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Keisuke Yawata, currently President of The Future International, has joined the board of directors of Sequence Design's Japanese subsidiary, and will also become a member of Sequence's management advisory board.
Yawata's company works with cutting-edge technology firms in the USA and Japan to facilitate their success with the Japanese electronics industry.
In addition to heading The Future International, Yawata is an investment partner with Startup101 Ventures, and cofounder of International AngelInvestors.org, Japan Chapter, created to assist and advise young Japanese companies and their investors.
Well known in semiconductor circles thanks to his 35-year tenure in the business, Yawata has headed several large organisations, including Applied Materials Japan, LSI Logic, NEC and NEC Electronics (USA).
He also served as Vice Chairman of SIA Japan from 1989 to 1994.
Yawata received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Osaka University, and a master's degree from Syracuse University where he was a Fulbright Scholar.
 

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