Duke Nishimura

CEO / Board / Strategic Leader

Greater Reno Area

About

Corporate Strategic leader who guides people and organizations to innovate large-scale solutions and create scalable opportunities. Provider of outcome-based, value-driven innovative win-win solutions that are evidence-based, practical, cost-effective, accountable, and responsible. Specialized in working with entities where strategic innovation, quick uptake of knowledge, and value-based creative solutions result in new opportunities for success. Core competency in leveraging innovative solutions into Competitive Advantages for public, private, and institutional strategic partnerships.

Experience

  • CEO at Strategic Emerging Technologies LLC / dba StemTechIntl
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Strategic Integration of Emerging Technologies for Large-scale Problems in need of Innovative Strategic Solutions. Stem Tech is a rollup of several long-standing global technology and strategic solutions companies that have come together under a common approach to benefit the world by advancing emerging technologies into strategic solutions. As of February 2025: 20 Matrix C/V/D-Suite experts, scientists, and engineers; 60+ applicants for matrix team; 2 patent/IP acquisitions; 20+ IP companies/IPs/Patents submitted for consideration to joining Stem Tech.

  • Board Chair / Chief Strategic Officer at DBC Holdings, Inc. / ApptiveHealth.com
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Holding company for global R&D through operating companies in healthcare, public health, industrial medicine, scientific/medical R&D. Implemented global consolidation and rollout strategy.

  • Business Advisor - Nevada SBDC / Admin Faculty - College of Business, Univ of Nevada-Reno at Nevada Small Business Development Center
    May 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

    * Specialized in scalable businesses: Healthcare, Biotech, Emerging Technologies, Engineering, Global business, Corporate Strategy, Global Corporate Alliances, and M&A. * Consultant for over 650 SBDC/UNR and 400 private client companies - Raised over $30 million of capital the first year (2020-2021), provide strategic plans that converted a $3MM company valuation into $70MM, a $14MM Series A into a $42MM Series B and valuation from $40MM to $210MM with secondary LBO, and employee/shareholder-friendly M&A to build a $1MM company into a $50MM investment-based valuation. * Consultant for companies ranging from start-up through 30 years of operations, and phases covering technology post-feasibility study through global corporate strategy, joint ventures, capitalization (Series A - C), and M&A.

  • Board Member/Partner at DBC America, Inc. / DBC Active Spine Care / DBC Capital, Inc.
    1991 - Present · 35 yrs 7 mos

  • CEO at MetaCities
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Strategic Industry Leader in a decentralized Web3 metaverse platform. The next generation of immersive technology leveraging the opportunities in accelerated education, workplace, healthcare, entertainment, training, information, and corporate strategic relationships. www.Meta-Cities.com