Hideshi Hamaguchi

Hideshi Hamaguchi is a Japanese concept creator and strategist in business field.

He is considered a leading mind in creative concept development, strategy-building and decision management on both sides of the Pacific. A self-proclaimed diagram-lover, Hamaguchi uses visual models to bring what he calls "simplexity" and “structured chaos” to the process of brainstorming, helping businesses generate creative ideas and strategies in various industries & businesses.

Personal History

Born in Osaka, Japan [ [http://about.lunarr.com/index.php/lunarr08/management/ LUNARR - Management ] ]

Education

Hamaguchi holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan [ [http://about.lunarr.com/index.php/lunarr08/management_continued/hideshi/ LUNARR - Hideshi Hamaguchi, Chief Operating Officer ] ]

Professional

Hamaguchi is acknowledged for the BET theory of TiO2 (titanium dioxide) as energy production photocatalyst which is called the Honda-Fujishima effect. [ [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TFN-3YCN376-8H&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=9962f1e45ebe45b9817d39023cf88d57] ]

Hamaguchi started his business career with Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. in Japan. In 1994, he developed Japan's first corporate Intranet with Toru Takasuka . From 1998 to 2001, he served as a strategist at Ziba Design, Inc. in Portland, Oregon. He was the Director of the New Business Planning Group at Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. and Executive Vice President of Panasonic Electric Works Laboratory of America, Inc. in the U.S.A. [ [http://www.portlandonfire.com/hideshihamaguchi/ Hideshi Hamaguchi | Portland On Fire ] ]

Hamaguchi developed his own theory and methodology (Model Based Approach) for creative concept and strategy building through his experiences in various industries & businesses and in a broad range of technology. [ [http://www.picmet.org/newsletter/tmn.asp?news_ID=314&NL_code=18 Portland International Engineering and Technology Management Center ] ]

Besides leading these organizations, Hamaguchi helps many companies by developing creative concepts and strategies.

In 2006 he founded LUNARR [http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_8228630] , Inc. with his business partner, Toru Takasuka in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/10/01/smallb1.html Tracking progress - Portland Business Journal: ] ] He is COO of LUNARR, Inc. [ [http://about.lunarr.com LUNARR - Create. Flip. Share ] ]

He lives in Beaverton, Oregon [ [http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2008/01/portlands_high_1.php Portland's High Tech Community And The Space To Think ] ] .

References

External links

* [http://about.lunarr.com] about.lunarr.com
* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUNARR] Wikipedia.org Japanese
* [http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1190420740204280.xml&coll=7] The Oregonian Article
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/10/01/smallb1.html] Portland Business Journal