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== Personal history ==
== Personal history ==
Born (1966, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan)<ref>[http://about.lunarr.com/index.php/lunarr/management LUNARR - Create. Flip. Share<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192814/http://about.lunarr.com/index.php/lunarr/management |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>
Born (1966, [[Matsuyama]], [[Ehime Prefecture|Ehime]], [[Japan]])<ref>[http://about.lunarr.com/index.php/lunarr/management LUNARR - Create. Flip. Share<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192814/http://about.lunarr.com/index.php/lunarr/management |date=2007-09-27 }}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
1990, B.S. in Engineering Management, [[Hiroshima Institute of Technology]]
1990, B.S. in [[Engineering Management]], [[Hiroshima Institute of Technology]]


== Professional ==
== Professional ==

Revision as of 08:31, 12 January 2021

Toru Takasuka (高須賀 宣, Takasuka Tōru, born 1966) is a Japanese software entrepreneur.

Takasuka founded Cybozu, one of Japan's first Web-based groupware products. In 1997 with a $200,000 loan and two partners, Takasuka left his position as Vice President of Matsushita Electric Works V-Internet Operations in Osaka, Japan for the small city of Matsuyama, where he went to work developing Cybozu.[1] Japanese for "cyber-kid", Cybozu held an initial public offering within three years – at the time the fastest company rise to IPO in the history of Japan's Tosho 2 stock market. Today Cybozu is the number one groupware product in Japan.[2] In April 2005 Takasuka officially resigned his position as President and CEO at Cybozu to pursue his new vision for business collaboration on a more global level. In January 2006 Takasuka founded LUNARR, Inc. with his business partner, Hideshi Hamaguchi in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.[3] He currently lives in Portland, Oregon and Tokyo, Japan.[4]

Personal history

Born (1966, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan)[5]

Education

1990, B.S. in Engineering Management, Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Professional

Joins Matsushita Electric Works in 1990 in client-server networking and R&D. In 1994, develops Japan's first corporate Intranet with Hideshi Hamaguchi. In 1996, becomes Vice President/Director, V-Internet Operations Matsushita Electric Works, an in-house venture company he helped create.

Timeline

Leaves Matsushita Electric Works in 1997 to create Cybozu. Leaves Cybozu in 2005. January, 2006 creates LUNARR, Inc. in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

  • [1] about.lunarr.com
  • ja:LUNARR Wikipedia.org Japanese
  • [2] The Oregonian Article

References

  1. ^ Read, R. (2006, February 12). After Cashing In His Chips At Home, Japanese Upstart Reboots In Portland. The Oregonian, pp.1,2
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2007-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ LUNARR - Create. Flip. Share Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.dreamgate.gr.jp/feature/interview/bestlife/36/
  5. ^ LUNARR - Create. Flip. Share Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine