Burnaby Board of Trade's Know You Neighbours

1. Full name and position/title: Tatsuya Nakagawa, President and CEO

2. Company/Organization Name: Atomica Creative Group

3. Company website: www.atomicacreative.com

4. Education/Credentials:

University of San Francisco, University of British Columbia

5. Average meetings per month: 20

6. Name a skill or talent you possess that is not in your job description (i.e. marketing background; can speak 3 languages)

Tennis Coach and NCAA Division 1 Tennis Player

Brown Belt - Karate

7. What makes your job fun?

New and innovative products and technologies.

8. Personal Peeves?

Bad cell phone manners

9. Favourite quote?

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

- Thomas Edison

10. Name one person of influence who is in your professional network

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple.

11. Who inspires you? Any mentors or role models?

Thomas Edison. Tiger Woods.

12. Imagine you had a working lunch with three prominent (or fictional) people.

Richard Branson, Virgin Group

Russell Simmons, Rush Communications

A.G. Lafley, P&G

13. Your favourite website is:

LinkedIn.com

14. Name one thing you cannot live without:

Family

15. List committees, organizations, or boards you sit on or have been a part of.

Burnaby Board of Trade, Board of Director

Japan-Canada Chamber of Commerce, Former Director

BC Export Awards, Steering Committee

BC Supply Chain Career Network, Former Director

16. What are you currently reading? Any favourite books?

Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell

Innovators Dilemma, Clayton M Christensen

Unleashing the Idea Virus, Seth Godin

17. What would be the professional legacy you'd like to leave behind? (i.e. increase sales by 300%; make corporate social responsibility a natural business practice; introduce technology that changes our lives).

To help change the global corporate innovation success rate from 25% (currently) to over 50%.