Kenta Uemura is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-21.  Uemura has served various positions at The Hokkoku Bank, a leading regional bank in Ishikawa prefecture.  He has over 13 years of experience in supporting small and medium-sized companies in the Hokuriku area.  Most recently, Uemura was part of the System Planning Department as deputy manager designing system strategy.  While at Shorenstein APARC, his research will focus on the way of thinking in Silicon Valley and the latest technology. 

Chao Sun is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20.  Sun is a research fellow of International Monetary Institute, Renmin University (IMI); a member of dissertation defense committee of Finance Master Program, Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance, Renmin University; the secretary general and research fellow of the Center for Global Studies, Tsinghua University; and a member of the Shanghai Economist Association (SEA).  Sun also works for D&C Think, a Beijing-based think tank aiming to provide policy advice and suggestions for the civil society.  Previously, he worked as co-head of the Fixed Income Department, Changjiang Securities; fund manager and assistant general manager of the Fixed Income Department, BOCOM Schroder Fund Management Co., Ltd; and portfolio manager of the Asset Management Department, China Securities Co., Ltd.  Sun won the "Taurus Award", remarked as China's best mutual fund manager in 2015 (fixed income area); and was the author of the "Best Research Paper of the Year" of Bond Magazine in both 2015 and 2018.  Sun received his M.A. degree from Columbia University and his B.A. degree from Renmin University of China. 

Kenichiro Shino is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20.  Shino has twelve years of experience as a news reporter at The Asahi Shimbun, the national leading newspaper company in Japan.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he had mainly covered business news, with a focus on technology, and interviewed many people ranging from executives of large companies to entrepreneurs.  He is also interested in the use of technology for journalism.  After the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 and the Kumamoto Earthquake of 2016, Shino analyzed online data to learn what victims needed and created a visual summary of the results on a webpage with his co-workers.  His research at Stanford is exploring the possibilities and application of reporting through data.

Vikas Sett is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20.  Sett has over 12 years of experience in various fields of finance controls & accounts function - including contracts validation, compliance, tax planning, international trade, foreign trade policy, etc.  While at Shorenstein APARC, he will study the U.S. taxation system, tax breaks available to the pharmaceutical industry and how the pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. have leveraged the tax breaks to their advantage.  Sett graduated with a degree in commerce and is a Chartered Account by profession (member of ICAI, India).

Kenichiroh Oyama is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20.  Since 2006, Oyama has worked for the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI) of Japan and experienced several posts — participating in the management of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), analyzing Japanese SMEs and writing white papers on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan (2014 and 2015).  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he was sent to the Cabinet Office and conducted digital transformation (DX) of the Japanese government.

Takafumi Ochiai is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20. Ochiai has over 9 years of experience as an engineer at The Asahi Shimbun, the national leading newspaper company in Japan.  At The Asahi Shimbun, he engaged in R&D about artificial intelligence, launches of new media services, and development of a data analytics system.  While at Shorenstein APARC, his research will focus on data science, data-based decision making, and organizational change. 

Yoshio Nose is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20.  Nose is the Managing Director of Nose Kozai in Osaka as well as an assistant lecturer with Nissoken.  As a graduate of Kansai University, Nose began his career in civil engineering as a bridge designer.  In 2005, he and his brother began managing Nose Kozai, where he expanded the family business to include the building of airplane parts.  He continued his graduate studies at Kyoto University and received his second masters in 2016.  While at Shorenstein APARC, Nose will research the process of innovation and the building of the supply chain in the U.S.

Shintaro Nishihara is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20.  Nishihara has experience and knowledge working in information technology, project management and the retail industry. Currently, he is a director at Future Architect, an IT consulting service in Japan, where his most recent project optimized logistics and improved ordering accuracy using artificial intelligence.  He graduated from Kyoto University in Japan with a BS in Integrated Human Studies.

Dr. Makoto Kanemaru is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20.  Kanemaru works as an electronic manufacturer for the research and development department at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in Japan.  He is a researcher in preventive maintenance engineering for industrial motor and renewable energy systems.  He received his PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2011.  During his fellowship at Shorenstein APARC, his research will focus on trends and future of IoT and open innovation in manufacturing technologies of electrical equipment.

Yongmin (Terry) Hu is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2019-20.  Hu is a co-founder and co-president of FountainVest Partners, a China focused private equity fund with asset under management of approximately US$5 billion.  Prior to co-founding FountainVest in 2007, he was a Managing Director at Temasek Holdings as well as a member of Temasek's global investment committee and head of its real estate investment.  Previously, Hu was a investment banker with Credit Suisse and Bear Stearns in Hong Kong and Shanghai for over 10 years.  Hu graduated from Fudan University in Shanghai with a Bachelor of Art Degree in English Language and Literature.