Toru Takasuka

Toru Takasuka (高須賀 宣, Takasuka Tōru, born 1966) is a Japanese software entrepreneur.

Takasuka founded Cybozu, one of Japan's first Web-based groupware products. In 1997 with a $200,000 loan and two partners, Takasuka left his position as Vice President of Matsushita Electric Works V-Internet Operations in Osaka, Japan for the small city of Matsuyama, where he went to work developing Cybozu.[1] Japanese for "cyber-kid", Cybozu held an Initial Public Offering within three years - at the time the fastest company rise to IPO in the history of Japan's Tosho 2 stock market. Today Cybozu is the number one groupware product in Japan.[2] In April 2005 Takasuka officially resigned his position as President and CEO at Cybozu to pursue his new vision for business collaboration on a more global level. In January 2006 Takasuka founded LUNARR, Inc. with his business partner, Hideshi Hamaguchi in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.[3] He currently lives in Portland, Oregon and Tokyo, Japan.[4]

Personal history

Born (1966, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan)[5]

Education

1990, B.S. in Engineering Management, Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Professional

Joins Matsushita Electric Works in 1990 in client-server networking and R&D. In 1994, develops Japan's first corporate Intranet with Hideshi Hamaguchi. In 1996, becomes Vice President/Director, V-Internet Operations Matsushita Electric Works, an in-house venture company he helped create.

Timeline

Leaves Matsushita Electric Works in 1997 to create Cybozu. Leaves Cybozu in 2005. January, 2006 creates LUNARR, Inc. in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

  • about.lunarr.com
  • ja:LUNARR Wikipedia.org Japanese
  • The Oregonian Article

References

  1. ↑ Read, R. (2006, February 12). After Cashing In His Chips At Home, Japanese Upstart Reboots In Portland. The Oregonian, pp.1,2
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  3. ↑ LUNARR - Create. Flip. Share Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ http://www.dreamgate.gr.jp/feature/interview/bestlife/36/
  5. ↑ LUNARR - Create. Flip. Share Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.


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