外村 仁 Hitoshi Hokamura
Partner / Food Tech Studio -Bites! / Scrum Ventures
東京大学工学部卒業後、戦略コンサルティング会社ベイン & カンパニーで経営コンサルティングに従事。その後アップル社で市場開発やマーケティング本部長職などを歴任。陸路でヨーロッパに渡った後、フランスINSEADで夫人がMBAを取得する間主夫として毎日料理に勤しみ翌年スイスのIMD(国際経営大学院)でMBAを取得。
2000年シリコンバレーに移住しストリーミング技術のベンチャーGeneric Mediaを共同創業、$12Mの資金調達から売却までを経験する。その後First Compass Group を共同創業、2010年からはエバーノートジャパン会長を務め、NTT DoCoMoや日経新聞との資本・業務提携を推進しEvernote社のユニコーン化に貢献。またEvernote時代にはChief Food Officerという愛称でも知られる。
現在、スクラムベンチャーズのパートナー、All Turtlesのスペシャルアドバイザーを務める。本年秋にFood Tech Studio - Bites!を創設し、日本の大手食メーカーと世界のスタートアップによるオープンイノベーションを推進中。またSKSJの共同創設者とともに「フードテック革命」を日経BPより出版。全日本食学会会員。肉肉学会理事。総務省「異能ベーション」プログラムアドバイザー。
After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering in Tokyo University, he worked as a management consultant at "Bain & company" for multiple clients. Later he moved to Apple and led marketing activities in Japan. After traveling to Europe by land, he started to cook everyday in France while his wife was taking an MBA at INSEAD. Afterwards he moved to Switzerland and took his MBA at IMD.
In 2000 he moved to Palo Alto and co-founded a streaming media start-up called Generic Media.There he experienced all stages from fundraising $12M to acquisition of the company. In 2010, He joined Evernote and served as Chairman for Japan. He was responsible for deep product integration and business relations with NTT DoCoMo and Nikkei, contributing to Evernote's status as a unicorn. At Evernote, his nickname was well-known as Chief Food Officer.
Currently, he is a partner of Scrum Ventures and a special advisor for All Turtles. This autumn he founded "Food Tech Studio - Bites!", which aims to promote open innovation by connecting major Japanese corporations and startups from all over the world. In addition, together with SKSJ organizers, he published "Foodtech Revolution: A 700 Trillion Yen New Industry: The Evolution and Redefinition of Food" (フードテック革命) by NIkkei BP. Also, he is a member of All Japan Food Association, director of Meat Meat Society (肉肉学会), advisor for "異能(Inno)vation" program by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC).