Our Team

Our consultants at Ryze all have extensive recruiting experience in the Japanese market and can accurately deliver the most valuable candidates for your company. Our search capabilities allow us to find and selectively introduce top-notch candidates to support your hiring process quickly and efficiently.

William DeLorme

President, Co-Founder

William DeLorme came to Japan in 2002 and established his career as a human resources consultant based in Tokyo. In the past almost 20 years, he was the leader of Japan’s top recruiting team for globa…

David Solway

Vice President, Co-Founder

David is a co-founder of Ryze Consulting and has over 15 years of executive search experience in Japan. As a recruiting consultant David has a uniquely successful track record in various industries …

Sakura Sato

Vice President Operations, Co-Founder

Sakura Sato has a strong background with foreign-affiliated businesses in Japan. She started her career in a global Japanese technology company. In 2004 she moved to Tokyo where she start…

Mayu Hatano

Partner

Mayu is a Partner at Ryze Consulting. With a strong background in Technology Industry Sales, she has established herself as a top-notch customer-focused recruitment consultant. Mayu demonstrates a true talent to c…

Naoya Atarashi

Director

With 10 years of experience in executive search Naoya has placed executives ranging from Managing Directors, Heads of Departments, Sales and Engineering positions. His clients are global multinational corporations …

Rihito Nakajima

Director

Rihito is a fully bilingual (Japanese and English) expert in Information Communications Technology. He specializes in Asia Pacific recruiting for the 5G, Cloud, SaaS, AI, Data, IoT and Cybersec…

Kimo Blackmore

Director

Kimo is a passionate executive search professional with experience recruiting for Sales, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, among others in SaaS, Marketing, DX (Digital Transformation) and Security Solu…

Jason Rucker

Director

Jason has over 12 years experience working on APAC recruiting projects for technology companies within Cloud, AI, E-commerce, and Social Media business models.

From the beginning of his career in Tokyo,&n…

Midori Ikeda

Sales Development Specialist

Midori’s professional career began in the airline industry where, for over three years, she focused on providing first-class customer service to a variety of international clientele. During her ti…