CV
Name :
Tetsuo Fukuyama
Date of Birth :
April 8, 1948
Nationality :
Japanese
Home Address :
3-1-26-102 Sugesengoku Tama-ku
Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 214-0006 Japan
Phone :
044-945-0778
Fax :
044-945-0778
E-mail :
tetsuo.fukuyama@truspire.com
Passport Number (Date of Expire) :
TH1925772 (April 24, 2017)
Key Qualifications:
Tetsuo Fukuyama has extensive experience in management consulting in the financial services,
manufacturing and communication industries. He also worked with a Japanese manufacturing
company for 10 years. This experience has encompassed the areas of production/quality
management, human resources, organization planning, procedures studies, development of
operation/procedures manuals, development of business plans, market entry studies as well as
the requirement specification, detail design and implementation of management information,
manufacturing, logistics, and telecommunication systems, including real-time information
services. He has worked primarily in Japan, but also internationally, especially with respect to
ODA (Official Development Assistance).
Education:
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Master of Science in Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.,1974
Bachelor of Science in Administration Engineering, Keio University, 1971
Employment Record:
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Truspire
2001-date
President & C.E.O.
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ProAxis
1995-2001
Managing Director
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Price Waterhouse 1981-1995
(1988-1993)
(1993-1995)
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Kanebo Ltd.
1971-1981
Senior, Manager, Director, Partner
Partner (in charge of Financial Service and Strategic
Consulting)
Partner (in charge of ODA)
Production Researcher (Company-Internal Consultant
in production area)
Selected Assignment Experience:
STRATEGY AREAS:
 Strategic advices to 30 private companies in Central Asia, funded by EBRD (European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development): TAM (TurnAround Management) projects
 Strategic planning of a manufacturer of power capacitor
 Strategic planning and turn around management of tea distributor
 Strategic planning for another ten years of a manufacturer of visual inspecting systems
 Business planning of production of Zeolite from industrial wastes
 Business planning and BPR of a system integrator
 Business matching for an IT venture company
 ROI study of RosettaNet (global standard for SCM)
 Restructuring of an artificial leather department of a Japanese listed company
 Advice on foreign brand acquisition to a Japanese food processing company
 Undertook a competitive analysis of specific group of textile manufacturers in Japan for a
company considering expansion in Asian market
 Development and implementation support of market entry strategy of a European insurance
company
OPERATIONAL AREAS:
 Definition of requirements and development of integrated manufacturing system for a
cosmetics factory, which included inventory control, material management, shop floor
control, scheduling and production planning: Kanebo Co., Ltd.
 Project management of ERP package (SAP-R/2) financial module implementation in a
European pharmaceutical company: Hoechst Japan
 Japanization of manufacturing software package (MSA MRPII, Management Science
America, Manufacturing Resources Planning II): Ashisto/MSA
 Review of Japanization of manufacturing areas of PeopleSoft: PeopleSoft Japan
 Definition of future direction in manufacturing of food processing company and
information system to meet future requirements: Japan Tobacco
 Implementation of 5S: Ust-Kamenogorsk Capacitor Plant (Kazakhstan)
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BANKING SECTOR EXPERIENCE:
 Development of business process, operations procedures, organization and staffing for
foreign securities companies entering the Japanese market initially as securities branches,
and subsequently as members of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In addition, developed and
implemented specific systems in the areas of order entry/control and settlements
 Worked on the product definition, direction of technology implementation and product
implementation of an international real-time financial information service for a US Bank
(CITIMARKETS-a competitor to similar Reuters/Telerate products)
 Definition of the Critical Success Factors (CSF) for a European bank (combining top-down
and bottom-up approaches) for use in developing procedure manuals tied to the CSF’s.
Subsequently trained the users with the manuals and effectively implemented the new
procedures
 Study on Asian IT market for financial sector (Indonesia, Philippine)
HUMAN RESOURCES:
 Organization review of administration/accounting department (RJR)
 Executive search
 Recruitment support for IT venture companies
ODA EXPERIENCE:
 Study for improvement of ODA for private sector in East Asia.
 Analysis of the impact of the structural adjustment program to the textile sector in Uganda
resulting in detailed recommendations to the companies to improve management and
productivity. (OECF-Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund, Special Assistance for Project
Implementation).
 Examination/Business planning support/management consulting of loan projects of JICA:
-Palm Oil Sludge processing in Malaysia
-Selicite Mining in Malaysia
-Training Center for Ship Repair in South Africa
-Ceramic clay production in Malaysia
-Inter Locking Block container yard in Sri Lanka
-Rescheduling of a loan
-Geothermal experimental well
 Improvement in the strategic information systems planning/systems development for JICA
(Japan International Cooperation Agency).
 Sector SWOT analysis to define strategy of sectors (Forestry, Food Processing, Textile,
Mining, Metal) in Ghana.
 Preparation of a business plan submission to EBRD for a proposed semi-conductor
production joint venture (Japan/US/Europe participants).
 Feasibility Studies of joint ventures in various countries (South Africa, Saudi Arabia,
Thailand, Peru, etc.) for JAIDO (Japan International Development Organization).
 Socio-economics Country Study (funded by APIC: Association for Promotion of
International Cooperation)
-Papua New Guinea
-Uganda
-Ethiopia
 Project identification in Philippine (JICA project)
-Port facility
-Education
-Healthcare
 Study on productivity improvement in OVOP (One Village One Product) in Malawi (JICA
Project)
 Study on productivity improvement in Tunisia (JICA project)
 Consulting for SMEs in Cambodia and Uzbekistan
 EBRD TAM (TurnAround Management) projects in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyz and Tajikistan).
 Lecture
“Production and Quality Management ” (including KAIZEN) in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Laos and Cambodia
“Strategic Management” in Kazakhstan and Laos
“Business Planning” in Cambodia, Mongolia and Laos
Languages:
Speaking
Japanese
English
Reading
Japanese
English
Certification: Certificate in Data Processing (Special Grade-MITI)
Writing
Japanese
English