Faculty
Philosophical Entrepreneurship Studies Adjunct ProfessorYoichiro HIRANO
- 【Specialized Fields】
- Software, Entrepreneurship, MOT, Business Management, and Leadership.
- 【Background】
- Founder President/CEO, Asteria Corporation (TSE Prime Listing)
President, Blockchain Promotion Council of Japan (BCCC)
Principal, Hitoyoshi-Kuma Nenchu Elementary School, etc.
After dropping out of Kumamoto University's Faculty of Engineering, he participated in the establishment of a software development venture. He then held marketing positions at Lotus K.K. (now IBM Japan). In 1998, he founded Infoteria (now Asteria) Inc. and became President and Representative Director (current position). Listed on TSE Mothers in 2007; listed on TSE 1st section in 2018.
From 2008 to 2011, he was a visiting professor at the graduate school of Aoyama Gakuin University in addition to his main job.
- 【Message】
- Raising the software industry's Hideo Nomo! In Japan, there are far fewer entrepreneurial ventures than in the U.S. and China, both advanced IT countries, and this is the cause of typical business challenges such as a lack of entrepreneurship, future orientation, and global perspective in the society. I would like to contribute to imagining new value through the fusion of technology and management, based on my experiences as a software engineer and in taking a start-up company public.