Summary
Nao Y is a Tokyo-based CEO, attorney and patent agent with over two decades of legal practice and nine years of broader executive experience focused on IP, IT and life-science commercialization. A former associate at Nishimura & Asahi, he has advised on high-stakes patent, trademark, copyright, corporate restructuring and bankruptcy matters and now leads multiple organizations including Life Science Incubation Council and GRiT Partners. He brings a rare combination of legal depth and technical fluency—holding IT engineering certifications and advanced coursework from Stanford, MIT, Berkeley and Harvard in AI, machine learning, genomics and regulatory science. As a government advisor and committee member for METI and the Cabinet Office, he helps shape Japan’s biotech and IT policy while maintaining active roles on corporate boards and accelerators. His background in high-performance computing cloud initiatives and health informatics underscores a practical focus on enabling scalable innovation at the intersection of law, tech and biotech.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
桐朋学園中学校、高校
Certificate of completion through EDX, Data science ethics, Certificate of completion through EDX, Data science ethics at University of Michigan
University of California, San Diego
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Certification, Machine learnig AI, Certification, Machine learnig AI at Stanford University
Medical and Bio technology innovation management related to Intellectual property management, Intellectual Property Rights management related to pharmaceutical & medical product, Medical and Bio technology innovation management related to Intellectual property management, Intellectual Property Rights management related to pharmaceutical & medical product at Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Certification of achivement, Bioethics: The Law, Medicine, and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies and Genetics on edX online, Certification of achivement, Bioethics: The Law, Medicine, and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies and Genetics on edX online at Harvard Law School
Certificate of A chievement, HEALTH101x: Understanding the Australian Health Care System, Certificate of A chievement, HEALTH101x: Understanding the Australian Health Care System at The University of Queensland
Certificate of Achievement, Reguratory Science: The FDA and Prescription Drugs: Current Controversies in Context, Certificate of Achievement, Reguratory Science: The FDA and Prescription Drugs: Current Controversies in Context at Harvard University
Certificate of Achievement, PROTECTING HEALTH DATA IN THE MODERN AGE: GETTING TO GRIPS WITH THE GDPR, Certificate of Achievement, PROTECTING HEALTH DATA IN THE MODERN AGE: GETTING TO GRIPS WITH THE GDPR at University of Groningen
Certificate of Business Excellence, Executive education, Certificate of Business Excellence, Executive education at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Master of Laws (LLM), Law practices, Master of Laws (LLM), Law practices at The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan
Certificate, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy, Certificate, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Law (LL.B.), Civil law, Information Technology regulation, Bachelor of Law (LL.B.), Civil law, Information Technology regulation at 一橋大学
Professional Certificate, Health informatics on FHIR, Professional Certificate, Health informatics on FHIR at Georgia Institute of Technology
Law,Science&Technology Certificate, Understanding US intellectual property law, Law,Science&Technology Certificate, Understanding US intellectual property law at Stanford University Law School
University of Tokyo
Certificate of Achivement, Intellectual Property Law and Policy, Certificate of Achivement, Intellectual Property Law and Policy at University of Pennsylvania Law School
Japanese, English