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Background: Cyrus Shaoul
 After living in Japan during his High School years,
Cyrus Shaoul attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and graduated with B.S. in
Brain and Cognitive Sciences in May 1993.
He then moved to back to Japan thanks to an
MIT-Japan Program internship at NTT.
In the Visual Media Group of the Human Interface Research Laboratories,
Cyrus served as a software developer/researcher for the group, co-developing
a large scale, real-time, virtual reality communications environment called Interspace.
After finishing at NTT, he founded one of the first web development companies in Japan,
Eccosys Co, Ltd. (1994 - 1997). During this period, he managed over 20 projects, including:
Building one of the first content sites in Japan, the
Asahi Shinbun Magazine Web Site,
one of the first permission marketing sites in Japan, Admall (in partnership with
Hakuhodo),
producing a large Internet event called the Junior Summit, sponsored
by Mr. Okawa of CSK, and producing
parts of the Internet Work Expo in
Japan in 1996.
In a 1997 merger, Eccosys became part of Digital Garage Inc., and from
that point on, Cyrus served as member of board of directors, involved
in defining DG's technological direction and international business
strategy. He managed many diverse projects. Some notable ones include:
- Infoseek Japan
Launch:
Cyrus oversaw the localization of the search
technology and the user interface design of the first robot-based
search engine in Japan
- Ultraseek Server/Inktomi Search Launch:
Managed the
localization of this package search engine software, and sold it to
over 200 Japanese corporations.
- Launch of Charles Schwab service in Japan:
Led a
team that helped Schwab on the technical and marketing aspects of
their launch.
- Building and Launch of
WebNation:
Led team that developed the technology for WebNation, a DG-owned consumer e-commerce platform developed in-house. Also led the development of SonicNet
Japan, a music news/content site built in partnership with Sonicnet.com.
- For more info, please see
the Past Project List
In March of 2001, Cyrus moved to New York City and formed Tomigaia
Inc., a New York corporation, where he is the CEO.
Tomigaia Inc. is a consulting practice advising
international clients on Japanese business strategies, both on
technology side and the business model side. Please see "About Tomigaia" for more info.
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