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Junkyo (Jack) Fujieda, the founder and CEO of ReGIS (Research Environment of Global Information Society) Inc., a global research and consulting firm, leads all activities related to The Open Group in Japan. Since 1998, Jack has covered academia, media, government research relationships, membership programs, and, most importantly, promoting the value of open standards certification, and proactively projecting The Open Group brand. Jack achieves this through technical forums that promote and educate executives about The Open Group s activities. Japanese end-users and vendors benefit from these proactive activities, both in the Japanese forums and The Open Group s global conferences and forums. Prior to his involvement with The Open Group, Jack Fujieda worked for 23 years at IBM, as systems engineer, product manager, SE manager, sales manager, branch manager, and director of the complex systems division, covering finance, transportation, media, public sectors, distribution and retail industry in the field. Half of Jack s IBM career was in systems and as industry marketing director at IBM's Japan headquarters After IBM, Jack joined CSK as Board member and launched the first commercial UNIX in Japan in 1985. And, as SVP of CSK group, he sponsored DCE and joined The Open Group as a member. Jack Fujieda holds a Bachelor of Art degree from Kyoto University. He is a certified TOGAF architect and also lectures on open systems and IT venture management as visiting professor at Kyoto University, the Graduate School of Shinshu University, and Tokyo Denki University. Jack is also the president of CRM Association in Japan. | 