Our Team

Andrew founded ScaleInsight based on his unique passion and vision helping businesses and individuals. He has over 20 years experience recruiting in Japan and has completed and/or contributed to more than 2,346+ searches (including over 93 Japan Country Manager searches) throughout the IT Industry. He has also provided Japan market entry support consulting to 68+ technology companies that have successfully entered and/or scaled up in the Japan market. He also works closely with several venture capital firms to provide insights to their portfolio companies with regards to general hiring and business issues unique to Japan.

Andrew primarily supports rapidly growing technology companies from the Silicon Valley who are looking to enter and scale in the Japan market. His primary focus area has been Cloud Computing (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and Marketing Technology (including ad-tech and digital marketing), but has also completed numerous mid-career – executive level searches throughout enterprise software including Big Data, Analytics, AI, Machine Learning, IoT, On-Demand/Edge Computing, and DevOps.

Andrew started his career with Japan Airlines where he was a Customer Service Supervisor, and there he had the chance to experience a global SAP rollout which ultimately drove him to start a career in IT recruitment. After Japan Airlines he joined Access Technology Japan K.K. where he was consistently a top-3 performer (out of 50+ consultants), and received MVP honors in his 2nd year. Prior to launching ScaleInsight, Andrew provided recruiting and consulting services to assist Silicon Valley technology companies enter and scale in the Japan market as an External Consultant (Partner) for a top Japan based executive search firm.

Andrew spent a year at Tokyo Gakugei University as a Monbukagakusho Scholar and worked as an intern at Mizuno Sports in Japan before graduating from Carthage College with a Bachelors in Japanese and Communications. Being from Wisconsin, Andrew is a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan, enjoys baseball and currently plays on a local team in Tokyo. Andrew relocated to Japan in 2003 where he maintains Permanent Residency and speaks, reads, and writes fluent Japanese. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his family, keeping fit, and traveling domestically as well as abroad to experience different foods and cultures.