Chief Representative, State of Bavaria (Bayern) - Japan Office

• State of Bavaria-Japan Office /since 2010/ Chief Representative
• Bavaria Club in Korea /since 2012/ President 
• State of Bavaria-China Office /2016-2010/ Chief Representative 
• Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs /1999-2006/ Deputy Director Invest in Bavaria

Head, Division of Textile Machinery / Production Technologies, Institut für Textiltechnik, RWTH Aachen University·

• Ark industry AG /2015 - current/ Director of board
• Institut für Textiltechnik /2014 - current/ Member of the management board; head of division Textile Machinery / Production Technologies
• Clemson University, SC; USA /2013 - current/ Adjunct Professor
• Institut für Textiltechnik /2008 - 2014/ Research Assistant, group leader

General Manager, ECPE European Center for Power Electronics e.V.

Project Manager, Organic Electronics Saxony Management GmbH

• 2016 - today / Project Manager at Organic Electronics Saxony
• 2013 - today / Research Assistant/Group leader at Technische Universität Dresden, IAPP

Director, German Research and Innovation Forum Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo)

• Since 3/2017 Director of the DAAD Office Tokyo and DWIH Tokyo
• 2010-2017 Head of Unit GATE-Germany Office and Marketing Expertise, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 
• 2008-2010 Project Manager, Alumni Programmes, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 
• 2005-2008 Marketing and Public Relations-Manager in a start-up internet company
• 2003-2005 Development Assistant of the German Development Service in Accra, Ghana 
• 1999-2002 Coordinator for International Relations, JET-Programme in Kumamoto and Unoke

Manager, International Affairs, OptoNet e.V.- Photonics Network Thuringia

• Since 2015 International Affairs Manager, OptoNet e.V.- Photonics Network Thuringia, Jena, Germany
• 2006-2015 Senior Human Resource Consultant, Orizon GmbH, Jena, Germany

Head, Division of "New Innovation Support Instruments and Programmes", German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

• Since 2012 Head of Division "New Innovation Support Instruments and Programmes", German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin
• 1998 - 2012  Policy officer for Venture Capital Policy officer for General Issues of Innovation and Technology Policy, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology, Berlin
• 1991 - 1998 Policy officer for Research Policy, Policy officer for Press Relations, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn
• 1990 - 1991 Researcher, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe

Minister, Head, Department for Economic and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany in Tokyo

• Since 2015 Head of the department for economic and scientific affairs at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Tokyo
• 2014-2015 Head of the political department of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Tokyo
• Since 1986 Member of German Foreign Service

Project Researcher, Department of Creative Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

• Project Researcher /2016-Current/ Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
• Researcher /2000-2016/ Japan Institute of Sports Science
• Assistant Prof., Associate Prof /1984-2000/ Sports Science, Tsukuba University
• Researcher /1981-1984/ National Institute of Special Education
• Assistant /1978-1981/ Sports Center, Tsukuba University

Director, CEO, Innovationsmanufaktur Ltd.

• 2000 - today Director - CEO of Innovationsmanufaktur Ltd.
• 1994 - 2001 Director of innovatop Center for cooperative and interdisciplinary innovation research e.V.; Guest professorships at the University of Cincinnati, USA (1990), Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (1998 - 2000), Universidad de las Américas, Puebla (2003, 2006 - 2008)

Senior Academia Member, New Generation Power Electronics and System Research Consortium Japan (NPERC-J)
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University

• 2017-present Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu university
• 2014-present Senior academia member, NPERC-J
• 2001-2016 Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• 1996-2000 Researcher, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• 1994-1995 Research associate, Chemical Engineering, Waseda University

Director for Regional R&D Promotion, University-Industry Collaboration and Regional R&D Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports and Technology(MEXT) (2017Aug‐Present)

He joined the Science and Technology Agency (STA) in 1998. Heheld the following important posts;

• Study Policy Evaluation Methods at the Univ. of Manchester(2005‐2006)
• Deputy Director for Ocean and Earth Division, Research andDevelopment Bureau, MEXT (2006‐2007)
• Director at Kyushu Univ. (2007－2009)・Deputy Director for Basic and Generic Research Division,Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT (2009－2010)
• Science Attaché at the Japanese Embassy in Germany (2010－2013)
• Director for Office for Particle and Nuclear Research Promotion,Research Promotion Division, Research Promotion Bureau,MEXT (2013－2014)
• Deputy Director for Policy Division, Science and TechnologyPolicy Bureau, MEXT (2014－2015)
• Deputy Director for Management and Coordination Division,Minister's Secretariat, MEXT (2015－2016)
• Secretary to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,Science and Technology, MEXT (2016-2017)

Manager, Business Support and Finance Department, Saitama City Foundation for Business Creation

• After the careers in bank, communication carrier and consulting firm,
• Saitama City Foundation for Business Creation/2004- /Manager

Deputy Director-General,Science and Technology Policy Bureau,Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports and Technology (MEXT) (2017Aug‐Present)

He joined the Science and Technology Agency (STA) in 1988. He held the following important posts;

• Secretary to the Science and Technology Policy Minister (2002‐2003)
• Professor at Shinshu University (2009‐2011)
• Director, Nuclear Fuel Cycle Regulation Division, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) (2011－2012)
• Chief Director, Corporate Planning Department, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) (2014-2016)

Director, Special Adviser to Executive Board Member, Innovation Center for Organic Electronics, Yamagata University

• Since 2009 Direction and Management for promoting International Collaboration and formation of research hub about organic electronics
• Since 2002 Department of Polymer Sci & Eng, Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University
• 1999-2001 University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Institute of Polymer Materials, Research Associate, Germany
• 1988-1998 DuPont Japan, Technical Centre, Research Chemist
  (1990-1993　DuPont USA, Washington Works Lab. WV, Research Chemist)

Vice President, The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.

• 2015 Became a vice president of the graduate school
• 2007 Founded TAK System Initiative and became the president
• 2007 Started working at the Graduate School as a professor
• 1982 Joined Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. as an engineer
• 1993 to 1997 Worked at JST as a group leader and technical manager

Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Environmental Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology

• 2012- Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Environmental Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 1992- Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 1985- Associate Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 1973- Research Associate at Tokyo Institute of Technology

Programme Coordinator, "Internationalisation of Leading-Edge Clusters, Forward-Looking Projects and Comparable Networks", Division of "Technological and Regional Innovations - Clusters", Project Management Jülich, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

• Since 2015 Programme Coordinator, "Internationalisation of Leading-Edge Clusters, Forward-Looking Projects and Comparable Networks", Division of "Technological and Regional Innovations - Clusters", Project Management Jülich, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
• 2013 - 2015 Research group leader at Institute of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (IMA)/Center for Learning and Knowledge Management (ZLW) at RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• 2009 - 2013 Researcher at Institute of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (IMA)/Center for Learning and Knowledge Management (ZLW) at RWTH Aachen University, Germany