{"id":16,"date":"2025-10-24T15:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T06:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bs-p.tokyo\/biz\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-12-25T09:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:25:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bs-p.tokyo\/biz\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Author<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eitarou Ishiguro (nickname: Eight)<\/strong> is an IT &amp; AI consultant based in Japan.<br>With experience in IT subsidiaries of trust banks, trust banks themselves (head office and operations centers), and as a hands-on CIO of a small trading group holding company, he has long been involved in system development, infrastructure, project management, operations and audits, and business\/IT strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on this background, he now focuses on <strong>translating IT and AI into something that small businesses and individuals can actually use without being overwhelmed<\/strong>, instead of leaving them \u201cdifficult and opaque.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating from Keio University with a degree in Commerce, Eitarou Ishiguro<br>built his career at the intersection of finance and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His experience spans:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Infrastructure and application development, and project management at an IT company affiliated with a trust bank<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>System planning, implementation, and vendor management in the IT and business departments of a trust bank<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internal audit roles at a trust bank and holding company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overall operations management at a trust bank\u2019s data center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hands-on CIO for a small trading group holding company, responsible for<br>infrastructure, networks, business systems, and overall IT strategy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to this experience, he specializes in a style that combines <strong>structured explanations with concrete success and failure stories<\/strong>, rather than theory alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to writing, he is engaged in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cRight-sized\u201d IT &amp; 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