Nobukatsu Abe, President

Mr. Abe graduated from Doshisha University with the degree of B.A. of law. He joined Toppan Printing Inc. in 1971 and started working at ITP Inc. in 1974. He became director of ITP inc. in 1986 and oversaw the central division and international division. He promoted to be managing director of ITP Strategic and ITP Europe in 1991 and has been in charge of international operations since then. As President of ITP Strategic for the last ten years, Mr. Abe has focused on building our core competencies of automotive sales promotion, technical publication, translation services and interactive training. His long-term vision is to globally expand our operations by utilizing the offices in USA, Europe and Asia. He has lead the initiative for development and the acquisition of leading edge technology that will offer clients a comprehensive strategic solution to content management and global communications.

Doug MacGlashan, General Manager

Doug MacGlashan attended Cornell University, where he majored in Computer Science and Mathematics. He came to California in 1986 and worked as an engineer for Northrop Electronics for 2 years programming the Data Management System for the Inertial Measurement Unit of the MX Missile program. After 2 brief stints in outside sales for Sony and Honeywell, he began working for ITP in 1992 as an Account Executive. Doug now oversees all aspects of ITP Strategic's business initiatives and is responsible for all current and future plans for ITP in the US. His vision is to expand the one-office presence in the US, to multiple offices, while focusing on its core competencies and maintaining a high level of quality and service to our business partners. He played an integral role spearheading the Web Solutions Division and the development of KIA's Online Parts Catalog, a leading edge innovation for the automotive industry.

Shoji Dambara, Executive Co-ordinator

Shoji joined ITP in 1992 and worked at the ITP- Nisshin facility for the three years before being promoted to Executive Co-ordinator of the ITP - Europe facility located in Brussels, Belgium. While in Japan, he was heavily involved with the sales and marketing efforts toward our automotive clients particularly Toyota Motor Corporation's Overseas Service, Parts, Accessories, and Training departments. In Brussels, he was in charge of overseeing and managing the translation, production, and sales departments of ITP Europe, and in the last 2 years, concentrated on developing technical publications market solutions - including translations and DTP with several automobile and motorcycle companies such as Toyota, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Subaru, Daihatsu, Daewoo, Honda, Mazda, and Yamaha. As the Executive Co-ordinator of ITP - US, he oversees the technical publications, translation, new media and marketing departments, and is instrumental in co-ordinating the global web solutions initiative with Japan.