Geek Guild

Masao Tejima

Biography

1957		Born in Ehime Prefecture in Japan
1982		Completed a masters degree in Kobe University Graduate School.
1982		Joined Hakuhodo Inc.  After working on a number of corporate advertisements, transferred to the computer industry and appointed as a managing director of software house.
1988.	11	Acquired Japanese localization right and sales rights for Aldus PageMaker.
1992.	3	Established Aldus KK as a joint venture (JV) with Aldus, USA .*  Introduce PageMaker to Japan and launch DTP market in Japan.   Appointed President and CEO. (* Aldus: Merged with Adobe Systems in 1994)
1993		Established Business Software Alliance Japan, which was established mainly by American software companies. Appointed as the first chairman.
1994.	5	Resigned as representative due to merger with Aldus and Adobe Systems.
	11	Joined Macromedia Corporation HQ, appointed as Vice President. Established Macromedia KK and appointed as President and CEO. Make multimedia production tool Director the industry standard.
1995.	12	Announced Shockwave technology, the standard for sound and animation on the Internet, created new technologies such as Macromedia Flash and Shockwave.  Made global standardization of all web publishing products under the web production environment, and proposed web solutions for the IT era.
2000.	9	Established Shockwave.com KK as a joint venture of hockwave.com, Inc (US Macromedia subsidiary), TransCosmos Co., Ltd., Fuji Bank (Mizuho Bank) and other companies. Appointed as a board member.
	11	Appointed as an advisory board member of Mie Cyberwave Project. Appointed as Board of Director of Mie Prefecture third sector company Cyberwave Japan. (-October 2004)
2001.	2	Resigned president of Macromedia KK and appointed a special advisor of Macromedia KK.
	2	Established T & T Co., Ltd., a new service company that integrates consulting and venture capital, appointed as a president and CEO of the company.
	4	Appointed as an outside director of CIS Corporation. (JASDAQ4758) (until December 2003)
	9	Established Belex Co., Ltd.  Appointed as Board of Director. (-December 2005)
2002.	2	Established Digital Communication Engineering Co., Ltd. with Dentsu Group, Ibex and Rim's Co., Ltd. Appointed as Board of Director. (-August 2004)
	8	Appointed as a chairman of the board.（～2009.12)
2003		Appointed as Board of Director of the Japan Cuban Cigar Education Association. (current position)
2005		Appointed as Board of Director of Japan Vegetable & Meister Association. (-March 2010)
2006	4	Joined Open Table, Inc. Appointed as an executive member.
2006	6	Established Open Table KK. Appointed as CEO. (-June 2013) Appointed as CEO of Science Works Co., Ltd. Chairman of the Board since December 2013
2006		Appointed as an outside expert of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation CS / Quality Improvement Committee. (-2008)
2008		General incorporated association Sports for Life Japan established. Appointed as a representative director. (current position)
2013.	10	Appointed as an advisor to Hikari Tsushin Inc.
	11	Appointed as a Chairman of The Corporate Games Tokyo Executive Committee (current position)
2014.	6	Appointed as an outside director of Koei Tecmo Holdings Co., Ltd. (listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) (current position)
	9	Held the Corporate Games Tokyo 2014 for the first time in Japan.
2015.	5	Appointed as Outside Director of Zetton Co., Ltd. (listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange Centrex) (current position)
	11	Appointed as Outside Director of Pit Design Co., Ltd. (current position)
	11	Appointed as Outside Director of Ikemu Japan Co., Ltd. (current position)
	11	Held The Corporate Games Tokyo 2015 Asia Pacific.
2016.	5	Appointed as Outside Director of EPARK Gourmet Co., Ltd. (current position)
	11	Held the Corporate Games Tokyo 2016 Asia Pacific.
2017.	1	Appointed as Outside Director of LIVNEX Co., Ltd. (current position)
	3	Appointed as Outside Director of EPARK Relax & Esthetic Co., Ltd. (current position)
	11	Held the Corporate Games Tokyo 2017 Asia Pacific.
2018	11	Held the Corporate Games Tokyo 2018 Asia Pacific.
2019	11	Held the Corporate Games Tokyo 2019 Asia Pacific.
2019	7	Participated in Geek Guild, and became a director in 2020.
Other Positions:		Social Welfare Corporation Prop Station Trustee (Social Welfare Corporation established for the purpose to make a disabled person a taxpayer) (current position)