About
Management Team
Founder's Story: The Creation of Lotus Japan
Jack Plimpton, President
Japan Recruit, a division of Japan Entry, is built upon the leadership of founder, Jack Plimpton, former General Manager of Lotus Development Japan, a start-up he developed into a 35-person organization with $10 million in first-year revenues. Lotus Japan went on to sell 20% of the total worldwide volume of Lotus Notes throughout the 1990's. Mr. Plimpton is completely bilingual in spoken/written Japanese. He holds an MBA from Stanford University, studied at Tohoku University on a Rotary Scholarship, and graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard College.
Ken Sumitani, Japan President
Ken Sumitani serves as Japan President with responsibility for overall direction and executive recruitment projects. Prior to joining the consulting team, Mr. Sumitani was Vice President in charge of the 70-person Executive Search Division, Recruit Human Resources Center. During his tenure at Recruit, he established and managed its Los Angeles-based subsidiary. Mr. Sumitani graduated with a degree in economics from Keio University.
Hiroko (Helen) Morimura, Director Consulting
Hiroko (Helen) Morimura serves as Director Consulting. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Morimura was in charge of international sales and account management for Omron's large-scale railway ticketing systems where she racked up over $30M in direct sales in Japan and Southeast Asia. Ms. Morimura graduated from Keio University with a B.A. in English Literature, and spent eight years living in England.
William Lohse, Board of Advisors
William Lohse serves as an advisor to the company. He has been an angel
investor since 1990. In addition, Mr. Lohse previously was CEO of Softbank
Expos where he grew revenues to $200M. He was President of Ziff-Davis
Publishing and managed 1,800 employees with revenues of $350M. Previously,
he founded Breakthrough Software which was later acquired by Symantec.