Company Name | Melody International Ltd. |
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President & CEO | Yhuko Ogata |
Address | Next Kagawa 304, 2217-44 Hayashi, Takamatsu City Kagawa 761-0301, JAPAN |
Our board consists of a management team with rich experiences. Furthermore, our two advisors, Prof. Kazuhiro Hara (then Tokyo University Medical Hospital, currently Specially Appointed Professor of Kagawa University’s Seto Inland Sea Regional Research Center) and Prof. Yasuhito Takeuchi (then Yokogawa Hewlett Packard, currently a Visiting Professor of Kagawa University’s Seto Inland Sea Regional Research Center) are inventors of cardiotocomonitor’s basic principles back in 1970s. We aim to commercialize innovative idea that originates from the academia.
This is Yhuko’s second time to start up a business. In her first attempt, she successfully commercialized Japan’s first EMR for Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and as a result she was awarded a Prize of Smaller Enterprise Agency’s Director in Japan Venture Awards 2009. Using her experience in working with digital network and medical ICT since its dawn, she now aims to establish and commercialize perinatal telemedicine platform for expectant mother’s safe and secure deliveries around the world.
A graduate of Hosei University Department of Philosophy, Keiji worked as a sales representative for family owned printing business, but it went out of business right after he joined management team. As a manager, his first task was to hold creditors meeting, take care of debts, and to transfer employee and facilities to another capital. Becoming aware of the importance of management skills, he obtained MBA from Kagawa University. Using his experience as an ISO9001 quality control manager, he now manages quality check of Melody International’s medical device.