Vymo inducts Shigeru Harasawa as its Japan President

Sales acceleration platform Vymo has announced that it has appointed veteran IT Industry leader Shigeru Harasawa as its Japan President. Harasawa joins Vymo from leading Enterprise AI company, DataRobot where he helped build the business in Japan from the ground up as its Country Manager.

In a career spanning over 25 years, Harasawa has held leadership positions in startups such as Netezza, DataStax and DataRobot and also at large IT companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle.

As Japan President, Harasawa will lead Vymo's business in the region and will report directly to the CEO Yamini Bhat and invest in building strategic alliances to ensure the success of Vymo's customers.

"Japan is a key strategic region for Vymo. Over the last year, we have validated our solution across some of the largest financial institutions in the country. We're confident that Harasawa-san's leadership and experience will help us serve our customers better and grow our presence in the region," said Yamini Bhat, Vymo's Co-founder and CEO, while speaking on the news.

Said an excited Harasawa, "I am excited to be joining Vymo. I believe the product is well-positioned to serve the needs of Japanese companies. While CRM and sales software tend to focus solely on sales managers, Vymo's product is also extremely relevant for sales reps. This drives high adoption and impacts sales outcomes. I am confident Vymo will become a de-facto standard for sales teams in Japan in the near future," said Harasawa.

Vymo is available in professional, solution and customisable versions. It can serve the following financial services use cases comprehensively, off-the-shelf: Bancassurance, Insurance Direct Sales, Insurance Agency Sales, Wealth Management and Lending and Collections. It also integrates with leading CRM solutions like Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics and has an adoption rate of over 85 per cent.