About Ideaquest

Chairman of the board, representative director, CTO Masato Nakajima

Name

Present

Chairman of the board, representative director, CTO, Ideaquest Inc.
Professor emeritus, Keio University

Birthplace

Born in Suginami ku, Tokyo

Education

March, 1973
Graduated from Keio University with PhD in Engineering

Positions at Keio University

Apr. 1972 – Mar. 1977	Assistant (Faculty of Engineering)
Apr. 1977 – Mar. 1981	Lecturer (Faculty of Engineering)
Apr. 1981 – Mar. 1988	Associate professor (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Mar. 1988 – Apr. 2009	Professor (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Apr. 2000 –	Professor emeritus Keio University

Major Roles at Keio University

Oct. 1991 – Sep. 1995	Head professor, department of electrical engineering and electronics
Oct. 1995 – Sep. 1999	Chairperson, planning committee, faculty of science and technology
Oct. 1996 – Sep. 2002	Councilor, Keio Gijuku
Jul. 1997 – Aug. 2012	Trustee, Fujiwara scholarship foundation
Nov. 1998 – Sep. 2003	Committee member, operating committee, IP center, Keio University
Apr. 2000 – Aug. 2012	Councilor, operating committee, IP center, Keio University
Sep. 2006 – Mar. 2009	Committee chair, research ethics committee, faculty of science and technology

Off Campus Activities

Nov. 1977 – Mar. 1996	President, advisor, Holomedia Co.
Jan. 1979 – Mar. 1989	Director, Hikarigiken Co.
Apr. 1989 – Jan. 2000	President, advisor, Riso Kagaku Labs Co.
Apr. 1989 – Jun. 2000	Director, advisor. Riso Kagaku Co.
Apr. 1996 – Mar. 2009	Visiting lecturer, Tokushima University
Apr. 2001 – Mar. 2004	Visiting professor, Kagawa University
Apr. 2002 – Mar. 2004	Member and chair, external evaluation committee, science and technology co-research center, Tohoku University
May 2009 – Sep. 2012	Director, CMD Lab Co.
Mar. 2012 – Mar. 2014	Representative director and CEO/CTO, Ideaquest Inc.
Mar. 2014 –	Representative director, chairman of the board and CTO, Ideaquest Inc.

Social collaborative activities

Councilor, Keio Industry Foundation
Selection committee member, Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
Research evaluation committee member, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Councilor and selection committee member, Yazaki memorial science and technology promotion foundation
Evaluation committee member, NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization)
Member, Yokohama Industry And Academy Collaboration Association
Member, Kanagawa High Technology Support Foundation
Member, Defense Procurement Infrastructure Organizing Association
Councilor, Urban Crime Prevention Center
Member, the Engineering Academy of Japan
Member, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
Chair, standard committee, Automobile Electronic Control Promotion Association
Guest researcher, Electronics Technology Research Laboratory
Officer (now emeritus member), Japan Ultrasonic In Medicine
President (now advisor), Symposium on Sensing via Image Information
Chair, Pirate Countermeasure Committee, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications