OUR TEAM
Our team is packed with strong experienced people in Remote sensing and Satellite technology. We come from different fields Agriculture, Financial, Information technology, computer vision, machine learning and deep learning. Our unique goal is to provide good services, and develop optimum solution in order to deliver the best product to our customers.
President, CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Yumiko Nagai
Master degree at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). She had worked at AIT Asian Center for Research on Remote Sensing as Research Associate, then Research Associate at Nihon University, an Research Fellow at Yamaguchi University Center for Research on Remote Sensing, and COO of ListenField Co., Ltd., she founded NSI. She is an expert in GIS and open data.
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Chairman
Masahiko Nagai
Professor Nagai is a professor at Yamaguchi University’s Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation. After completing his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo, he held positions at the University of Tokyo and JAXA before joining Yamaguchi University in 2016. His research focuses on geospatial data from space infrastructure. He also serves as Director of the Yamaguchi University’s Center for Satellite Remote Sensing and holds visiting professorships at AIT and the Open University of Japan.
CSO (Chief Strategy Officer), Vice President | Research Solution
Dorj Ichikawa PhD
Ph.D. in Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Japan and Data Processing, Academy of Science, Russia. He has professional experience as Professor, Yamaguchi University, Senior Engineerof JAMSS, Expert Engineer in IDEA Consultants Inc., Ltd, Assistant Professor, Iwate University of Japan. He also has worked in Mongolia as Head of Computer Science and Statistics Department, National University and Assistant Professor, National Technical University.
CFO (Chief Financial Officer) | Sales
Hiroshi Senzoku
After joining a major U.S. securities firm, he was involved in business restructuring and turnaround projects for financial and business corporations in the investment banking division. After that, he worked for an investment consulting firm and a law firm, where he was in charge of providing solutions for financial issues including fundraising and business restructuring. Currently, he is engaged in project management in collaboration with several academia, with the theme of creating new value and innovation by integrating new thinking, new technology, and current business. His current business theme is geospatial information science.
CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | Solution Development
Chairath Sirirattanapol, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. He has strong experiences in Geospatial data analytics with different applications such as time series crop changes, crop damage assessment. He also worked in various Thailand financial institutions responsible for developing platforms.
CAO (Chief Analytics Officer) |
Solution Development
Nopphawan Tamkuan, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. Previously, she had been worked at Yamaguchi University for several years. She has expertise in remote sensing data analyses both SAR data and optical images especially for disasters and agriculture applications.
CIO (Chief Information Officer) | Research Solution
Vaibhav Katiyar,
Ph.D.
He is very much motivated to find innovative solutions for society at large using Remote sensing and artificial intelligence. Previously, he had experience in working with geospatial and computer vision focused organisations. He received a master's from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and a doctoral from Yamaguchi University, Japan.
EXTERNAL ADVISORS
Atsushi Fukuda
Professor, Department of Transportation Systems Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Nihon University
Chairman, Japan Society for Environmental Symbiosis
Advisor, Overseas Transport Cooperation Association of Japan
Board Member, Japan Society of Transportation Engineering
Hirokazu Yamamoto
Hirokazu Yamamoto received the B.Sci. degree from Faculty of Education, Waseda University in 1995, and the M.Eng. degree from Image Science and Technology, Chiba University in 1996, and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics and Photonic Systems from Chiba University in 2000. He is currently a Professor (Special Appointment) in the Research Institute for Ocean and Maritime Futures, Hiroshima University. His research interests include the Calibration and Validation of Spaceborne Optical Sensors.
Hozuma Sekine
Ph.D. in Remote Sensing and Forest Carbon Sink, Waseda University, Japan.
He has been engaged in policy support and public-private consulting services focusing on space development, science & technology, earth observation, climate change, and disaster management at private think tank in Japan. He has also been involved in a wide range of research project in advanced technology, natural capital management, and future society design.
Currently, he is promoting efforts for the intelligence services based on satellite and other geospatial/social data.
Ryo Taneichi
Ryo Taneichi joined Partners Fund in 2024 and serves as its Representative Partner. Prior to this, he founded Zeroichi Capital in 2021 and led investment activities as a solo General Partner (GP).
Previously, he worked at Incubate Fund as an Associate, supporting startup investments and portfolio companies. He also contributed to the launch of Rakuten Capital, Rakuten Group’s corporate venture capital arm.
Taneichi began his career at Rakuten, Inc. in 2011, where he supported merchant growth and later managed the Kanazawa branch office. He has extensive experience in venture capital, startup investment, and hands-on support for entrepreneurs.