The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Sumito Sugata, Fujitsu Laboratories of America
Sumito Sugata has worked for Fujitsu, the largest information technology services provider in Japan, since April 2000.
He said: “Fujitsu is interested in partnering with startups in order to find each of us new customers in Japan and the Asian market, or to expand our offerings to Fujitsu’s current customers. Currently, I am in the Fujitsu Laboratories of America R&D management office in Sunnyvale, California.
“I am utilising my specialised knowledge of Fujitsu’s proprietary information and communications technology, specifically developed for customers in the financial industry. We are developing new business with fintech and insuretech startup partners in the Japanese and the Asian market.
“My vision is to support Japanese financial institutional customers to accelerate their digital transformation using the new technologies coming from Silicon Valley. I am now working closely with startup companies, including connecting them to venture capital. My goal is to expand business not only for Fujitsu, but also for these startups. I would like to establish a mechanism to accelerate execution of our business plans with start-up partners utilising Fujitsu’s CVC fund.”
In Japan, Fujitsu originally put Sugata in charge of its global business planning and sales department. “I was responsible for managing an IT project for Fujitsu’s banking customers, including collaborating with Fujitsu’s business partners, such as Oracle and OpenText. I had proposed a core banking package to be combined with Fujitsu’s system technology, and lead a system development project, implementing the new system with customer business specifications.”
