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IFSHIN, Edward

Edward Ifshin of Pacific Vision Partners (www.pacificvisionpartners.com)
and on the advisory board of M&A Media Group (www.mamediagroup.com) has had extensive experience in international business development and strategic investment ventures with established and emerging companies and technologies in the US, Japan and SE Asia.

Most recently he has been involved with leading companies in data visualization software technology; broadband digital entertainment and education/training projects; mobile interactive services and technologies and mobile wireless security technologies.

He has advised on interactive media & information technology projects in the private and public sectors in the US and Japan for such clients as: NTT Advanced Technologies, NTT Data, Atom Films, Nokia Ventures, Hitachi, NTT DoCoMo, ITOCHU Corporation, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI,) California Arts Council, Nikkei Multimedia, Ant Factory, Capital Media Partners, Asian Cultural Council, Dentsu Interactive, Hakuhodo Digital Business Solutions, Aplix Corporation,
Cross Media International, Sun Microsystems, Global Business Network, KDDI, Electronic Arts, NEC, Softbank BB, and SONY Computer Entertainment.

He was an advisor for an international project supported by the Ford & Rockefeller Foundations focusing on creativity, emerging technologies and new business models. He also was on the planning committee and participant in ZERO1:The Art and Technology Network’s Global Leadership Forum on Economic and Cultural Development ( http://01sj.org) focusing on digital media as an engine of regional development and urban revitalization. He is currently involved with the San Jose Climate Clock
Initiative, an art and mobile networking technology project to combat climate change.
He has written articles on interactive digital media for several Japanese publications; participated as a speaker and panelist at information technology and high-technology and media venture business seminars in the US and Japan and worked with US and Japanese companies in developing and implementing market entry and strategic investment initiatives in both markets.

He has a graduate degree from the University of Chicago in Political Science and as a former. U.S.diplomat has had assignments in Japan, SE Asia and Western Europe. He is proficient in Japanese, Malay, Thai and Dutch.


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パシフィックビジョンパートナーズにてコンサルタント、およびM&Aメディア・グループにて顧問を務める。アメリカ、日本、東南アジア地域において、企業と技術の国際ビジネス開発、および戦略的投資に豊富な経験を持つ。インタラクティブメディアやIT事業に関する日本の主な顧客に、株式会社NTTドコモ、株式会社日立製作所、伊藤忠商事株式会社、KDDI株式会社、日本電気株式会社(NEC)、ソフトバンクBB株式会社、株式会社ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント、経済産業省等。

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