Takayuki Inagawa
President & CEO, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.

Mr. Inagawa has been working in the mobile communications industry for more than 20 years. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer of NTT DOCOMO Ventures in June 2018, after experiencing his EVP and COO position at NTT DOCOMO Ventures since July 2016. Before settling into current position, he was named President and Chief Executive Officer of DOCOMO Innovations (Palo Alto, CA) in April 2013. He has been responsible for leading and managing all company projects for contribution to develop innovative mobile communication services/products, in addition to his venture investment activities. Before getting into corporate venture capital industry, He worked for DOCOMO Technology, which was one of subsidiary companies of NTT DOCOMO, to be in charge of leading corporate strategy office and help its CEO’s decisions. Prior to that position, he was responsible for human resource management, especially for education, training and development for selected employees at NTT DOCOMO Headquarters. He also has wide range of expertise, such as purchasing management, international business development, development of mobile network technology. With business development as the pillar of our activities, he continues to create technology and service innovations not only in Japan but worldwide, and to work together to create new businesses and contribute to increasing revenues for NTT DOCOMO and the NTT Group.
Mr. Inagawa has an MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a MS in Electronic Engineering from Gunma University.