Rika Nakazawa
Founder, CEO of Boardseatmeet, VP Client Partner Conduent
Rika is a global applied innovation executive advancing business where digital transformation drives the greatest value – leveraging strategic perspectives, business insights, partnership acumen, and experience design fluency. Rika specializes in bridging investment and entrepreneurship across Japan and the US. She is a dynamic and frequent conference speaker and chair. 15+ years business development, partnership management, innovation, design-thinking, and strategy deployment experience in Machine Vision/AI, Fintech, Semiconductor, AR/VR/XR. Rika is versed in both multinational and startup venture ecosystems, with fluency in Japanese and German. She serves on the Advisory board for VR/AR, AI / Machine Learning and IoT startups, and advancing initiatives for women in technology and leadership.
* Go to market and positioning strategy
* Expand accounts through collaborative negotiation
* Executive engagement with business insights
* Partner ecosystem development and partner acquisition
* Nimble execution at all levels
* Connected to multiple networks and in multiple industries
* Harness disruption for business innovation
* Cross-functionally drive progress in matrixed organizations
* Build executive relationships and influence key stakeholders
* Utilize cultural insights to build effective global growth strategies
Specialties: Payments Innovation, E-Commerce, Business Insights, Business Development, Executive Networks, Sales, Partnership and Relationship Management, Global Expansion, Strategic Insight, Alliance Development, Technology Consulting, Content Applications, Multicultural Project Management, Market Analysis
Rika holds degrees from UCLA and Princeton University.