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Services
Consulting
Strategy Development and Research Support
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General Trading Company
Provided advisory services for fintech businesses and offered support for adjusting to overseas markets.
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Payment Service Provider
Supported the development and review of our client's issuing business plan. We also supported the creation of an overall business plan, including recommendations on international branding.
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Credit Card Company
Analyzed the current status of credit and debt collection in the company's credit card business with the aim of reducing bad debt, and assisted in the formulation of an action plan for various measures to improve the credit collection process.
Requirement Definition and Vendor Selection Support
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Telecommunication Company
Development of a new system and review of the existing management system to further improve the services of the company's credit card program. This also including support for system vendor selection and establishment of a roadmap for system development.
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Credit Card Company
Provided support in defining requirements for the renewal of our client's screening system. This included support for required specification confirmation, such as identifying requirements that include external credit information agencies.
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Credit Card Company
Provided support for the development of a new system and operational structure for the launch of merchant management operations. Including support for the system vendor selection process as well as recommendations for architecture development.
Execution Support and PMO Operations
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Telecommunication Company
Developed a system for the our client's credit card program and provided execution support and PMO services under a new management structure. We also provided execution support for large-scale projects based on the WBS and schedule based on the definition of requirements.
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Credit Card Company
Provided support for acquiring international brand licenses in connection with the launch of a merchant acquiring business.
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Payment Service Provider
Support for connection with overseas settlement agents. This included support for API connection and testing based on its specifications.
Our leadership team
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Chief Operating Officer / Partner
Toyoaki Ishikawa
Toyoaki previously held positions at a major bank and a foreign consulting firm before assuming his current position as Chief Operating Officer. He has led the establishment of a risk management department at a bank and the start-up of several foreign consulting firms in Japan. His experience includes a large number of projects ranging from strategy to IT, such as alliance and management integration of financial institutions, business process restructuring, and business system restructuring and implementation.
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Executive Officer / Partner
Yuji Ogura
After working for a financial services company, an SIer, and a settlement services company, Yuji assumed his current role. For 25 years, he has been engaged in project management of various development projects, including development of new card business, Visa/Mastercard/UnionPay acquiring business, international brand support, business planning of credit business, and compliance with finance-related regulations.
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Executive Officer / Partner
Gyoshu Hiramatsu
Gyoshu has a wide range of experience from system implementation to IT consulting at a major domestic SIer. After a two-year secondment to the Financial Services Agency's (FSA) supervisory bureau, he transitioned to the consulting industry. He has been involved in many technology consulting projects mainly for financial institutions, and is especially focused on business and systems consulting and implementation, such as regulatory compliance and strengthening credit risk management systems. Recently he has been focusing on AI model development with its base technology and data governance area.
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Executive Officer / Partner
Yasuhiro Maeda
Prior to his current position at Atlas Technologies, Yasuhiro worked for an international payment brand and a virtual currency exchange. As the Head of Debit Card Product, he was involved in new program launches in the Japanese market, domestic infrastructure development, marketing, market research, and processing, as well as leading strategy development and execution. After moving to another international brand, he launched the first debit card in the Japanese market and served as Vice President of Product Management and Vice President of Sales.
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Senior Director
Shinya Tokuda
After working for a major financial services company, an online life insurance company, and a settlement-related business company, Shinya assumed his current position. As a planning/development/operation supervisor for card issuing/merchant management systems, he is engaged in various activities from requirement definition to operation. He also has experience as a system and testing PM for the launch of a card issuing/merchant management business, as well as an architect for the renewal of an account system.
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Senior Director
Keisuke Fujimaki
Keisuke has prior experience at a banking credit card company and an international consulting firm. At Atlas Technologies, he is in charge of upstream and midstream projects for credit card companies and banks, and has PM experience in marketing strategies and various business reforms. He has also been involved in mid-term business plan development support, new product and service development support, cashless business entry plan development support, and various business reform support.
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Director
Satoshi Igosaki
Satoshi joined Atlas Technologies after working for a major SIer. He has a range of experience in planning, development, requirement definition, and operation of financial institutions (securities, life insurance, non-banks, etc.) and credit card system development. He also has a wide range of experience from operational to non-functional aspects (performance, operation, failure, security), external connectivity, PMO area, etc., and has extensive management experience in large-scale system development.
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Director
Kimitsugu Gozu
Kimitsugu joined Atlas Technologies after having worked for a major system development company. He has in-depth knowledge of enhancement, brand coordination, EMV, 3D Secure, requirement definition, specification coordination, FEP authorization, and other knowledge related to international payment brands. He also has extensive PMO experience in brand license acquisition and experience in card issuance and merchant management business start-up.
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Director
Kazushi Ara
As a data scientist, Kazushi has primarily engaged in analysis and consulting related to credit risk scores. He possesses extensive experience in numerous projects both domestically and internationally, including mortgage loan assessments, initial and ongoing credit assessments for credit cards and other non-bank sectors, and debt collection. He has been involved in projects ranging from data analysis tasks to credit strategy design and execution environment construction, promoting data-driven decision support. In recent years, Kazushi has also been engaged in credit score projects using credit information and POS data.
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Director
Hikaru Nakamura
At foreign financial institutions and consulting companies, Hikaru has been engaged in a variety of projects including business improvement, cost reduction, compliance with laws and regulations, system overhauls, and IT grand design for banking, securities, and life insurance sectors. He has extensive experience acting as a bridge between business and IT departments in IT projects, and is well-versed in the entire process from planning and budget negotiations to testing, quality control, and implementation. Additionally, he participated in industry working groups for securities settlement systems and has experience in standardizing project management methods and developing project managers.
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Director
Masashi Karino
After working at a major financial institution, Masashi is now a Diector at Atlas Technologies. In addition to experience in front-office departments such as large corporate finance, capital markets, and ESG finance, he has been involved in management and planning operations at overseas branches. Masahi is responsible for supporting the formulation of mid-term management plans, assisting in the development of new products and services, and managing various projects related to systems, regulatory, and compliance matters.