Akira Tada

Akira Tada has extensive experience in executive leadership and strategic advisory roles across multiple technology and telecommunications companies. Currently, as the Head of Executive Briefing Center and Executive Digital Business Strategist at SoftBank since October 2017, Akira leads the Executive Briefing Program and manages a team focused on exploring technology use cases from various partners and investments. Additional roles include Chief Evangelist and Executive Advisor at Mapbox, Executive Advisor at Cambridge Mobile Telematics and Plenty, Inc., and previous positions at SoftBank Group and Nihon PayPal KK, where Akira drove innovation in mobility commerce and established strategic alliances. With a foundation degree in Information Engineering from Kagawa National College of Technology, Akira has a proven track record in business development, cloud strategy, and product marketing within the telecommunications sector.