Yuki Horie

COO & CIO Syuppin Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime-listed specialty e-commerce company with leading brands in cameras, luxury watches, and hobby products)

Japan

About

[Professional Experience] Over the past 17 years, I have built my career across technology, business development, operations, and executive management. I started my career at SoftBank Corp., where I worked in cloud infrastructure and security solutions as an engineer before transitioning into enterprise sales and technology consulting. I later moved into business development, leading new business creation, product planning, and strategic alliance initiatives with major enterprise customers. After nearly 15 years at SoftBank, I joined BuySell Technologies, where I led company-wide transformation initiatives, including platform strategy, supply chain optimization, and operational reform. I then served as Business Division Head at TimeLess Inc., leading business growth strategy and marketplace operations. Currently, I serve as COO and Senior Executive Officer at Syuppin Co., Ltd., leading company-wide growth acceleration, operational transformation, and organizational development. [Key Skills/Achievements] I have extensive experience across technology, business development, operations, and executive leadership, with a strong ability to connect technical expertise with business growth. Core strengths include: ・New business development and venture creation ・Digital transformation and large-scale technology projects ・Growth strategy execution across B2B and B2C businesses ・Strategic partnerships and enterprise alliance management ・Cross-functional leadership across technology, product, operations, and corporate functions ・Organizational transformation and operational excellence ・Executive stakeholder management, including CXOs, board members, and investors Key achievements include: ・Led multiple enterprise-scale cloud, security, and DX projects at SoftBank Corp. ・Managed strategic projects exceeding JPY 10 billion in value ・Led company-wide transformation initiatives at BuySell Technologies ・Led business growth strategy and operational management at TimeLess Inc. ・Currently leading enterprise-wide transformation and growth initiatives at Syuppin Co., Ltd. toward a JPY 100 billion revenue target

Experience

  • COO & CIO Senior Executive Officer at シュッピン(株)
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • Head of Auction Business Division at BUYSELL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.(TIMELESS CO., LTD.)
    Feb 2024 - Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • ソフトバンク ()
    • Project Manager, Business and System Development, Global Business Head Office
      Oct 2019 - Jan 2024 · 4 yrs 4 mos

      ・Led new business project as project manager. ・Leads system development project as project manager. ・Promoted new business development in collaboration with various stakeholders. ・Promoted project involving many departments, including planning, BS creation, budget acquisition, collaboration with other companies, and overall management ・Built open innovation system by engaging in function development in collaboration with domestic freelancers. ・Chose the public cloud by studying and comparing AWS, GCP, Azure and Alibaba Cloud.

    • Manager, Sales Engineer, Distribution SE Department, SE Head Office
      Apr 2015 - Sep 2019 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      ・In charge of proposals, design, and building for corporate customers of major retail distributors. ・Provided technical support for services such as cloud, network, mobile, AI, and IoT. ・Served as instructor for formulating account plans for corporate sales. ・Managed solution engineer team. ・Responsible for about major retail distributors with annual sales from proposal to building mainly on cloud, network, and mobile. ・As for RFP/RFI, handled over 100 projects. ・Conducted largest number of top sales for CXOs of major corporations. ・Served as project leader developing pre-sales methods in retail distribution industry. ・Served as instructor in formulating account plans for all corporate sales.

    • Sales Engineer, Sales Engineering Department, Corporate Sales Head Office 1
      Apr 2011 - Mar 2015 · 4 yrs

      ・Served as a sales engineer for major corporate customers. ・Responsible for pre-sales and post-sales to major corporate customers, mainly on cloud, network, mobile, and voice. ・In charge of major project in collaboration with largest logistics company in Japan. ・Served as sales promotion leader selling and expanding new VMware services, contributing to proposals, technical support, and migration from on-premises to cloud. ・Received in-house certification as an expert SE in network. ・Served as a network instructor for section chiefs of all corporate sales.