Introduction of Lecturers
US Market Access Center
Co-CEOAlfredo
Coppola
Alfredo Coppola is Co-CEO at US Market Access Center, the longest-standing startup incubator in Silicon
Valley for foreign companies seeking to successfully enter global markets through Silicon Valley,
through its flagship program: “Thing Big, Start Smart,Scale Fast”. Alfredo is also a founding board
member of Marin-Sonoma Impact Ventures, an angel investor organization based in the San Francisco Bay
Area that invests in both American and global startups.
Alfredo is a seasoned chief executive with a proven track record in helping foreign governments to
bolster their tech ecosystems by increasing the strength of their startup communities along with their
respective stakeholders.Since 2011, Alfredo has had direct influence in helping more than 1,500 startups
to enter global markets from Silicon Valley – 52% of which have been successful in winning customer
contract and PoCs, and more than 20%has raised more than $1.5 billion USD in capital from investors.
Alfredo is also the co-founder of Prospera Women, a program dedicated to empowering and fostering the
growth of women-led companies around the world.
Alfredo joined USMAC in 2004 as a volunteer mentor, following his previous successful exit of his
startup company, Animatics Interactive, a computer gaming company that was acquired by gaming giant
Corel Corporation in 1996.
Alfredo is a certified Kauffman FastTrac instructor and teaches the “Tech Venture” and “GrowthVenture”
curricula to foreign entrepreneurs and economic development groups worldwide.
Introduction of Lecturers
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Studio Polaris
CEOAkira Ichiki -
AI Medical Service America Inc.
General CounselInoko Hewett Akiyo -
Niremia Collective
Founder & Managing PartnerNaoko Okumoto -
MPower Partners Fund L.P.
General PartnerKathy Matsui -
HAKOBUNE
Founding PartnerYusuke Kurishima -
TalentEx(Thailand) Co., Ltd.
CEOYojiro Koshi -
PRAS inc.
CEONaoki Sato -
Aspire Intelligence LLC.
Founder , Managing Principal , Breakthrough Speaking Executive Coach & Professional SpeakerNatsuyo Nobumoto -
Panasonic Holdings Corporation
Executive Officer / Director, PanasonicWELLYoky Matsuoka -
ANRI
PrincipalTaro Maruyama -
FacilitatorDaisuke Miyoshi
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e-Education.
Representative DirectorKaito Miwa
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N9 PTE LTD / CEO
One&Co / General managerTakahiko Ito -
Mums@Work (Singapore)
Founder / DirectorSher-li Torrey -
Asian Identity Co. Ltd.
CEO&FOUNDERJack Nakamura -
AFROMONK PTE. LTD.
CEOJun Haranaga -
Presided over by IMP3GNO LLP
Director, CRUST JAPAN K.K.
LESS & Co Pte Ltd Co FounderHiroyuki Hirano -
Mixpanel, Inc
Japan Business Lead & Head of Partnerships - APACAya Matsumoto -
SODA inc.
Global Product ManagerLina Ichiki -
Koko Global Hospitality (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
CEORei Matsuda -
Reginaa Pte.Ltd.
Founder & CEOYuki Ohata -
MARS FLAG Corporation
Founder & CEO
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Tokyo iPI
Kaishi Professional University
Visiting Professor
PhotographerShinya Takei -
ATHLEE PTE. LTD.
Founder, CEOYoshinori Washizu -
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 -
yathar Group
CEOShunsuke Ichikawa -
Beautynesia
COOTomoki Hasegawa -
TalentEx Co.,Ltd.
CEOYojiro Koshi -
Star Kitchen
CEOYuya Arashima -
Miz Partners Pte Ltd
CEOHisamizu Takahashi -
Nexus FrontierTech Ltd.
Co-Founder&CTOTakaaki Mizuno
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US Market Access Center
Co-CEOAlfredo Coppola -
Fluence
Global Business DevelopmentBassuk Jennifer -
NYU Entrepreneurial Institute
Associate DirectorCurtis Jen -
Ex-Techstars
Chief of Staff, Head of Partnership at Harvard BusinessDesnoyer Crystelle -
Velocity Growth Partners, LLC
Managing DirectorFlowerman Michelle -
CABI
Co-FounderMiki Nomura -
New York Institute of Technology
Director, Entrepreneurship & Technology Innovation Center and Cyber Defense EducationNizich Michael -
Airbnb
Global Culture Strategy & ValuesMoyer Cara -
The Fourth Effect
FounderSullivan Breen