COMPANY INFO

President and Representative Director
Hideyuki Tsujimoto

Mr. Tsujimoto was Born in 1964 and graduated from Doshisha University with a degree in engineering in 1986. He started his career in Recruit Co., Ltd. After working as a senior executive manager of marketing system department, he became president of Recruit ISIZE Travel, Inc., and made the company turn profitable by changing its business model (the company is currently known as AB-ROAD.net and Jalan net). He worked for Recruit for 20 years, creating markets and rebuilding business, as he did as a director of TOWNWORK, a recruiting media. In 2006, he moved to MACROMILL, INC., a company listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. As a president, he achieved better sales every year – 7th, 5th, and 3rd place in the industry (2nd in profit and 1st in research case number) – and returned business to the founder with highest sales ever, developing company from one specialized in Web survey to one that has various research areas. In 2009, he founded VALUES, Inc. to support business growth of clients. In 2015, he became a member of “Study group on Big Data Business” established in Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.

Vice President and director
Kenji Goto

Mr. Goto graduated from Osaka University with a degree in Engineering Science. In Recruit Co., Ltd. he was responsible for Ecommerce Website. In MACROMILL, INC. he worked as an executive officer and was in charge of developing new business. He has been succeeded in launching new services by prioritizing field work and communication with clients. In VALUES he actively accompanies young members to their negotiations to raise business developers as well as working on developing products.

Director
Satoshi Shibata

Mr. Shibata graduated from Osaka University with a degree in Engineering Science and joined Recruit Co., Ltd. in 1992., where he experienced system inspection and creation of internet magazine and Web media. In 2000 he participated in founding MACROMILL, INC. As a director, he was in charge of developing new business and “AIRS”, its own online search system, and overseas expansion. After having resigned from his post, he participated in establishing VALUES. Now he is responsible for management department as a director.

Outside Director
Hiromichi Koide

Mr. Koide got MBA (Master of Business Administration) at Heriot-Watt University, England. In 2003 he joined CITATION JAPAN CO., LTD. and became executive financial officer in 2006, president and representative director in 2007 and chairman of the board in December 2017. He established Citation Strategic Partners Co., Ltd. and became president and representative director. In April 2018, he became VALUES’ advisor and outside director in September. He is a developer of analysis method as well as a strategy consultant who takes difficult cases and trains employees.

Executive Officer
Akiko Koyasu

Ms. Koyasu graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies. After working as a system engineer and Web consultant, she joined MACROMILL, INC., when the company was still a startup. She engaged in developing products, planning business and sales. In 2011 she joined VALUES and is responsible for planning business, integrating marketing department and overseas business as a director. In August 2020, she established VALUES China, Co.,Ltd. in Shanghai as a Chinese local subsidiary and became a director.

Executive Officer
Akira Atsuchi

Mr. Atsuchi graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Humanities. As a system engineer in NTT DATA Corporation, he engaged in system construction of organizations such as government office. He joined VALUES in 2012 and is responsible for development and operation of Big Data infrastructure and Web service as a system development director.

Expert Advisor
Kazunori Kuroiwa

Mr. Kuroiwa graduated from Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo. After working for Accenture Japan Ltd where he engaged in global system development of manufacturing industry as a project manager, he participated in founding VALUES. He is currently in charge of gathering Big Data and development/operation of data analysis methods.