Debbie Richards is President of Creative Interactive Ideas, a firm that specializes in creating engaging and effective immersive learning experiences for businesses and organizations. Debbie Richards is also a Learning Guild Master, a prestigious title that recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the learning and development community. Debbie is the past president of the ATD Houston chapter and a past National Advisor for Chapters. Debbie is a director at L&D Cares.

JD Dillon is a veteran talent development leader, internationally respected speaker, digital workplace strategist and author of The Modern Learning Ecosystem. He became a learning and performance expert over 20 years working with companies like Disney, Kaplan and AMC Entertainment. Today, JD continues to apply his passion for helping people do their best work every day in his roles as Axonify's Chief Learning Officer and founder of LearnGeek, an insights and advisory practice.

Marek has been delivering services to the L&D industry since 1999. He has cooperated with more than 100 companies being responsible for design of learning strategies, development of learning environments, instructional design. As a Thought Leader he works with network of people involved in innovative initiatives in L&D space of Accenture. He is the author of 4 books – his recent one, published by ATD, discusses Moments that Matter in the learning space. Since 2021 he has been engaged in design and development of soft-skills VR training.

Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data, and ultimately performance. Megan has more than 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment, and consulting. Megan is the author of Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers, Agile for Instructional Designers, and 2 TD@Work publications.

Vince Han is the founder and CEO of Mobile Coach and a frequent speaker at conferences such as Training Conference, DevLearn, Learning Solutions, Masie’s Learning Conference, ATD ICE, ATD Techknowledge and others. He holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Vince is an industry thought-leader for learning and learning technology with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and chatbot technology. Vince has founded several successful technology companies and resides in Utah.

Katsura Ito has 30 years plus experience in Enterprise IT/Software Industry in various roles such as Systems Engineer, Marketing and Business Management. Her strong passion goes to how to transform legacy Japanese company/organization through Digital Transformation and diversity of the talent and has served as Chief Learning Officer in Microsoft Japan. In 2022, Katsura has been appointed as a Commissioner of National Personnel Authority (NPA) by Japanese Cabinet. Where she focuses on transformation of Government Officials through Digital skilling, Diversity and Work Style Innovation.

Gary Lipkowitz is the CEO for Vyond. Over the past 12 years he has crafted the company’s strategy and guided its growth. Prior to Vyond Gary was the COO for Wego.com, a leading travel search engine serving the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Gary also worked in feature film development for Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, and as a strategy consultant for Yahoo! Southeast Asia and MTV Asia. Before moving to Asia, Gary was an award-winning corporate television writer/producer in Chicago and Austin.

I leverage over 25 years of progressive experience in global roles to articulate and refine learning & development strategies. To ensure the success of my proposals, I partner with executive teams and cross-functional stakeholders, building coalitions around innovative approaches. A passion for continuous improvement leads me to embrace cutting-edge tools and methods.

Koko Nakahara is Talent Development consultant in Yokohama, Japan. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field. early 2002, she incorporated the company Instructional Design Inc. in Japan, based upon her career in developing training and performance management solutions for leading companies including Citibank and Microsoft, and her professional commitment to advancing this field of expertise to meet the critical needs of Japanese companies to develop and manage their strategic HRD.

Paul is passionate about helping leaders connect purpose, passion, and performance. He brings with him 20+ years of Organizational Development experience from various domestic and global organizations. In his work with all leadership levels, pre-supervisory all the way up to C-Suites, he helps leaders achieve individual and organizational success WITH people, not through people.

Manager at Talent Development and Learning practice based in Warsaw. 6+ years of business and consulting experience in the L&D area. Expert in digital learning technologies, instructional design, training content development and change management. Leading the team researching cutting-edge learning technologies focusing on the authoring tools and learning platforms. Recently engaged in managing the content development team delivering services in the soft-skills VR training space.

Jennifer Homer is the Vice President of Content and Communications for the Association for Talent Development (ATD), a global association serving learning and talent development professionals. In this role, Jennifer leads multiple functions including communications, governance, research, and the association’s awards and recognition programs. She also works closely with ATD’s content team and the ATD Certification Institute’s credentialing programs. Jennifer has been with the association for 24 years having started at (then) ASTD to lead its public relations work.
She holds the Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) credential from the International Association for Business Communicators (IABC), for which she served on the international executive board and was president of IABC’s Washington, DC chapter. Previously a professor of PR Writing at Towson University, she is currently studying Organizational Leadership and Learning at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

Takehiko Tanabe has been involved in e-learning in general for more than a quarter of a century since the dawn of e-learning in Japan. Starting with the launch of Japan's first paid e-learning service for B to C, Takehiko has been involved in numerous e-learning projects. In recent years, as a digital learning evangelist, Takehiko has focused on enlightening the latest learning technologies and providing learning experience platforms.

Takehiko is a board member of ATD Member Network Japan and the member of the LDX study group in 2022.

Matt Kutz, Ph.D. is a Clinical Professor at Florida International University. He is an award-winning author, award-winning educator, and award-winning researcher. Matt earned his Ph.D. in Global Leadership, has written five books and been a featured guest on TV, podcasts, and radio (when that was a thing), and appeared on HGTV’s House Hunter’s International. He is a TEDx Speaker, and consults with Fortune 500 and multinational corporations on leadership development and Contextual Intelligence

Susan Fowler is the bestselling author of six books, including her latest, Why Motivating People Doesn't Work ... And What Does and Master Your Motivation. She is CEO of Mojo Moments, Inc., a global network delivering cutting-edge and empirically sound leadership development solutions. Susan is a senior consulting partner with The Ken Blanchard Companies, lead developer of their Self Leadership product line, and co-author of three books with Ken Blanchard.

Nobuaki Shimamura is a Chief Researcher at Recruit Management Solutions, a leading training firm in Japan. He has more than 30 years of experience in research and development in the L&D field in Japan and has led many program development and large scale projects for clients. He has published translations of The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development (1998) and Adult Learning Basics (ATD Training Basics).

Margaret Spence, Founder, The Inclusion Learning Lab is driven by a belief that inclusion is the key to solving the greatest challenge of our time, Margaret founded The Inclusion Learning Lab to help organizations create more inclusive work environments. Margaret has been a transformational keynote speaker, author, and business strategist. She is known for her ability to help businesses achieve their goals and create sustainable change.

Cindy Huggett Consulting, LLC

Cindy Huggett, CPTD, has vast experience in the virtual classroom: She’s the author of four books on virtual training, including "Virtual Training Tools and Templates” and "The Virtual Training Guidebook." She’s a past member of ATD’s global Board of Directors. She partners with organizations, trainers and designers to create engaging virtual training with lasting learning impact. Based in Raleigh, NC, Cindy serves clients globally.

CEO & Founder - Lever-Transfer of Learning

Emma Weber, a recognized authority on the transfer of learning, believes the key aim of learning in the workplace is to create tangible business benefits. This is the platform on which she has built her global business and developed Coach M, a learning transfer chatbot coach. Emma established Lever - Transfer of Learning to help organizations and their employees convert learning into effective action on the job. Emma is a published author and works globally in the learning transfer field.

Director, Next Practices

Ian Townley is a learning and performance consultant based in London, UK. Over the last 20 years Ian has designed, developed and delivered learning to audiences for clients in three continents. He specializes in creating 21st Century-Proof learning, with an emphasis on designing for application, and has spent a large chunk of his career trying to solve the puzzle of how to effectively implement learning transfer to benefit the learner and the business.

Chairman, ROI Institute, Inc.

Jack Phillips, Ph.D., is a world-renowned accountability, measurement, and evaluation expert. The author or editor of more than 75 books, he conducts workshops and presents at conferences globally. Jack has been recognized and awarded for his work by numerous professional organizations, including receiving the 2022 Association of Talent Development (ATD) Talent Development Thought Leader Award along with his wife and ROI Institute co-founder, Patti P. Phillips, Ph.D.

CEO, ROI Institute, Inc.

Patti P. Phillips, Ph.D., CPTD, CEO of ROI Institute, Inc., provides measurement and evaluation consulting services to Fortune 500 companies and facilitates workshops for major conferences globally. Her work has been featured on CNBC, EuroNews, and in more than a dozen business journals. Patti is the author, coauthor, or editor of over 75 books and dozens of articles on measurement, evaluation, accountability, and ROI. Patti serves as an ATD CPLP Certification Institute Fellow.

Hiromi Nohara has been working with corporate clients for their transformation in various situations, more than 15 years. Working closely with multinational clients to design their organizational change strategy, capability development system and training program. Organizational structure design, governance policy updates, digital capability and competency assessment, digital capability development initiative design, organizational culture change, and workstyle transformation have been focus areas these years.

Hiromi is the Chair of ATD Member Network Japan in 2022.

Joined Human Resources at P&G Japan K.K. in 2010. In 2016 he moved to Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Since January 2022 in his current position (Director, People and Organization Development).
From the start of his career, Chiharu Imaizumi, consistently involved in human resources and organizational development, including diversity & Inclusion, and Talent Management.

Dongshuo is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of UMU, an AI based performance learning platform. Dongshuo has developed UMU into a leading SaaS company, serving over 100 Million users across over 200 countries and regions. UMU and Dongshuo are both recognized globally. In 2022, UMU is ranked No.1 in Japan’s IT Review Top 50 Best Software [1]. Also, Dongshuo was awarded by the Junior Chamber International as the Outstanding Young Person in 2017.

Dongshuo worked for Google for 7 years before founding UMU. In 2013, Dongshuo was the winner of Google’s Great Manager Award, outperforming over 8000 peer managers. In April, the same year, Dongshuo was also named Google’s global top ten sales manager. Dongshuo was the first Google Professor in Google China, and was ranked best internal trainer in the G2G program globally in 2013 and 2014.

Dongshuo also volunteers at the largest educational NGO in the world, JA - Junior Achievement, and has inspired more than 10,000 students over the past 15 years through career development lectures and training. Dongshuo is also the first national winner of JA’s Principled Entrepreneurship - PEA Award in China.

In addition, Dongshuo has been invited as advisor and mentor by multiple organizations, helping transform traditional sectors to embrace innovation, through speech, training, writing and consulting.

After joining Fujitsu FOM Ltd. in 2008, Hiroki Ishiyama worked in the IT training instructor department for one year as an instructor of "Fujitsu MySeminar". Since then, he has been in charge of planning IT training and security e-learning for companies. He is also learning about instructional design.
In 2021, his company was integrated into Fujitsu Japan. He is currently in charge of project management of DX retention plan for customers.
He has been a member of the HPI study group in ATD's International Network in Japan since 2022.

Completed ATD Member Network JAPAN T&D Capability Model Basic Course
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer

After working at several companies as executive assistant, account sales rep, joined Shiseido Co., Ltd. in 2014.
After joining Shiseido assigned to diverse HR roles: Global Mobility, executive compensation,
Talent Onboarding/Management/Development. Currently he works as the main lead of leadership development programs.

After working for an overseas bank and PC school franchise, Kyoko Mori became fascinated with computers and joined Fujitsu Learning Media, a human resource development company, where she has worked for 25 years as a trainer; content, program, and service developer; and manager for various human resources in Japan and overseas. She is examining effective learning styles in the changing new working styles through the development of online training services.

Masaru is the director of Service Development Departure of PRC, and in charge of ATD business with Persol. He started his career in sales at a major city bank, and joined PRC(formerly Fuji Xerox Learning Institute) in 2005. He has been working for over 15 years in the HR field, supported companies to strengthen their sales capabilities, and other development for human resources. He has supported various industries in Japan such as automotive, IT, precision instruments providers, HR service providers, and healthcare. He currently works on developing and launching new services that connect learning to performance. In relation to ATD, he joined HPI Study Group of ATD Member Network Japan in 2017, and also reported "Strategic Use of HR Metrics” on ATD2021 Japan Summit.

Masayuki Imamura has been responsible for HRM/HRD for over 30 years. Masayuki has expertise in human resource development, organizational development, and people analytics. People Analytics Specialist (Certified by Academy to Innovative HR). Speaker at ATD 2018 Asia Pacific conference.

Masayuki is a board member of ATD Member Network Japan in 2022.

Tasuku Yamauchi has over 15 years of experience in systems development. With this experience, he has been working as an instructor in project management and coaching since 2017, contributing to corporate PM development. He currently juggles three different roles: new business development, marketing, and instructor.

Tasuku is a board member of the 2022 ATD Member Network Japan.

2nd Class Career Consulting Technician
Main affiliation is Idea Development Inc.in Tokyo.
Involved in corporate training, career education, job search support, recruitment, etc.
Corporate training: In charge of training on communication, harassment, Emergenetics, EQ, mind design, management, etc.
Public projects: Involved in projects to support underemployment, senior employment support, job card promotion, etc.
Educational institutions: Involved in career education from junior high school to vocational schools and universities

After graduating University of Bradford (MA Conflict Resolution), I’ve started my career at a Japanese company specializing in organizational development and human resource development. After about 10 years of corporate sales experience, I was transferred to the overseas division. Participated in sales support to overseas distributors and in building global learning support using digital tools. After that, Takako Yamano, moved to JAC Recruitment. Currently, I work as a double-sided recruitment consultant, and in charge of FMCG industry mainly.

Since 2020, I have participated in the study group of ATD JAPN and actively participated in research on multi-generation.

Risa Kinoshita is an HR strategy department manager at Coca Cola Brothers Japan. With more than 20 years of experience in HR, she has worked for organizations such as the AIG group, GE, Walt Disney Japan, and an MBA school.

Koko Nakahara has more than 25 years of experience in change management, performance, and talent development consulting. She is the founder and CEO of Instructional Design in Japan.
Her other contributions to the field include serving as the committee vice chair of ATD International Member Network Japan and a board member of the ATD International Conference & EXPO; writing articles for major HRD magazines and websites, such as Nikkei, Forbes, and Diamond Online; and speaking at conferences around the world.

She has published resources in many books, including translated ones: HPI Basic (by Joe Willmore, 2011), ASTD Handbook for L&D 2nd Edition (ATD Press, 2014), DATA Driven HR (by Barnard Marr, 2019), and AI in Talent Development (by Margie Meacham, 2021).

Tasuku Yamauchi has over 15 years of experience in systems development. With this experience, he has been working as an instructor in project management and coaching since 2017, contributing to corporate PM development. He currently juggles three different roles: new business development, marketing, and instructor.

Tasuku is a board member of the 2022 ATD Member Network Japan.

Ryota Kurihara has been supporting corporate human resource development for more than 20 years, mainly through the implementation of LMS. Ryota Kurihara has experience from platform to delivery, including training planning, operations, and content planning and development. Kurihara is also the director of Secretariat of ATD Member Network Japan, a member of the Learning Dx Study Group, and a board member of the Talent Ecosystem Consortium.

Takehiko Tanabe has been involved in e-learning in general for more than a quarter of a century since the dawn of e-learning in Japan. Starting with the launch of Japan's first paid e-learning service for B to C, Takehiko has been involved in numerous e-learning projects. In recent years, as a digital learning evangelist, Takehiko has focused on enlightening the latest learning technologies and providing learning experience platforms.

Takehiko is a board member of ATD Member Network Japan and the member of the LDX study group in 2022.

Hiromi Nohara has been working with corporate clients for their transformation in various situations, more than 15 years. Working closely with multinational clients to design their organizational change strategy, capability development system and training program. Organizational structure design, governance policy updates, digital capability and competency assessment, digital capability development initiative design, organizational culture change, and workstyle transformation have been focus areas these years.

Hiromi is the Chair of ATD Member Network Japan in 2022.

Experienced talent development professional in the pharmaceutical sector. Current head of learning at Novartis Pharma Japan. Before joining the corporate sector, worked in the public sector for the British Council, leading on numerous projects to promote increased exchange between Japan and the UK in the field of Higher Education. Driven by the purpose of supporting others in realizing their full potential.

Satomi Uno is Talent Development Consultant, Evidence based Coach, Positive Psychology Practitioner, Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and CTI Professional Coach (CPCC).

She has over 15 years of experience in helping more than 5,000 Japanese senior leaders and executives improve their leadership and management skills at several training companies. She provides them with executive coaching, leadership assessments, and leadership programs to help them drive change and improve their performance. She is ATD Japan Director and leader of the Multi-Generation Study Group.

Jason Durkee is president of Tokyo-based workplace learning and performance consulting firm Idea Development and a director of ATD Japan. Since the ’90s, he's designed and delivered cross-cultural awareness, innovation, and communication development programs to more than 40,000 participants in Asia. Idea Development is a recognized leader in learning transfer, dynamic training design, and effective use of technology in Japan. Durkee regularly speaks at T&D-related events in Asia and has published several books on business communication.

For more than 20 years since 2001, I have been involved in the promotion of the popularization of e-learning in Japan as the executive director of the Japan e-learning conference.

Katsura Ito has years of experiences working at software companies such as IBM Japan and Adobe Systems. She joined Microsoft Japan in 2011 and has been a member of the board of directors of Nomura Real Estate HD since 2021. Katsura is an International Kikisake-shi (sake taster) and holds a WSET Level 3 in sake. Her goal is to create value for local communities through sake.