Tokyo Institute of Technology / Ms. (Eng)
University of California, Berkeley / MBA

Masa was involved in the development of microsatellites at Kyushu University. Next at Mitsui & Co., Ltd. he promoted the overseas electric power business, building power futures trading and revenue models using weather data. He also previously worked at Metaps Inc. where he was engaged in analyzing consumer data. His favorite mackerel is chub mackerel.

Kyushu University / Ms. (Eng)

Takuma was involved in the development of the largest social gaming platform in Japan at GREE, Inc. Later at Metaps Inc., he developed native application, server side, and SDK for the analysis services of mobile applications and videos. His specialty is image processing. His favorite water type pokemon is Wailord.

Tokyo University of Science / Ms. (Eng)

Takeshi was responsible for a server-side development of SNS and chat services at GREE, Inc. he also was responsible for the server-side development of new businesses at Nextbeat Co. Ltd. His specialty is machine learning. His favorite sea song is Shimaguni DNA .

Kyoto University / Ms. (Eng)

Toru studied marine ecosystem engineering, specifically fish farming related fluid simulations. Also previously at GREE, Inc. and CrowdWorks, Inc. he dealt with consumer web services, such as automation for infrastructure operation and application development. His favorite triangle is the Polynesian Triangle.

University of Tokyo / Ms. (Eng)

Tomo developed printer systems at Canon IT Solutions Inc. Also as a full stack engineer at COLOPL, Inc. he developed both the server and application side of popular titles. At Metaps, Inc., as lead engineer, he developed the SDK and server side of the mobile measurement platform. His favorite sea is the Adriatic Sea.

Kyoto University / Ms. (BioSc)

Shinji previously was involved with designing the structure of electronic musical instruments and audio equipment in the product design department at Yamaha Corporation, he was responsible for the planning, demonstration, and collaboration for new business development. His favorite seafood meal is maki Cevichado.

University of Tokyo / Bs. (Eng)

At MUFG Bank Ltd. Akiko was in charge of corporate sales for small and mid-sized enterprises where she was recognized by the corporate sector. Next at LIFULL Co. Ltd. she was in charge of recruitment of new graduates for salaried positions. Her favorite cup noodles are seafood noodles.

Keio University / Ba. (Law)

Yudai previously worked at Hitachi Zosen Corporation where he was in charge of piping design of the plant’s EPC project. Afterwards he was involved in the detail design and construction management of a chemical plant, he also has dealt with the construction management of a desalination plant in Qatar, which currently has the largest capacity ever built by Hitachi Zosen. He has managed diverse teams of engineers, subcontractors, and venders from both Asia and European countries. His favorite fish is horse mackerel.

Kyushu University / Ms. (Eng)

Manami had worked for Works Applications Co.,Ltd., Japanese ERP package maker. She experienced a wide range of system developing works from upstream to downstream like making concept, programming with several languages, quality assurance, introduction, and maintenance. She has become the first female Vice President of development division in recognition of the experience of managing new product development. And additionally, She covered the entire work from team management including offshore members to customer explanation. Her favorite deep-sea creature is Danbo Octopus.

Kyushu University / Ba. (Edu)

Nicholas was involved in climatology data collection and processing in the Brazil National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Both his master and Ph.D. were focused on identifying human patterns and applying that to robotics applications. His postdoctoral research was conducted in Chubu University, using IoT to improve human-robot interaction. His favorite sea monster is the kraken.

Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte / Ph.D. (Eng)

Joyce studied Marine Science at the University of Tasmania before returning to Singapore to work in a number of roles ranging from Animal Presentation to Conservation Education and Outreach. She was part of the pre-opening team of one of the largest aquariums in Asia, and later on went to manage the Conservation, Outreach and Education arm of Singapore’s national marine research station at St. John’s Island. She also has experience as a speciality broker in JLT Specialty Pte Ltd (recently merged with Marsh and McLennan Companies), leading the Food and Agribusiness regional team to manage the Asia Pacific portfolio, with a focus on Aquaculture and Marine Science.Her favourite marine mammal is the Killer Whale.

University of Tasmania / Bs. (MarineSc)

Kosuke majored in computer vision. His research interests are related to 3D geometry including 3D reconstruction and camera calibration. Previously at NTT Media Intelligence laboratories he focused on the application of computer vision techniques to sports performance enhancement. He developed a first of its kind VR baseball training system in collaboration with a professional baseball team. He has received numerous awards including the NTT president's award and the “Best Open Source Code'' second prize in CVPR 2012. He is a big fan of the Yokohama DeNA Baystars.

Kyoto University / Ph.D. (Info)

Kanetaka was previously involved with manufacturing auto, ship and medical equipment parts in the suspension spring division at NHK Spring Corporation. He experienced a wide range of operations in the manufacturing process, including automatic production line setup, yield improvement, production personnel optimization, and new product development. He also managed the manufacturing cost reduction project for their main products. His favorite seafood meal is bonito roasted over a straw-fueled fire.

Tohoku University / Ms. (Eng)

Acta studied marine science and technology. He was involved in many academic projects since undergraduate students. Most of his work was developing the embedded system for ocean sensing applications. During his assignment, he has experience with the various microcontrollers, FPGA, and SoC. Fatty tuna is his favorite sushi topping.

Bogor Agricultural University / Ms. (Eng)

Lin studied psychology. After working as a system engineer developing systems for financial companies, she worked at Xica co.,Ltd developing a statistical analysis platform for commercials. She now hopes to make a contribution to the world's protein supply at Umitron. Her favorite poet’s name is Haizi (son of the ocean).

Tokyo University / Ms. (info)

Shota had worked for Works Applications Co.,Ltd., Japanese ERP package maker as developer. After that, joined to the startup his friends founded as first full time co-worker. He became freelancer engineer after developing of vacation rental operation system. During freelancer period, experienced to develop more than ten systems. His favorite fish is eel.

Osaka prefecture university / Ba. (Human sociology)

At university, Tuomo studied Physics and Int’l marketing. Before joining Umitron, he developed products and processes, and managed QEHS in the elevator (KONE) and marine (Wärtsilä) industries. His favorite vehicle is sailboat.

Helsinki University of Technology / MSc. (Eng)

Tetsuro was responsible for infrastructure design, operation and optimization of various services at GREE, Inc., and he was in charge of launching and managing several projects in the US and Vietnam branches for two years. His favorite fish is saury.

University of Tsukuba / Ms. (InfoSci)

Chikako previously worked for Murakami Farm,an agriculture and technology company doing sales and promotion for plant vegetables. After that, she helped to connect growers and chefs by providing sales support via a commercial distribution platform, as well as a specialty ownership service for local produce. In every, Inc., she participated in the retail project of a culinary media company, proposing solutions to retailers based on consumer perspectives. In UMITRON, she is in-charge of promoting sustainably farmed fish. Her favourite pose is SUSHI-ZANMAI.

Hiroshima university / Ba. (Biological science)

Tom worked to develop the Indian seafood business project at Maruha Nichiro Corporation. Also, as a sales and marketing, he achieved revenue growth of frozen seafood through trading business. After MN, he was enrolled in an MBA program in India as well as Norway. His memorable harbor is Dutch Harbor.

Nagoya University / Ms. (Environmental study)
Indian School of Business / MBA

Yukari studied and conducted research in the aquacultural ecosystem at University of Tokyo after finishing her Bachelor’s Degree in marine science. Her Master’s Degree consists of a double degree in International Development for Fisheries and Biodiversity. She has 10+ years of experience in research and consulting, focusing on the primary and food industries. She started her career at Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc., which is one of the major think tanks in Japan. Later in her career, she supported Deloitte Japan’s Public Sector business. Additionally, she spent three years at an international culinary institute where she helped establish a joint degree on food management with a local university and developed food export strategies for external organizations. Her favorite marine animal is the dolphin.

University of Tokyo / Ms. (Agriculture)

Jin’s speciality is satellite remote sensing and server side engineering. He researched Land Use and Land Cover Maps using satellite remote sensing and developed a data platform for it’s validation when he was a graduate student. After graduating, he joined Gunosy Inc. as Machine Learning Engineer, and got experience widely (e.g. backend engineering and frontend engineering). He joined Umitron because of his love for fish and satellite remote sensing. His favorite fish is Marbled Bichir.

University of Tsukuba / Ms. (EnvSci)

Gustavo got his degree in Aquaculture Engineering at Andres Bello University, Santiago de Chile, before working on recirculating aquaculture systems and accumulating over ten years of experience in the field. While working in Puerto Montt, a production hub for the Chilean salmon industry, he completed a second degree in Industrial Civil Engineering at San Sebastian University. As a professional, he is always looking to improve and innovate and believes that teamwork and great relationships are vital to achieving positive results and saving the world. Gustavo's favorite seafood dish is Paila al Pil Pil.

Andres Bello University / Ba. (Aquaculture Eng）
San Sebastian University / Ba. (Industrial Civil Eng)

Ryota majored in remote sensing. He researched crop monitoring using satellite data and images from UAVs when he was a graduate student. He also experienced development in several projects, such as a smart-phone application to easily analyze sports videos, with support by the Division of University Corporate Relations in The University of Tokyo. After working as an internship, he joined Umitron as its first new graduate. His favorite satellite is GRACE.

University of Tokyo / Ms. (Eng)

Takashi majored in computer vision. Previously at NTT Media Intelligence laboratories he researched object recognition and action recognition and promoted its business application. On the research side, he was accepted for the second consecutive year by IROS, the top conference in the field of robotics. In terms of application, he focused on the implementation of business support for retail stores based on product recognition. His favorite source of creatine is bigeye tuna.

Nagoya University / Ph.D. (info)

After studying econometrics at university, he joined Recruit Corporation, the parent company of indeed. He worked as project manager in overall projects for human resource media, store payment services, and used car search services. He was awarded the company-wide MVP award for his contribution to improving the lead time of development projects by improving the development process. After working for a start-up in the game industry, joined UMITRON. The origin of his name is “Be having a mind as broad as the sea”. His favorite sushi topping is Japanese pilchard.

Kyushu Univ. / Ba. (Economics)

Masato majored in underwater robotics at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, where he won first prize in the underwater robot competition in 2013. He started his career at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., developing motion guidance control, kinetic modelling and embedded applications for robots. He later worked at DENSO Corporation, where he was involved in system development, including specification design and quality evaluation of advanced safety technology products. His hobby is developing marine products. His favorite underwater robot is TUNA-SAND.

Kyushu Institute of Technology / Ms. (Eng)

After studying marine engineering, Russell went off to explore the world working on large cargo ships. Returning to the UK he became involved in manufacturing machinery for the food sector and then high-speed carton production. A chance came up to working in a large Scottish salmon producer and 23 years later he is still involved in the industry he really enjoys. His diverse (but connected) roles in aquaculture included H&S, HR, project engineering, genetics, breeding and research for UK and Norwegian companies. Always had a keen interest in creativity and innovation that improves the way we do things. His favorite fish is Patagonian Toothfish.

University of the West of Scotland / BSc (Eng)

Joined ITOCHU Corporation after graduation and engaged in coffee and cheese trading. Temporally sent to convenience stores chain and experienced coffee serving machine development, coffee related R&D, marchandising, marketing, customer experience improvement. Joined UMITRON to make contributions to the local primary industry. Favorite fish/sea related song is “Shiranami top water” by Sakanaction.

International Christian University/ Ba.(Psycholinguistics)

After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BSc in Economics and International relations, Chris spent over 8 years in the media and advertising industry. He has worked in a start-up which eventually got acquired by his most recent employer Haymarket Media. His roles have seen him sell and develop advertising solutions for a variety of technology clients across the UK, US, EMEA and APAC. In 2021 Chris completed a Master’s with SOAS University of London in Climate Change and Development focussing on Food Security. He loves drumming and exploring coral reefs.

SOAS University of London, MSc (Climate Change & Development)

Yuki Joined Kakaku.com, Inc and engaged in advertising sales to major consumer electronics manufacturers for a price comparison site and service development for a restaurant site. He also experienced the launch and growth phase of a new business as a product manager for a restaurant gourmet e-commerce service. Yuki is a big fan of ocean and fish, and joined Umitron to protect the future ocean environment. His favorite fishing boat is Minosuke Maru (filefish boat).

University of Tsukuba / Bs. (LIS)

Fedi majored in nanotechnology and advanced electronics from the national school of sciences and advanced technologies. He started his career as manufacturer engineer in Sagemcom where he managed the complete lifecycle of products from conception to market and ensured planning and monitoring of industrialization projects. He later worked at Vacan Corp as an electronic design engineer where he was involved in designing IoT devices which operate to detect vacancy status. Royal dorade is his favorite fish.

National School of Advanced Science and Technology of Borj Cédria / Ms.(Eng)

Hiroki specialized in ecology in graduate school, where he worked on specimen data analysis in museums, insect population simulations, and accelerating cellular automata. Although he pursued a doctoral degree on a whim, he realized that he was mostly focused on programming and decided to work as a software engineer. He joined Umitron, where he can apply his knowledge of ecology. His favorite conidae is Conus textile.

University of Tsukuba / Ms. (Sci)

Takahito studied ecology. He worked on developing an application to store and share data collected in the field in a standard format in biology (Darwin Core) at university. After graduation, he worked on a wide range of projects from native app to back-end at Yahoo Japan Corporation and NN Life Insurance Japan. He has always loved the ocean, and it has led him to biology. His favorite sea is Kashimanada.

University of Tsukuba / Bs. (Sci)

After graduating from university, Nobuhisa engaged in accounting at companies such as steel making, real estate investment, and thermal power plant construction industries.He had aspirations to make use of his extensive experience and the best knowledge of finance, management, tax accounting, supervision of accounting and legal operations associated with the launch of overseas subsidiaries, and management of accounting team in a startup company, which is why he joined UMITRON. His hobby is jogging on the beach.

Osaka University / Ms. (International Public Policy)

Ryohei majored in botany at graduate level in university before working in TLO Kyoto, Inc., to create new businesses based on new technologies. His expertise in technology transfer services include skills ranging from the formulation of commercialization strategies, development of alliance companies, technology analysis, acquisition of intellectual property rights and strategy formulation, and support for start-ups. His previous career history spans a wide range of industries, including Life Sciences, Chemistry, AI, Robotics, Telecommunications, machinery and disaster prevention, with a successful commercial track record in each of them. His favorite grilled fish is kama-yaki.

Toho Universiy / Ms. (Sc.)

PowLook started his career as an engineer working in MNCs in the computer storage industries. After a number of years, he joined several startups. Along the way he started an eLearning company with his classmates during the dot.com era. He also co-founded a nanotech company with some researchers from the university to commercialise technologies patented in the university, focusing on renewable energy. Being a data-driven person he taught himself data analytics and went back to school to upgrade his skills in this area. He completed his M.Tech in Intelligent Systems in 2022 and also won an award for the best project for his cohort. He plays Pokemon Go and his favorite water pokemon is the Gyarados.

National University of Singapore / M.Tech (Intelligent Systems)

Houari graduated from physics department with a bachelor degree and continued with IT management study for master's degree. Afterwards, he was involved in development of MPEG standardization during doctoral study, followed by working on object detection and tracking topics for the dissertation. He then moved to KDDI Research in Japan to be involved in research work related to object analysis in digital image and video. Favorite Japanese voice actress with water kanji in her name: Minase Inori.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology / Ph.D. (Info)

Takuya began teaching himself programming during his elementary school years, focusing on developing games and websites on his own. He majored in ecology at university and graduate school, where he delved into research such as simulations of trait evolution. Upon graduation, he joined NewsPicks, Inc. as a software engineer. As a member of the B2B service development team, he handled a wide range of development tasks from frontend to cloud infrastructure. His favorite shark is the frilled shark.

University of Tsukuba / Ms. (Sci)

Dr. Radiarta previously built a spatial information system that utilized satellite weather data and modeling to improve sustainable aquaculture. He currently serves as the Director of the Institute for Marine Research and Observation (IMRO) in Indonesia and is an advisor of UMITRON. His favorite island is Bali.

Hokkaido University / Ph.D. (Fisheries)

Dr. Fauzi is a biologist specializing in fish nutrition & health. As a researcher at Texas A & M he performed studies on alternative fish feed nutrition and the physiological changes of fish farmed in saltwater and freshwater environments. His favorite seafood is yellow tail donburi.

Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology / Ph.D. (Agr)