Nobuko Isomata
Founder & General Manager of Market Entry Experts

Nobuko has successfully launched new products from American companies in Japan and products from Japan in the United States. She has done everything from consulting to full-time general management with P&L responsibility for International businesses.

• Bilingual (Japanese/English)
• Expertise:
       -  Market Entry
       -  Business Planning
       -  Marketing Planning and Implementation
       -  Business Development
       -  Start-up Operation/General Administration
       -  Partner Relationship Development and Management
       -  Distributor/Reseller Contract Negotiation
       -  Channel Development
       -  Strategic Alliance
       -  Product Launch

• Industries:
       -  Enterprise Software
       -  E-Commerce
       -  Software Development Tools
       -  Pharmaceutical/Skin Care
       -  Operating Systems (Linux)
       -  Semiconductors
       -  CAD/CAM

• Education
       -  BA, English, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
       -  MBA, International Business & Marketing, American University, Washington, DC


Mike
Mike is a former senior-level sales and marketing executive who brings the unique ability to operate at the highest strategic levels and to write amazingly effective copy for websites, packaging, white papers and much more. Mike has raised venture capital for his own company, taken a company public and recently sold a company to a top Internet vendor. Mike also has extensive hands-on expertise in search engine optimization. In fact, Mike’s hobby is taking companies and products that have no presence on the search engines and placing them on the first page in a matter of months for their strategic keywords. Mike has opened the Japanese market for a company and has worked with Japanese companies opening the US market.

Rod
Rod is the resident expert in graphic design, web design and web programming. Rod has built more than 1,000 websites, and won numerous awards for designing product packaging, brochures, logos, PowerPoint templates, advertisements and complete company image packages. Rod has a deep background in designing for both print and online media. Rod can assemble a beautiful and effective logo and corporate image package faster than anyone else. Rod has extensive experience in creating and managing bi- and multi-lingual websites.

Curtis
Curtis is the IT expert. Curtis operates our servers, hosting clients’ email servers and web servers. Curtis also handles on-site IT outsourcing for a couple of our clients.

Together our team can handle just about any challenge you can throw at us. If there is anything we don’t have a deep expertise in, we have a wealth of contacts who can supplement the team.

Note: We also partner with market entry experts focused on the unique needs of other markets. For example, we currently partner with www.opensuxess.com a company that provides similar services for businesses entering the German market.


The Team
Nobuko leverages a team of experts in design, copy writing, online marketing, legal, hiring and others to provide a comprehensive solution for the customer. By leveraging this team of proven experts, you get premium product and services at a much lower price than full-time employees. As the market entry effort matures, we can even hire and train your team of employees to carry the effort forward. Our web of contacts in Japan and the United States enables us to deliver profitable results quickly.