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We are a consultancy service, privately held and founded in May, 2008. We are committed to our clients, and seek to exceed expected levels of service for each of them. Each of our experienced consultants handles only a few clients at a time, and we won't take on work loads that would keep us from providing excellent customer service to all of our clients. |
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 Nick has helped over sixty U.S. technology companies form strategic partnerships in Japan and Asia to date. These activities include establishing sales organizations, channel development, identifying OEM customers, securing strategic customers/partners, and investor introductions.
Before co-founding KyuMaru, Nick was a partner of Asia Pacific Ventures where he was a leading business development consultant for 11 years. From 2001-2005, Nick was with Flextronics (FLEX). He was the leader of Flextronics Japan K.K. from its inception in 2001 and managed Japan operations as the Representative Director for four years. Under Nick’s leadership, Flextronics Japan gained over $500 million in revenue from Japanese electronics manufacturers. Nick has also held various positions at Novellus Systems (NVLS), Applied Materials (AMAT), and Dainippon Screen Manufacturing, Ltd in Japan. Nick was born and raised in Japan. He is a US Citizen and holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Tokai University in Japan.  |
 Akira has over 30 years experience in software and computer engineering.
Akira has been developing mail archiving systems for many years using open source software including Linux, PostgreSQL and Tomcat. As a consulting engineer with KyuMaru Pacific Alliances, he has provided technology and engineering support for both Japan-based and US-based clients.
Before working with KyuMaru, he was an engineer with Fuji Xerox for over 20 years, including three years as resident engineer in the US to support joint development between US and Japan. Akira received the Fuji Xerox President's Award in 1991 for his exceptional contributions.
Akira was born in Japan. He received a B.S. in Electronics from Saitama University, Japan in 1975. He is fluent in English and Japanese. |
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 David has been developing business between US high technology companies and Japanese companies since 1987. He has achieved international business development objectives for a number of US and Japanese companies. Before co-founding KyuMaru, he was a partner of Asia Pacific Ventures, where he was a leading business development consultant for 8 years. In 1995, David founded a software enterprise within Fuji Xerox to build channels and technology partners in Japan for US products. In addition to business development, David has over thirteen years of experience as a software engineering executive. He brings an extensive background in large-scale networked systems, the intricacies of multicultural engineering efforts, the challenges of rapidly changing marketplaces, and the demands required to establish a product in a new market. Mr. McQuilkin received the highest award at Xerox, the Xerox President's Award, for outstanding results in 1991. David recieved a B.S. in Physics from Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL in 1975 and is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as well as the IEEE. He resided in Japan for over sixteen years, and now resides in California, traveling to Japan about once per month.   |
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