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Doug Shinsato – Managing Director and Japan Practice Leader, ChampionScott Partners

Managing Director and Head of Japan Operations at ChampionScott Partners, a retained executive search firm focused on the technology industry and related sectors.  He is also on the board of BridgeView Holdings, a financial advisory firm with offices in the US and Japan.

Doug is a bilingual Japanese-American with a long and successful career in consulting and sales-driven corporate management. Prior to joining ChampionScott Partners, Doug served as President, Japan for leading technology companies such as PTC and Siebel Systems and as head of Asia-Pacific for Autodesk, Interactive Intelligence and Genesys Labs. He served as the only non-Japanese member of the board of directors of Deloitte Tohmatsu Japan, where he led a 500+ person consulting group. Doug later served as the Regional Vice President in charge of the management services and IT consulting practices at EDS/A.T. Kearney in Japan, where he also served as a Board Member for EDS’ Japanese operations.

Earlier, Doug worked in Japan as a strategy consultant focused on information and communications technology for the Boston Consulting Group and Price Waterhouse, and served as an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Business School of Sophia University in Tokyo.

Doug received his BA and MBA from the University of Southern California and also holds a JD from the Stanford Law School.
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