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Senior Leadership Team
Tadashi Tanimoto, Chief Executive Officer
Toru Yamamoto, Chief Financial Officer
Anil Kumar, Vice President of Products
Steve Hanson, Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Steve Eisner, Vice President of Engineering

Tadashi Tanimoto, Chief Executive Officer
Tadashi launched Real Communications (now REALCOM INC.) in April, 2000 after spending 6 years in Silicon Valley, where he was a corporate strategy, venture and cross-border alliances consultant serving high-tech and life sciences clients. He is well-versed in venture capital, venture business and corporate partnerships.

Prior to his stint in Silicon Valley, he was with Booz Allen Hamilton Japan, where he served Japanese and multi-national clients in consumer goods, high-tech and pharmaceutical industries on corporate strategy and operational improvement projects.

For his efforts with REALCOM, Tadashi was selected Finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) Award, Japan 2005. He holds an MBA from Keio Business School, and also spent a term at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania under an exchange program. 
Toru Yamamoto, Chief Financial Officer
Toru Yamamoto has been serving as Chief Financial Officer and Director in Realcom Inc. since September 26, 2008. He used to work in a company that is now under the new name Sojitz Corporation, as well as RISA PARTNERS Inc., Innovation Engine Inc., LINK THEORY HOLDINGS CO., LTD. and LaOX Co., Ltd. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Keio University.
Anil Kumar, Vice President of Products
Anil joined AskMe Corporation in January 2000. He has been highly involved in the design and development of AskMe Enterprise and managed implementations at a number of Fortune 500 companies, including Procter & Gamble, Honeywell, Pfizer and Novartis. Anil has also worked on developing AskMe's professional services methodology for implementation of AskMe Enterprise.

Prior to joining AskMe, Anil worked at Microsoft Corporation where he was a lead developer on the Windows2000 family of products. Prior to Microsoft, Anil worked at Siemens A.G developing software for telecommunication access networks. Anil holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
Steve Hanson, Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Steve joined Realcom in February 2009. He is responsible for leadership of the Field Sales organization and the company's Marketing efforts in the Americas and EMEA. He also plays a primary role in Business Development with our OEM Partners.

Steve brings 20 years experience in software and technology companies to his role. During that time he has served in Sales and Marketing positions for Captaris, Chalk, and Skillsoft. He has been a key contributor in software startups and VC funded organizations; several of which became public companies during his tenure. Steve holds a BS in Finance from the University of Oregon.
Steve Eisner, Vice President of Engineering
Steve joined AskMe Corporation in January of 2000. As Vice President of Engineering, Steve oversees all AskMe product development efforts. Under Steve's watch, AskMe Enterprise has become the most advanced and most used system in the expertise management space.

Prior to AskMe, Steve spent 8 years in Microsoft Research, where he worked directly for Microsoft's Chief Architect developing more intuitive and powerful programming languages and development tools.

Steve holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA.


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