FRONTEO Names Kuniko Nishikawa As Chief Executive Officer of Its Healthcare Subsidiary
02 Maggio 2017 - 3:00PM
FRONTEO Healthcare Inc. (“FRONTEO Healthcare”), a subsidiary of
FRONTEO Inc. (“FRONTEO”) (NASDAQ:FTEO) (TSE:2158) that specializes
in providing medical data analysis solutions using artificial
intelligence, announced today that its Board of Directors approved
the replacement of Naritomo Ikeue, the current Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of FRONTEO Healthcare, with Kuniko Nishikawa,
effective immediately. Additionally, Director Masahiro Morimoto was
named as Executive Chairman of FRONTEO Healthcare.
Changes to the Directors of FRONTEO
Healthcare (*effective May 2, 2017)
Name |
New
Title |
Previous
Title |
|
|
|
Kuniko
Nishikawa |
Chief Executive Officer
|
Independent
Director |
|
|
|
Naritomo Ikeue |
Director |
Chief Executive
Officer |
|
|
|
Masahiro Morimoto
|
Executive
Chairman |
Director |
Kuniko Nishikawa, the new CEO of FRONTEO
Healthcare, has more than fifteen years of management experience in
the medical care and nursing care industries. She has served as an
Independent Director of FRONTEO Healthcare since December 2016 and
is strongly committed to the development and growth of FRONTEO
Healthcare. Naritomo Ikeue, the previous CEO of FRONTEO Healthcare,
will continue to serve the Company as a member of the Board of
Directors, responsible for the business development of FRONTEO
Healthcare. As Executive Chairman, Masahiro Morimoto will support
the new CEO and promote the healthcare business from the
perspective of the FRONTEO group.
Background of Kuniko
Nishikawa
April 1986 |
Began working at
Citibank N.A. |
February
1996 |
Began working at A.T.
Kearney Japan |
September 2000
|
President and CEO,
Supernurse Co. Ltd. |
August 2010 |
President and CEO,
Firststar Healthcare Co. Ltd. (current) |
June 2013 |
President and CEO,
Benesse MCM Corp. |
June 2015 |
Independent Director,
OMRON Corporation (current) |
December
2016 |
Independent Director,
FRONTEO Healthcare Inc. (current) |
About FRONTEO,
Inc. FRONTEO, Inc. (“FRONTEO”) (Nasdaq:FTEO)
(TSE:2158) supports the analysis of big data based on behavior
informatics by utilizing its technology, "KIBIT". FRONTEO's KIBIT
technology is driven by FRONTEO artificial intelligence based on
knowledge acquired through its litigation support services. KIBIT
incorporates experts' tacit knowledge, including their experiences
and intuitions, and utilizes that knowledge for big data analysis.
FRONTEO continues to expand its business operations by applying
KIBIT to new fields such as healthcare and marketing. FRONTEO was
founded in 2003 as a provider of e-discovery and international
litigation support services. These services include the
preservation, investigation and analysis of evidence materials
contained in electronic data, and computer forensic investigation.
FRONTEO provides e-discovery and litigation support by making full
use of its data analysis platform, "Lit i View", and its Predictive
Coding technology adapted to Asian languages. The company name was
changed from UBIC, Inc. to FRONTEO, Inc. as of July 1,
2016.
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