Shinichi Nagakura serves as Board Member & Managing Director at Transcosmos Information Syste He was a founding member of Transcosmos Investments' Silicon Valley Office, and has more than 15 years of experience in investments, business development and sales/marketing in the US and Japan. His investments/Joint Venture projects include RealNetworks, mySimon, AskJeeves, NetRatings, Brightcove and Zazzle. Prior to Transcosmos, he served with Recruit Co. Ltd. He graduated from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan with B.A. international Studies in 1986.