Personal History
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　Name： Yutaka (Taka) Hirai
　Address ： Nishiochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161−0031, Japan
　Telephone： +81-3-3952-1458、+81-3-3952-3587 (office/fax)
　　　　　　　　 +81-90-5500-1456 (cellular)

* Affiliation (as of March, 2013):
・ Dynamic Co-Creation: Representative (private practice of consulting activity for: promotion of technology transfer, support of technology development, incubation of new 　　　　　business development. 2008-)
・ Business Link Japan, Ltd. (BLJ): VP, Business Creation (part-time. 2008-)
・ Gallasus Inc：Senior Adviser (part-time, 2011-)
・ ATT Co., Ltd. Technical & Business Development Adviser (part-time, 2010-)
・ Tokyo University of Science, Research Institute for Science and Technology: Visiting Fellow (Adviser for　Lab of Prof. Terada in Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science/DDS Center, 　2009- )
・ Communication Device Laboratory, Co., Ltd., Director, member of the board (2008-)

* Employment record (in the past):
・ 2008-2011: Present: Business Link Japan, Ltd. (former BLJ/ Electronic Link Japan, Adviser for Business Creation)
・ August 2008-2009, July: Canon Chemicals Inc., Technical Adviser
・ Nov. 2008- Mar. 2010: Mie University, Industry-University, Cooperation promotion, Lecturer
・ April 2009- Mar. 2012: Nuture Networks, Co., Ltd. Advisor for business creation in Asia.
・ 2001- 2008: Canon Inc., new technology R&D and business development
　　　　　　　　　> Technical Coordinator
　　　　　　　　　> Technology Management HQs, Senior General Manager
　　　　　　　　　> Res. Lab/Chemical Product HQs, Senior General Manager
　　　　　　　　　> Medical Engineering Technology Center, Senior General Manager
・ Dec. 1996- Aug. 2001: New business/technology development
　　　　　　　　　> Canon Research Center America (CRA & CDA), Inc. in CA of US,
　　　　　　　　　　Canon's Overseas R&D affiliate company, President
・ Jun 1977- Nov. 1996, Canon Inc., R&D for material and device engineering
　　　　　　　　　> Nanotechnology Div./ General Manager, Research Planning & Promotion Div./General Manager, etc., Amorphous/Poli-Si/Project/Chief, Functional Material 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Lab/Manager, Silicon Task/Sub-Chief

* Specialty business field/carrier and past record:
* R&D management, new business incubation/promotion
　　　　　　　　　> Material technology R&D: Amorphous/poly- Si & its application(sensor, electrophotography drum, solar cells, Thin-Film transistors）
　　　　　　　　　> Document management system (MFP application for document management with network) development: Development of core software, the field test in US 　　　　　　　　　　　　　market(medical information, document archive). Development of software for the network imaging based on DICOM for medical digital X-ray imaging system and its 　　　　　　　　　　initiation of sales in US.

* IT/Nano device/medical device & system: technology transfer and new business creation.
　　　　　　　　　> Device technology R&D：Scanner for high density memory/MEMS, Display(LCTFT, SED, OLED), Energy Device(Solar cells, Fuel cell), Inkjet technology (in Japan 　　　　　　　　　　　and US)
　　　　　　　　　> New medical systems (inhalers and fluorescence immune assay system) development and its business creation, new application of inkjet process application.
　　　　　　　　　> Si process and III-V semiconductor material device engineering

* Technology & market research and analysis, strategic planning of new R&D, consultation for new business creation.
　　　　　　　　　> Technology search and analysis, Strategic planning and business development.
　　　　　　　　　> Support for venture companies (~10) in UK into Japanese market.
　　　　　　　　　> Project for collaboration of health-tech technology groups between US and Japan.

* Domain of expertise: technology and business development for
・ Semiconductor device & process technology, photosensitive materials & device technology, MEMS technology, inkjet technology
・ Medical device/system (Inhaler, drug delivery system, bio-sensor/diagnostic system）
・ Solar cells/Fuel cells, electro-photographic sensors, TFTs, display devices such as FED, OLED
・ Business development based on technologies

* Academic record：
・ Sophia University, Undergraduate Course, Ph.D. in Engineering
　(1973 Master of Engineering, Dec. 1976 Doctor of Engineering)
・ Sophia University, Science and Engineering Faculty, Electrical & Electronic Eng. Dep. (Bachelor)

* Membership of professional institutions
・ The Japan Society of Applied Physics, Japan
・ The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
・ The Japan Society of Drug Delivery System
・ Future Generation Printed Electronics Association(JAPERA) Consortium/ PE Business Working Group
・ AIST Innovation Partners
・ Society of Organic Device
　(Past): MRS, SID, The institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, The committee in Japan Society for the Promotion Science, The new business committee in Japan Federation of 　Economic Organizations, Appointed Canon's member in a committee of MIT Auto-ID Center, Appointed Canon's member in CIS of Stanford University
* Patent and Academic activities
・ Patent application:
　　　　　　　　　> 97 registered Japan patents (1970-1994)
　　　　　　　　　> 79 registered US patents (1981-2001)

* Reward
・ Canon Excellent President Award, Canon Special President Award

Personal History/Appendix

　Name：Yutaka (Taka) Hirai

* Presentation at conferences/papers, etc. (since 1982)
・ JAPERA Consortium／Printed Electronics Seminar＠Tokyo Bigsight： Lecture "One of the promising OTFT technology in UK", Jan. 31, 2013.
・ 1st JAPERA Consortium Society Forum, （May 30, 2012） "System development for rapid business creation by collaboration with foreign technology" .
　http://unit.aist.go.jp/flec/consortium/event/program1.html#hirai　
・ 4th Indo-Japanese International Joint Symposium on Overcoming Intractable Infectious Diseases Prevalent in Asian Countries： 　Keiji Hirota, Yutaka　Hirai, Takehisa 　　　　　　　　Nakajima, Kimiko Makino, Hiroshi Terada, 　"Venturi Insufflator Optimizes Mycobactericidal Effect of Rifampicin-incorporated PLGA 　Dry Powders, Oct 　29, 2012.
・ Special lecture for Bio-Medical Business Science at Mie University (Nov. 28, 2008, Jan. 10, 2010)
・ Iwate-Collaboration, MIU「Incubation Seminar」Lecture " My entrepreneur- ship, at Morioka Industry, Government and Academia Cooperation Center, July 23, 2010.
・ 9th US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems (Dec.16-20, 2007, Hawaii): Chairman <Dec.18 a.m.>
・ The 47th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Respiratory Society（2007/5/11）: Invited talk, "The possibility of Inhalation Device by using Bubble Jet　Method"
・ The 3rd International Bio-printing & Bio-fabrication Symposium（2006, Nov. 21−22, "Inhalation Device Based on Bubble Jet Technology"
・ The 3rd Symposium of DDS Research Div. of Research Institute for Science and Technology of Tokyo University of Science (2005, Dec., Tokyo): Invited "Respiratory 　　　　　　　　Medication Device by using Bubble-Jet Method"
・ 8th US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems (Dec.18−23, 2005、Hawaii):"INHALATION DEVICE BASED ON BUBBLE JET TECHNOLOGY"
・ Management Forum「Aqueous Droplet Inhaler」(Dec.14, 2005, London): Invited talk, "New Pulmonary Inhalation Device using Bubble Jet Technology
・ The 21th Annual Meeting of The Japan Society of Drug Delivery System (2005, July 23, Nagasaki): "Respiratory Medication Device by using Bubble-Jet Method"
・ " A New Method to Fabricate Metal Tips for Scanning Probe Microscopy"　Trans. IEE of Japan, Vol. 117-E, Aug. 1997
・ " Glow discharge polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors" Appl. Phys. Lett. 42(8), 15 April, 1983, 701-703
・ "Temperature dependence of glow discharge polycrystalline silicon films and thin, film transistor" Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 59&60(1983) 1191-1194, (Special issue, 　　　　　　International Conference on Amorphous 　and Liquid Semiconductor, 22-26, August 1983)