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Management Consultant

Experienced consultant with a strong business background at Bridgestone. Hiro leads the tyre development in Japan and managed the subsidiaries as a director in overseas countries, also experienced international business, visiting more than 40 countries. Also, he applied ITS™ and LIFO® which are Business Consultants, Inc (BCon) ’s essential programs to Bridgestone regional training center in Thailand as a senior instructor. He joined BCon in 2016 after retired from Bridgestone. At BCon, Hiro has conducted a large range of training in English and Japanese, related to HRD and OD with a sense of real business experiences.

 

Certification

  • Innovative Thinking System™ (ITS) Master Trainer
  • Life Orientations® (LIFO) Trainer
  • The Human Element® (THE) Practitioner (LHEP™)

 

Career Experience

  • 2016 - Present: Management Consultant - Global Talent Management, Global Business Development, Organization Development at Business Consultants, Inc
  • 2012 - 2016: Senior Instructor of Bridgestone Asia & Pacific training Center in Thailand with ITS & LIFO license
  • 2006 - 2011: Executive Director of Bridgestone Australia
  • 2001 - 2005: Director of Bridgestone Latin America
  • 1978 - 2001: Engineer of Bridgestone Japan, Germany and Singapore

 

Expertise

  • Innovative Thinking System™ (ITS)
  • Global HR Development
  • Cross-culture Training
  • Management Training
  • Presentation Training
  • Problem Solving
  • Life Orientations® (LIFO)
  • Human Element Program™ (HEP)

 

Education

1972 - 1978: BA of Engineering, Tokyo University (Tokyo, Japan)

 

Language

Japanese / English / Portuguese