Fujiyo Ishiguro

After working at Brother Industries and Swarovski Japan, Ms. Ishiguro founded a high-tech specialty consulting firm in Silicon Valley and advised clients such as Yahoo!, Netscape, Panasonic, and Sony on US-Japan alliances and technology transfers. She is a founding member and CEO of Netyear Group in the US and Japan, devising comprehensive digital marketing solutions for corporate clients that resolve fundamental business issues. The company was listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2008. Ms. Ishiguro graduated from the School of Economics at Nagoya University and received an MBA from Stanford University. She’s also been serving on several government committees for METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and in October 2008 she won the “Japan’s Entrepreneur of the Year” in the growth category.