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Hiro Nozawa

President & CEO of Asahi Media Lab Ventures

Palo Alto, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • President & CEO

    2019 - Current

  • Managing Director

    2017 - 2019

  • VP of Investment

    2017

    With over 15 years experience in the digital content business, I am currently serving as a Manager of the representative office in Silicon Valley at The Asahi Shimbun Media Lab, which is the open innovation office, to start new exciting businesses for the newspaper. I previously worked for a photonics labs of the NTT, a leading telecom company in Japan, as a research scientist of semiconductor laser diode for optical amplifier. I also engaged in research on quantum wires/dots and photonic crystal structures. I received a B.S. degree from University of Electro Communications, a M.S. from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1993 and 1995, respectively.

  • Manager of Silicon Valley Office

    2015 - 2017

  • Producer, Media Lab--The Open Innovation Office

    2013 - 2015

  • Senior Administrator, Office of the President

    2013 - 2013

  • Editor in Chief of The Asahi Shimbun Digital Edition

    2012 - 2013

  • Senior Administrator, Corporate Planning Office

    2011 - 2011

  • Deputy Manager

    2000 - 2011

    Digital Media Business Center Multimedia Contents Business Division

  • Research Scientist

    1995 - 2000

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