Tradition and Innovation: A 34-Year Digital Journey

With a 46-year professional career, including 34 years in the digital field, Masaharu began his digital career at the dawn of the DTP era in 1992. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Webmaster and Web Project Manager for the Australian Embassy Tokyo / Australia-Japan Foundation, where he increased monthly website traffic from 500,000 to 2.5 million page views (30 million annually)—a fivefold increase. During this period, he also managed an e-newsletter with 24,000 subscribers and provided web consulting services for multiple Australian government agencies. From 2001 to 2003, he served pro bono as an Advisor to the Japan-Australia Cultural Exchange Association (JACEA). In 2003, he founded Webmake as a sole proprietorship and incorporated it as Webmake Co., Ltd. in 2004. As Founder, President & CEO, he led the company for nearly a decade, delivering digital solutions to government organizations, multinational corporations, and private enterprises across a wide range of industries.

Advanced Expertise Backed by US Certification

Holding over a quarter-century of expertise in digital marketing and eCommerce. In 2004, he launched a performance-based SEO business, and in 2008, became one of the rare Japanese professionals to acquire the US SEW Certified CSMS (Certified Advanced Search Engine Marketing Specialist) credential. Since the dawn of SEO, he has continuously pursued cutting-edge search strategies, generating outstanding results in both theory and practice.

Actionable DX Support Bridging Global and Local

Since 2016, he has been deeply involved in complex matrix organizations, such as foreign-affiliated life sciences and manufacturing companies. Serving as a “liaison (bridge)” to close the structural and cultural gaps between global headquarters and Japan subsidiaries, he has supported numerous organizational transformations.