As president of Rosetta Stone Japan Inc., a subsidiary of Rosetta Stone Inc., Tak Shiohama oversees the company's operations in Tokyo.
Prior to joining Rosetta Stone, he was director of value engineering for German-based SAP Japan, the world's largest business software company. Previously, he was head of corporate strategy for Cybird, a Japanese mobile Internet venture.
Tak earned an MBA from the University of Chicago. He also holds a bachelor of economics degree from Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan. He is fluent in Japanese and English and is learning Spanish, French and Chinese.