Kaz has more than twenty years of experience in Financial Management spanning companies
of all sizes from start-ups to large international corporations in the US, Japan and Brazil.
As a Senior Finance executive, he has played a critical role in private fund raising of a total of
over US$150M for several star-ups such as Genesys Labs, Centerbeam Inc. and Reply.com in
the Bay Area. His employment also included Director of Business Planning and Strategies at
Visa International and Director of Business Planning and Strategies at Prestige International,
Japan’s leading value added CRM solutions provider during Pre-IPOs.
At Trayt, Kaz serves as Chief Financial officer and is responsible for financial strategy including
funding and M&A activity. He also oversees daily accounting operations.
Kaz earned B.A in Economics from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan and an MBA from East
Carolina University.
