Team

Our Team


Kevin Saimon

Chief Executive Officer

Kevin studied abroad in Canada for eight years, after which he completed his studies in Beijing, China. While earning his degree in International Trade, Kevin started a Social Networking Service and an apparel business. Kevin is also the co-founder of a joint venture Search Engine Optimization company in Tokyo, Japan. Kevin joined the Interlink team in in 2008 and laid the groundwork for the foundation of UrbanBrain. Kevin grew up in Osaka, Japan and holds a certificate of level 9 proficiency in Chinese (HSK), and speaks, reads, and writes English at native-level.

Jacob Williams

Director of Business Development

Jacob is a multi-lingual professional with a successful track record in international communications, leadership, customer service and quality assurance. Jacob spent several years at American Express where he managed the quality of work done in service centers located in Australia, Philippines, and Utah, USA. Jacob has spent 7 years volunteering and working in Japan. Most recently, Jacob worked as a domain recovery specialist and managed ICANN policy related issues for a Japanese Corporate Domain Registrar and Consultancy. Jacob is a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A, Other than his mother tongue, English, Jacob speaks fluent Japanese and conversational-level Spanish.

Bryan Buecking

Chief Technology Officer

Bryan Buecking comes from a background in system administration and programming. Since 1999 Bryan has been heavily involved in system integration and deployment on Windows and Unix system. In the late 90’s Bryan worked in the video game industry, helping pioneer technology for on-line distribution of games. Bryan co-founded a successful software company in Japan in 2006 and was commissioned to build an automated options trading system for the Kospi 200. Today, Bryan's main areas of interest are content distribution, and advanced programming languages.

Yuri Moriguchi

Registrar Liaison Manager

Yuri joined Interlink in 2002 and has since been an played a critical role in Interlink’s domain division, Gonbei Domain. At Gonbei, Yuri handled overseas operations and customer support contracts. Yuri is actively involved with ICANN, and has participated in ICANN International Conferences since 2006 and is a ICANN Registrar Supporting Organization voting member. Yuri is originally from the Chiba Prefecture in Japan and holds a B.A. in Economics from Hosei University.

Advisors


Tomoo Okada

Chairman, Pacnet Japan

Mr. Okada is a well known communications professional in Japan. After graduating from Hokkaido University with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1960, Mr. Okada began his employ with Fujitsu Limited, Japan’s number one IT services provider. Mr. Okada served as the President of Nifty Corporation from 1993 to 1998; between 2000 and 2007, Mr. Okada served as the President and CEO of of Asia Global Crossing Japan, Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Internet Association of Japan, Chairman of Asia Netcom Japan, among others.

Shigeki Kono

J-Circuit Co., Ltd., Advisor

Mr. Kono is a distinguished graduate of Shinshu University in the field of Fiber Science and Technology. He acted as President and CEO for nearly 20 years of a company in the textile manufacturing industry. Later, Mr. Kono provided consulting services to Staff Service Holdings, and currently acts as an advisor to eight companies spanning several fields.