President & CEO
Mitsuhisa Iwai
Mr. Iwai, after graduating from the Faculty of Law at Hosei University, joined Kyowa Exeo Corporation (currently: EXEO Group, Inc.) and in charge of government information system development, secretarial office manager, human resources development office manager, ICT business planning department manager, etc., before joining WHERE Inc. in 2018. He has served as General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, General Manager of Sales Division and Executive Vice President, and has been in his current position since May 2023. His hobbies are reading (Historical Fiction), walking, playing golf as well as watching women’s professional golf tours.
Founder
Hajime Maruta
Mr. Maruta founded WHERE, Inc. in 2013. After serving as a chief researcher at UFJ Research Institute, a professor at The Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), and the deputy director of the same organization, he founded the company. As a representative director, he promoted the transformation from the geo-application business to the IoT platform business and its growth for 10 years and retired in May, 2023.
Born in Saitama City, has a wife and one son. He is the author of many books, including “Basho-ron (Place Theory)” (NTT Publishing Co., Ltd.).
President & CEO
Mitsuhisa Iwai
Founder
Hajime Maruta
Mr. Iwai, after graduating from the Faculty of Law at Hosei University, joined Kyowa Exeo Corporation (currently: EXEO Group, Inc.) and in charge of government information system development, secretarial office manager, human resources development office manager, ICT business planning department manager, etc., before joining WHERE Inc. in 2018. He has served as General Manager of Corporate Planning Department, General Manager of Sales Division and Executive Vice President, and has been in his current position since May 2023. His hobbies are reading (Historical Fiction), walking, playing golf as well as watching women’s professional golf tours.
Mr. Maruta founded WHERE, Inc. in 2013. After serving as a chief researcher at UFJ Research Institute, a professor at The Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), and the deputy director of the same organization, he founded the company. As a representative director, he promoted the transformation from the geo-application business to the IoT platform business and its growth for 10 years and retired in May, 2023.
Born in Saitama City, has a wife and one son. He is the author of many books, including “Basho-ron (Place Theory)” (NTT Publishing Co., Ltd.).
Takahiro Aoki
General Manager of IoT Business Division
and Manager of Planning and Coordination Department
Takeshi Ohyama
General Manager of IoT Technology Center
Tatsuhiko Tsukada
General Manager of Application Development Division
Tatsunori Saitou
Sales Planning and Coordination Manager
EXOffice Department, IoT Business Division
Masako Sakaki
Sales Manager
EXOffice Department, IoT Business Division
Shingo Fujishima
Product Manager and Sales Manager
EXOffice Department, IoT Business Division
Mitsunobu Mendori
Sales Manager, Solution Department, IoT Business Division
and Manager of Planning and Coordination Department
Ryosuke Ito
Manager
Sales Group, Solution Department and EXOffice Department, IoT Business Division
Kinya Kinoshita
Manager of PM Group, Solution Department, IoT Business Division
Ken-ichi Tomono
Manager of UX Design Department, IoT Business Division
Hiroshi Ikeda
Manager of Kitting Center, IoT Business Division
Nobuyuki Akazawa
Manager of Infrastructure Coordination, IoT Business Division
and Manager of Cloud Development, IoT Technology Center
Eiji Inaba
Manager of Device Development Department, IoT Technology Center
Takeshi Mori
Manager of Administration Department
