SPEAKER

Active CTO × AI & Digital Transformation Expertise × Global Leadership Experience × Proven Speaking Track Record

Connecting Business, Technology, and People to Move Individuals and Organizations Forward

The Nextramiles Next-Generation Business Speaker service creates opportunities for fresh insight, meaningful dialogue, and action.
It is designed for executives and managers leading organizations through change, as well as emerging business leaders who will shape the future.
We welcome invitations from companies, local and regional governments, educational institutions, industry associations, and communities for keynote speeches, conference sessions, seminars, corporate training, university lectures, and media interviews.

Sessions are delivered by Takahiko Sugibayashi, President and CEO of Nextramiles, Inc.
With nearly 30 years of experience spanning business management, technology, organizational leadership, and talent development, he continues to lead transformation at the front line as a serving CTO.
Drawing on C-suite and management experience in the technology sector and global companies, Takahiko speaks in clear, practical terms about business and organizational transformation, leadership, AI and digital transformation, global business and organizational management, career development, and the growth of next-generation talent.

New Perspectives can Change the Future of a Business

When people change, organizations change.
When organizations change, the future of the business changes.

At Nextramiles, a talk or seminar is more than an opportunity to share knowledge.
It should help each participant see from a new perspective, think for themselves, and take the next step.
That is the role of the Next-Generation Business Speaker.

Takahiko shares not only success stories, but also lessons from difficult decisions, setbacks, and experiences leading people and organizations across different cultures and values.
Every session is shaped around the audience—from executives and managers to emerging leaders, early-career professionals, and students—and the challenges they face.

How We can Support Your Event or Organization

• Build a shared language that aligns senior leaders and frontline teams.
• Explain the need for organizational transformation and next-generation leadership through first-hand experience.
• Bring together business, technology, and people through the perspective of an experienced practitioner.
• Position AI and digital transformation as business and organizational priorities, not simply technology initiatives.
• Offer a perspective grounded in both Japan and international markets, and in both executive leadership and frontline realities.
• Create an event that goes beyond theory and leads participants toward meaningful action.

Core Speaking Themes and Sample Titles

Every topic can be tailored to the organizer’s objectives, audience, industry, and desired outcomes.

• For business owners and senior leaders: Leading Through Change: How Decisive Leadership and Engagement Accelerate an Organization
• For executives and board members: Turning Vision into Results: Driving Transformation Through Technology and People
• For HR and organizational development leaders: Building an Organization Where People Think and Act for Themselves: Aligning Culture and Systems
• For corporate planning teams and managers: Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and the Front Line: How Next-Generation Leaders Enable Challenge
• For emerging leaders: From Waiting for Direction to Taking Ownership: Three Principles for Mobilizing People and Organizations

• For business leaders: Beyond AI Implementation: The Leadership Mindset That Turns Technology into Business Results
• For executives and CXOs: Advancing AI, Strengthening Cybersecurity: Connecting Business and Technology Strategy
• For executive and HR teams: Keeping Digital Transformation Moving: Building the Organization and Talent Required in the AI Era
• For business and technology leaders: Breaking Down the Wall Between Business and IT: Uniting Teams to Drive Transformation
• For leaders and transformation teams: Beyond Tool Adoption: Creating a Culture in Which Technology Takes Root and Scales

• For global business executives: Leading Across Cultures: Building High-Performing Global Teams and Driving Organizational Change
• For international business leaders: Connecting Headquarters and Local Operations: Governance and Organization for Successful In-House Operations
• For M&A leaders and executives: Making Integration Work: Practical Leadership for Organizational and Technology PMI
• For leaders and HR professionals: Turning Difference into Strength: Building an Organization Where Diverse Talent Thrives
• For early- and mid-career professionals: Preparing to Work Globally: The Perspective and Adaptability to Succeed Across Borders

• For mid-career and senior professionals: Rediscovering Your Potential Through Lifelong Learning: Turning Experience into a New Challenge
• For professionals in their 40s and 50s: Making a Second Career a Positive Choice: Reskilling and Action for a 100-Year Life
• For emerging leaders: Seeing Beyond Your Current Role: The Mindsets and Habits That Help You Shape Your Own Career
• For early- and mid-career professionals: Three Perspectives to Develop Before Becoming a Leader
• For professionals ready for a new challenge: Moving Beyond Boundaries: Career Lessons from Global Business

Who We Speak To

• Business owners, directors, executive officers, and other senior leaders
• CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and functional leaders
• Managers, team leaders, and next-generation leadership candidates
• AI, digital transformation, and IT teams
• HR, organizational development, and talent development teams
• Early-career employees and new graduates
• Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and education professionals
• Local government and public-sector professionals
• Industry associations and professional communities

Speaking and Session Formats

We support in-person, online, and hybrid engagements and can adapt the format to your objectives.

Speaker Profile

President and CEO, Nextramiles, Inc.
Takahiko began his career at NTT, where he gained experience across a wide range of technology and systems domains within the NTT Group.
He later led broad areas of retail technology at Gap Japan and drove IT and digital transformation in Japan, Asia, and global markets at Coach Japan, now Tapestry Japan.
His experience includes launching e-commerce businesses in Japan, China, and South Korea; bringing overseas operations in-house; building organizations; and supporting M&A.
As the first Japanese executive to serve as Head of International Information Technology (APAC & Europe), he led the IT organization supporting Tapestry’s international businesses outside North America.
In October 2024, he founded Nextramiles, Inc. and became its Representative Director.
In January 2025, he was appointed Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of McDonald’s Company (Japan), Ltd.
As a member of the management team, he leads IT strategy, AI and digital transformation, cybersecurity, and organizational change.
For further information, please see the Profile section of our Company Overview.

Six Reasons Organizations Choose to Work with Takahiko Sugibayashi

A Current CTO’s Firsthand Perspective on Transformation

As a member of the executive team at a major corporation, Takahiko continues to lead through real business challenges spanning corporate and technology strategy, AI and digital transformation, cybersecurity, and organizational change.
His perspective is shaped not only by past experience and emerging trends, but by the day-to-day realities of executive decision-making: balancing competing priorities, making difficult choices, and moving a complex organization forward.

Nearly 30 Years Across Japanese and Global Companies

At NTT, Gap Japan, Coach Japan (now Tapestry Japan), and McDonald’s Japan, Takahiko has built nearly three decades of experience across technology, e-commerce, organizational development, global operations, M&A, and enterprise transformation.
This breadth enables him to bridge perspectives that are often difficult to connect: Japanese and multinational companies, domestic and international operations, and executive leadership and frontline teams.

Connecting Business, Technology, and People to Deliver Results

AI and digital transformation are not goals in themselves.
They are means to create sustainable growth and lasting value for businesses, customers, and people.
Takahiko goes beyond explaining technology.
Drawing on his experience as a CTO, he helps leaders connect technology with business priorities, organizational design, talent, and culture – and turn that alignment into meaningful, measurable outcomes.

Practical Insight Shaped by Success, Uncertainty, and Setbacks

Transformation rarely unfolds exactly as planned.
Takahiko speaks candidly about difficult decisions, initiatives that did not gain traction, and the trial and error involved in leading people across different cultures and values.
By sharing what worked, what did not, and what he learned along the way, he turns abstract ideas into practical lessons that help leaders anticipate obstacles and make better-grounded decisions.

Every Engagement Is Tailored to the Audience – and Designed for Action

Whether working with executives, managers, emerging leaders, early-career professionals, or students, Takahiko tailors the themes, language, examples, and questions to the audience and objective.
The goal is not simply to share knowledge.
It is to help each participant connect the discussion to their own work and organization, decide what needs to change, and identify a practical next step they can take.

A Lasting Commitment to Developing the Next Generation of Business Leaders

In a world of constant change, organizations need people who do not wait for a perfect answer, but think independently, make decisions, and continue to take on new challenges.
Drawing on his own career and leadership journey, Takahiko helps people look beyond established assumptions, broaden their possibilities, and grow into leaders who can move both people and organizations forward.

Speaking, Media, and Recognition

Takahiko has delivered keynote speeches, corporate sessions, university lectures, and interactive programs, and has participated in media interviews covering business management, CIO and CTO leadership, AI and digital transformation, technology, organizational change, leadership, career development, and global business.
His work in technology, digital transformation, and leadership has also received recognition in Japan and internationally.
For further information, please see Achievements & Media.

Fees

Fees are quoted individually based on the topic, format, audience size, location, duration, and preparation required.
Please contact us to discuss your event and objectives.

From Initial Consultation to Delivery

1. Contact Us

Use our contact form to share whatever information is currently available, such as the proposed date, purpose, audience, topic, and preferred format.

2. Online Consultation

We will discuss what you want the event to achieve and what you would like participants to think, feel, or do afterward.

3. Proposal and Fee Estimate

Based on the consultation, we will recommend a topic, structure, and format aligned with your objectives and audience.

4. Agreement and Preparation

Once the scope and terms are confirmed, we will finalize the agreement and hold additional planning sessions as needed.

5. Speaking Engagement or Seminar

The session will be designed and delivered in line with the agreed objectives, audience, and format.

What I Hope Every Talk Will Deliver

What Nextramiles seeks to deliver is more than knowledge.
It is the insight and courage to face change, think independently, and take a new step forward.
I do not want simply to give participants answers, I want to create a talk that encourages them to think for themselves.

In a time of rapid change, neither a company nor an individual can move forward by applying someone else’s knowledge or success story without reflection.
That is why I share real experiences—including both successes and setbacks—and pose questions that participants can connect to their own work, organizations, and careers.

The impact should not end when the talk does.
Dialogue should begin.
Action should follow.
That is the kind of speaking engagement we aim to create.

One person’s challenge can change a team.
A team’s challenge can change an organization.
An organization’s challenge can change the future of society.

By connecting business, technology, and people—and by developing next-generation business leaders who continue to take on new challenges—Nextramiles contributes to the sustainable growth of businesses and society.

Frequently Asked Questions