Yasuo Kawabata is the Founder and President of aKtivevision Ltd., a consulting firm that helps business entities create innovative new business and find ways to realize it. His clients include Japanese major companies and Japanese/overseas startups. Before starting his own company, Yasuo Kawabata worked for telco and ad/marketing companies for over 20 years. He is experienced in investing in telco startups through corporate venture capital. He took on the role of COO at a subsidiary branch of a foreign startup in Japan invested by telco and helped Japan’s leading mobile handset manufacturer in their overseas marketing strategy.
He is a frequent visitor of Taiwan and loves Taiwanese tea. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor's in Geography.
Yasuo Kawabata 是 aKtivevision Ltd.的創辦人暨總經理，該公司是一家幫助企業單位創造並實踐創新業務的諮詢公司。Yasuo 接手的客戶包括日本大公司和日本/海外新創公司。在創辦自己的公司之前，Yasuo Kawabata 曾在電信和廣告/行銷公司工作超過20年。他在電信公司的企業創投經驗豐富。另外，Yasuo 在擔任日本新創子公司的運營長時曾幫助日本領先手機製造公司製定海外營銷策略。
愛好台灣茶葉的 Yasuo 是台灣的常客。他畢業於東京大學並擁有地理學士文憑。
