Ryutaro Yagi

Ryutaro Yagi manages Matrix USA’s operations in Japan. He joined Matrix USA with twenty years experience in international business planning and development in communications and computer networking in the Swire Group and its Transtech subsidiary. He co-led the management buyout of Transtech as an independent distributor of computer and networking products and developed Transtech’s relationships with information-technology companies and venture capital firms in the U.S., Europe, and Israel. He is an expert in facilitating and negotiating distribution agreements, appraising business opportunities in information technology, and venture capital funding. He has a B.A. in international business administration from Kwansei Gakuin University and studied business management at INSEAD.