Derek Schneideman serves as IA Global's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Schneideman is a New Zealand citizen with more than 30 years experience working in the Asia Pacific region specifically, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, as well as North America. He serves on the boards of several companies in Japan, the U.S., and New Zealand.
Mr. Schneideman most recently worked as a Business Restructuring Consultant and Private Equity Investment Advisor in a number of Asian countries. The significant career experiences he brings to IA Global include those of President of Gateway Japan Inc., during which time he grew that company's revenues to USD $600 million; Senior Executive Advisor to the Softbank Asia Pacific Investment Fund; President and CEO of CTR Ventures Co Ltd; Executive Vice President of an Electronic Data Systems Corporation Japan Inc. (EDS) joint venture company (EDS-NII); and Managing Director for Computer Associates Inc. (CAI) in Japan, Korea and New Zealand. He also serves or has served as Director and Executive Operations Officer for AdMark International Executive Search Inc.; Executive Consultant to Uniscope Co Ltd; Senior Partner of SICS Co Ltd; and Japan Representative of Illinois Superconductor Inc.
Mr. Schneideman is also a Japanese speaker who is widely involved in community service activities and industry forums. |