| Birthplace | Osaka, Japan |
| Kyoto University, BS | |
| Chemical Engineering |
Hideshi Hamaguchi has been known on both sides of the Pacific as one of the leading minds in creative concept + strategy building and decision management. A self-proclaimed “diagram lover”, he draws to help companies develop creative concept and strategy. He led more than one hundred projects, from corporate vision to the product strategy or manufacturing process levels for many companies.
Before starting up LUNARR, Hideshi was Director of New Business Planning Group, Matsushita Electric Works (known for their Panasonic and National brands) in Japan, and Executive Vice President of Panasonic Electric Works Laboratory of America, Inc (R&D company in US). Also, From 1998 to 2000, he served as a strategist at Ziba Design in Portland, which gave him the opportunity to consult with its clients and help them develop new products and services. In 2006 he founded LUNARR, Inc. with his business partner, Toru Takasuka and he was COO of LUNARR, Inc. In 2009 he returned to Ziba Design as their Director of Strategy.
