Founded a student company in 2000, Mr. Ishii has 27 years of experience as an entrepreneur.
He has an extensive track record of providing IT consulting and creating IT services over the past 25 years.
He was the founder of Royal Gate Co., Ltd., which he sold in 2018, and spent 20 years in the payment industry, contributing to building the foundation for cashless transactions in Japan, from payment platforms utilizing new smart devices to multi-payment devices utilizing Android.
He has applied for and obtained global patents for a variety of core technologies.
He founded SWAPay Co., Ltd. in 2022 and is currently developing the SWAPay next-generation payment service, which requires no people or devices.
He moved to Canada at the age of 20 to pursue his dream of becoming a professional snowboarder, but a serious injury forced him to give up that dream. To fulfill that dream once again, he became a professional wakesurfer at the age of 42 and is still active today.
History
ENTREPRENEUR
| 2000 | Founded Sideway Style Inc. (Canada), a student startup, and became CEO. |
| 2003 | Graduated from Hokkaido University of Science (Multidisciplinary Science: Fluid Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering). |
| 2004 | Founded Sideway Style Ltd. (Japan) and became Representative Director.Web production, e-commerce, online payment business launched.Subscription business launched.Patented DIY gift catalog business model. |
| 2007 | Founded Royal Gate Co., Ltd. and became its representative director.E-commerce and online payment business launched. |
| 2009 | PAYGATE payment platform development begins. |
| 2011 | PAYGATE original payment terminal development.World's first implementation of AES for smartphone payments using Thales HSM from France.Trend Micro Deep Security World's first deployment on Azure.PAYGATE service launched. |
| 2012 | PAYGATE Mag Development. |
| 2013 | He was the first Japanese speaker at Microsoft WWDC 2013 held in the USA. |
| 2014 | Microsoft obtained PCI DSS certification using Azure before it obtained PCI DSS certification. |
| 2015 | helple holdings Inc. (established in USA) started WEB3 business. |
| 2017 | Royal Gate Co., Ltd. is sold to Daiwa House.Recommendation engine patented worldwide (Patent No. 2017-220207).A patent has been obtained for the ability to make multiple payments and earn points with one key (Patent Publication No. 2019-220233). |
| 2018 | PAYGATE Station released (Japan's first Android device to obtain Suica certification).Founded KG & Company Co., Ltd. and became its representative director.KG Group companies established (becoming group companies). |
| 2019 | Smart city business launched. |
| 2020 | WEB2 related platform Block BASE launched. |
| 2022 | SWAPay Co., Ltd. was established.SWAPay Co., Ltd. completes seed round funding. |
| 2024 | SWAPay service launch.SWAPay Co., Ltd. completes pre-series A round of funding. |
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Marketing
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Web
Development
Development
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Music
Writing
Writing
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Game
Development
Development
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Photography
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