Bio

Hidehito “Hide” Sato is a successful bi-lingual and bi-cultural international executive having worked for various multinationals in the areas of Services, Hardware, Software, and Consulting in the Technology industry for 30 years. He is a founder and Global CEO of Pacific Highway Japan. He develops and drives “Japan Inbound” and “Japan Outbound” business for global partners and Japan partners. Hide held various senior management positions, such as General Manager (VP) of Celestial Systems, Head of Partnership Office at AXA Technology Services, Head of Japan operations at IT Sun (later Pacific Highway, Hong Kong), General Manager of Enterprise and Channel business unit at Nortel Networks, Country Manager of Broadband Internet business units and other leadership roles at Motorola, and Director of Business Planning at Novell. Born in Japan, Hide obtained a B.Sc. in Economics (minor in Mathematics) from Trent University in Canada. Expertise: - Business development and operations in Services, Hardware, Software and Consultancy in the Technology industry. - First-class interpersonal skills in both international and Japan domestic with global business reporting, directly to managers in/from US, Canada, France, UK, Germany, and India. - Proven customer relationship and expectations management skills with a customer-oriented mindset by winning many new accounts and partners. - Self-starter with creative thinking and negotiation skill. - New business development with model changes in the Japanese market having managed successful P&Ls. - Start-up and incubation business practice and achievement for the US, Canadian, Indian and European companies newly entering into the Japan market.