Introduction of Lecturers
WaveEdge Capital
Managing DirectorGail
Gannon
Managing Director at WaveEdge Capital
Since 2006, Gail’s goal has been finding better ways to deploy technology and people to redesign
healthcare and improve health outcomes—for example, reducing bottlenecks in operating rooms, clinics,
intensive care units, and emergency departments, and moving accessible patient records on demand from
vision to reality. Her clients include major health care providers such as Sutter, Stanford, and
University of California, San Francisco, as well as startups through US-MAC & the Lazaridis
Institute.
Drawing on her strong therapeutics background, Gail excels at identifying and matching compatible
partners. For example, she selected companies to expand OneWorld Health-PATH, a Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation-sponsored product development partnership. She also sourced early-midstage companies for
pharma pipelines (e.g., Daiichi Sankyo, Boehringer Ingelheim). Gail enjoys mentoring budding and
seasoned entrepreneurs (e.g., Epibiome, Ciel Medical Devices), through the California Life Sciences
Association, UCSF's Lean Launchpad, and Stanford's SPARK. Serving on the ASTIA and BIO advisory and
educational boards adds to Gail's broad knowledge of the regional, national, and international players
in the digital health and therapeutic space.
Gail is particularly good at helping companies figure out and articulate their business model via
marketing collateral and company pitches, often helping founders pivot to more lucrative markets they
had not considered. She’s often found at conferences with healthcare industry leaders and the Silicon
Valley investor community, leading panels and making informal introductions.
Introduction of Lecturers
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Wiz. Group, Inc.
CEO&FounderHiromi Okuda -
Cast a spell, Inc.
CEOTsutomu Aota -
TalentEx Co.,Ltd.
CEOYojiro Koshi -
NEWPEACE Inc.
CEO
Creative DirectorShimpei Takagi -
Niremia Collective
Founder & Managing PartnerNaoko Okumoto -
SSS Capital G.K.
General PartnerRyota Kamiya -
DNX Ventures
Director of Growth and PartnershipsNomura Yoshimi -
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Attorney at LawAkiyo Inoko Hewett -
Glocomm.kk.
CEOJunko Okamoto -
e-Education.
Representative DirectorKaito Miwa
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Vertex Ventures
Partner of Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & IndiaCarmen YUEN -
KK Fund
FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNERKoichi Saito -
Techshake
Co-Founder and CEOKohtaro Adachi -
eeevo malaysia Sdn.Bhd.
CEONoritaka Araki -
NIHON ASSIST SINGAPORE PTE.LTD.
BIZLAB Singapore
CEOYasuji Seki -
Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE)
Assistant ManagerRebecca Lim -
yathar Group
CEOShunsuke Ichikawa -
ADVANCE BUSINESS SUPPORT PTE. LTD.
Founder and DirectorTakako Ozone -
Forge Ventures
Partner and Co-founderTiang Lim Foo -
Beautynesia
COOTomonori Hasegawa -
TalentEx Co.,Ltd.
CEOYojiro Koshi -
Star Kitchen
CEOYuya Arashima
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US Market Access Center
Co-CEOAlfredo Coppola -
EndeavorXR
Founder / CEOAmy Peck -
USAsia Venture Partners
Founder / CEOAkemi Koda -
Soulful Selling
Founder / Sales & Marketing ConsultantChristine Volden -
WaveEdge Capital
Managing DirectorGail Gannon -
MSCI Inc.
PMP.MBA.Juanita Dion -
Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center at Stanford University,
VC Investor, Board DirectorRichard Dasher -
US Market Access Center
Director of Japan ProgramsSaori Kakiuchi -
UC Berkeley
Director of Global EngagementSusan Giesecke