General Manager
Ryo Aoki
Ryo Aoki
Ryo Aoki / American branch manager

March 2002: Graduated from Kyoto University Graduate School of Agriculture

April 2002: Joined Recruit Co., Ltd.

April 2014: Joined Takuyo Corporation (DBA: Lighthouse)

January 2018: Joined our company and became the representative of EXIDEA’s US branch (EXIDEA GLOBAL USA INC.) (current position)

He joined Recruit Co., Ltd. in 2002 and was involved in planning, product development, and system operations for the job information site Rikunabi, the career change information site Rikunabi NEXT, and the hotel reservation site Jalan.net.

After leaving the company in 2014, he moved to Los Angeles, California, USA.

After serving as Vice President of Lighthouse, a local Japanese information magazine, he has held his current position since 2018.

With around 20 years of experience in the IT and web industry, he has a wide range of knowledge from marketing to system development and operations.

 

 

[Major qualifications]

Basic Information Technology Engineer Examination

Nissho Bookkeeping Level 2

Eiken Level Pre-1

TOEIC 850 points

 

 

[Main articles written]

80% of CEOs don’t trust marketers? The key to regaining trust is “legacy media content production methods”

What are the characteristics of content that appears at the top of Google search results? How to gain the trust of both humans and machines

How to research search term trends ~ Focus on changes and seize business opportunities with marketing

What is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) ?

 

Additionally, he is the editor-in-chief of the “IT Schools,” “English Conversation,” and “Job/Career Change” categories of the comprehensive comparison media HonNe.