Management
Through a belief that there are huge opportunities for efficiency in translation, and a set of shared values that promote great work, we’re growing fast.
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Robert Laing, CEOBefore founding Gengo, Robert led web teams on projects for clients such as Last.fm, Unilever, Nissan, Deloitte and KPMG. Robert’s background is in the UK, Australia, Belgium and Hong Kong, and brings a passion for efficient processes that help the world run faster.
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Jeff Mills, CRO, AmericasBefore Gengo, Mills served as a VP at Criteo where he built a world-class team and executed the strategy that put them on the map in the U.S. Jeff also held leadership positions during his 8 year tenure at Yahoo! starting in 1998, SideStep (acquired by Kayak), and Sojern, the leading travel media company.
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Matthew Skyrm, General ManagerPrior to Gengo, Matthew spent 16 years building Internet businesses in Silicon Valley and Japan. In addition to founding and later selling Internet music pioneer Kick.com to Sony, Matthew held senior product management positions at companies such as Yahoo!, where he was responsible for the Yahoo! Messenger client products, and Sony Corporation in Tokyo, where he created うたとも (Song Friends) and PlayMemories.
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Kenji Yamamoto, JapanAs VP of Sales for Apple in Japan for 2004-2009, Kenji oversaw five years of impressive company growth. Previously VP of Sales for Oracle Japan and EMC Japan, Kenji is also a prolific speaker and published author with a passion for helping Japan go global.
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Matthew Romaine, CTOMatthew grew up in the North East U.S., London and Tokyo, all the while speaking English and Japanese. After graduate school at Stanford, Matthew joined Sony’s R&D group and before joining Gengo founded Majides, responsible for TIME top 50 website MiiStation.com.
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Jeff Binstock, COOJeff is an international business manager with over 20 years of experience managing high growth businesses and turnaround situations (urbanfetch.com, artnet.com) and leading M&A transactions in media, information, and financial services (Niche Media, Guidepoint Global).
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Hiroto Tokusei, VP of ProductHiroto has over 10 years of experience leading product development in technology industry. Before coming to Gengo, he served as Senior Product Manage for YouTube at Google US headquarters where he managed YouTube Mobile and YouTube automatic caption feature. He has M.S. and M.B.A. from Stanford University.
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Hiro Tamura, Board MemberHiro is a Partner at Atomico, was co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of SP&W, a principal investment and financial advisory firm based in Tokyo, and founder of Triple Junction, a technology consultancy, where he advised prominent technology companies such as Skype.
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Dave McClure, Board memberDave has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for over twenty years, and has worked with companies such as PayPal, Mint, Founders Fund, Facebook, LinkedIn, SlideShare, Twilio, Simply Hired, O’Reilly Media, Intel, & Microsoft. He also likes to play ultimate frisbee when he’s not flying.