goods, and cosmetics industries with reforming new product development processes, supply chains, etc. with experience in company-wide structural reforms, including standardization of operations across group companies and restructuring of core systems.

Masanori Kato

Senior Managing Director

Supports engineering chain reforms in the manufacturing industry, offering end-to-end assistance on operational, IT, and business challenges—from hypothesis formulation and conceptualization to roadmap development, execution, and implementation.

Taku Kimura

Senior Managing Director

Drives IT infrastructure optimization and cloud migration across various industries; focuses on cybersecurity measures for sectors handling sensitive information, leveraging his expertise to lead system and internal audits.

Takuya Shigenobu

Senior Managing Director

Helps medical institutions and healthcare and life sciences companies, including pharmaceutical companies in new drug development and medical device manufacturers in go-to-market strategies, drive innovation. The focus is on promoting medical DX, leveraging generative AI to transform how medical institutions operate, and advancing digital therapeutics.

Keita Shimoyama

Senior Managing Director

Supports resolution of CFO agendas by promoting the use of DX and generative AI in financial management, implementing management control that incorporates ESG activities, driving proactive IR transformation, and introducing supply chain finance.

Fumitake Yanagisawa

Senior Managing Director

Supports IT-driven business transformation for banking, securities, insurance, and non-bank companies. Leverages extensive experience in corporate planning, product development, finance, sales, marketing, and risk & compliance.

Makoto Yamamoto

Senior Managing Director

Helps CIOs and IT/digital departments with strategy formulation, management reform, and organizational transformation. The support includes growth of IT/digital departments through MVV redefinition, strengthening collaboration with management and business departments, DX planning and promotion, as well as improving business sophistication and efficiency.

Masahito Iwasa

Managing Director

Leads optimization and advancement of HR operations and talent management through HR technology, digital transformation of work styles, and people analytics. Supports organizations across industries in formulating strategies for human capital management and developing DX talent.

Shinya Umino

Managing Director

Drives enterprise-wide digital transformation and the shift to data-driven management for manufacturers, from strategy development through execution and adoption. Leads ERP modernization initiatives that combine ERP standardization with AI-enabled utilization of enterprise data. From a product- and vendor-neutral perspective, supports enterprise architecture design and IT investment roadmap development.

Nobuhiro Okabe

Managing Director

Leads supply chain planning and execution, organizational and talent development in the accounting domain, business reform, and mid-term digital transformation initiatives, primarily focusing on Thailand's manufacturing, distribution, and trading sectors. Manages local consultants in business reforms for non-Japanese companies.

Izumi Ogino

Managing Director

Has supported clients, primarily manufacturers, in implementing enterprise solutions centered on SAP S/4HANA to address key management challenges. Aligns with clients on business issues from the earliest stages and provides hands-on, end-to-end support tailored to their needs, from strategy development through system implementation and adoption. Goes beyond system implementation to drive business transformation and help resolve management challenges.

Kaoru Kanazawa

Managing Director

Enhances corporate competitiveness by reinforcing and deepening management foundations. Drives growth in core and existing businesses through digital transformation, strategic planning, operational reform, organizational restructuring, business management optimization, cultural transformation, and leadership development.

Hiroyuki Kawashima

Managing Director

Assists manufacturing companies in planning, implementing, and deploying technology and production strategies. Specializes in business reforms, including engineering chain process optimization, BOM restructuring, and the implementation of core systems such as PLM and ERP.

Naotaka Kameyama

Managing Director

Leads end-to-end initiatives to transform CIO and IT organizations and drives sustained business value. Provides support across a wide range of topics —including IT strategy development, mid-term planning, system planning and execution, IT organizational reform, enhancement of IT capabilities, and optimization of IT subsidiaries— in a hands-on, collaborative manner to maximize the value of IT functions.

Takanori Kurahashi

Managing Director

Provides support in addressing cybersecurity threats by developing appropriate measures using frameworks and ensuring sustainable operations. Focuses on deriving resilient systems and organizational architectures through security-by-design principles.

Daisuke Koyama

Managing Director

Has led numerous transformation initiatives across the utilities, energy, heavy industry, and transportation sectors, including customer experience enhancement, sales transformation, back-office reform, IT strategy development, IT investment planning, and implementation. Provides end-to-end support from strategy development through value realization, leveraging digital technologies, AI, BPO, and strategic alliances.

Sayaka Sakamoto

Managing Director

Leads procurement and purchasing reforms and business and organizational transformation. Helps clients with procurement strategy, process reform, and supplier management, as well as driving transformation through operational hyper-automation and generative AI, and shared services and BPO implementation.

Takanori Sakimoto

Managing Director

As a business architect, leads business-driven transformation from an enterprise-wide perspective by designing business architectures aligned with strategic objectives and developing transformation roadmaps to execute business strategy. Brings deep expertise in business architecture strategy, enterprise transformation program design, project planning, and program management through execution, helping organizations realize a wide range of transformation initiatives.

Taishi Sato

Managing Director

Leads digital transformation for companies by leveraging advanced technologies. Supports business model transformation, new service design, customer and marketing reform, and digital talent development, primarily in the service, retail, distribution, and manufacturing sectors.

Toshio Shikuya

Managing Director

Assists Japanese companies in entering, expanding, and strengthening their global operations, as well as creating synergies following acquisitions. For the Japanese market, he supports clients in formulating business strategies, developing visions and values for corporate integrations, and driving business and system transformation initiatives.

Tetsuya Shishido

Managing Director

Primarily helps the manufacturing industry with global supply chain, supporting strategy development, new supply chain network construction, SCM/S&OP business reform, organizational reform, SCM talent development, and creation of digital supply chain twin.

Tetsuya Suzuki

Managing Director

Working with experts possessing both accounting and IT knowledge to digitalize accounting operations for companies in the automotive, chemical, and retail industries, as well as trading firms. Also driving organizational and mindset reforms to transform traditional accounting functions into a modern finance department.

Naoko Takayama

Managing Director

Provides comprehensive support for manufacturing innovation, from cost planning during product development to the redesign of cost accounting and analysis methods, as well as system implementation and post-launch adoption. Areas of focus include profit simulation for business strategy, budgetary control, SCM/S&OP and production management transformation, Smart Factory initiatives, and Carbon Footprint management.

Shinsuke Takei

Managing Director

Specializes in supporting manufacturers through business, data, and system transformation, from strategy development through execution. Brings deep expertise in business and system reform enabled by data governance and data-driven management. Leveraging ECM and SCM expertise, leads PMI planning and execution in manufacturing environments while also addressing cultural integration.

Takashi Tamai

Managing Director

Provides consistent support for business and system reforms in healthcare-related industries, covering the entire value chain. Specializes in medical DX projects, driving data utilization across various phases—from business requirement analysis to strategy development, dissemination, and field validation.

Satoshi Nakajima

Managing Director

Supports consumer goods manufacturers, particularly vertically segmented group companies, in corporate culture transformation, awareness enhancement, and system development through collaborative reforms. Drives operational and IT improvements while aiding structural reforms and competitiveness enhancement.

Makoto Hara

Managing Director

Helps the Japanese government developing technologies and businesses in the fields of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food, and biotechnology. For private sector, he assists many companies, universities and other research institutions in TNFD trial disclosures and integrated pest management demonstrations to solve various problems.

Jun Hirabayashi

Managing Director

Collaborates with the Japanese government and international organizations to provide comprehensive support for establishing private businesses in emerging markets, from research to demonstration and commercialization. Engages in market research, fundraising, and capability enhancement to expand digital assets in overseas markets, including developed countries.

Junichiro Fuchikami

Managing Director

Leads CX transformation in sales and marketing. Specializes in business strategy, sales reform, and change management, supporting large-scale organizational transformations to optimize customer touchpoints such as sales, marketing, and contact centers.

Shigeru Maki

Managing Director

Provides support for business reform, DX promotion, and system implementation and restructuring for public institutions, including central government agencies, local governments, and independent administrative corporations. Serves as an ICT advisor for designated cities and a digital transformation advisor for core cities.

Kensaku Mizushima

Managing Director

Leads resolution of future challenges for major convenience stores, drugstores, apparel companies, and e-commerce businesses by focusing on shifts in consumer needs. Drives digital transformation in Japan's distribution industry, spearheading business and system strategy formulation as well as company-wide operational reforms.

Takamitsu Mitsubayashi

Managing Director

Supports Japan's manufacturing industry with global SCM/S&OP reforms and also focuses on SCM talent development, helping Japanese manufacturers strengthen their competitiveness. In recent years he promotes sophistication of corporate management by building xP&A processes.

Toshihiko Minami

Managing Director

Supports manufacturing industry reforms in a rapidly evolving environment, from business strategy and process design to system implementation. Drives transformation with a broad range of solutions, including PLM and ERP, from both business and operational perspectives.

Shuichi Muroi

Managing Director

Leads implementation of SAP solutions across LOBs, system optimization, and digital value chain transformation. Supports adoption and integration of cloud-based business applications centered on full digital innovation.

Wataru Morizaki

Managing Director

Supports ERP implementation in the manufacturing industry, from conceptualization to execution, with an integrated and collaborative approach. Engages as a PMO and business domain expert, evaluating vendor proposals and quality from a third-party perspective while assisting client operations.

Takahiro Yanagisawa

Managing Director

Supports business strategy formulation, new business development, product and service innovation, and growth across diverse industries. Leads asset-based thinking for business creation for large enterprises. Focuses on generating business ideas that scale operations effectively.

Kazuhiro Yoshinaga

Managing Director

Provides end-to-end support for enhancing enterprise performance management, covering both operational processes and system transformation. Areas of focus include budgeting, cost control, compliance with IFRS and other accounting standards, finance function BPR, digitalization of accounting operations, accounting for servitization in manufacturing, and sustainability-related financial processes. Delivers customized solutions through a hands-on, collaborative approach—supporting clients from strategic planning through to full operational integration.

Toshiharu Adachi

Director

Supports small and midsize companies in management improvement and turnarounds. Identifies key issues, formulates optimal solutions, and drives implementation. Strengthens management foundations and fosters awareness to build self-sustaining improvement systems.

Shigeki Kawano

Director

Helps Japanese companies and local Vietnamese companies in Vietnam with DX, leading local consultants to provide a wide range of support including manufacturing and logistics efficiency improvement, sales force enhancement, digital marketing, CX analysis, and core system implementation.