Ko Orita

Ko Orita

President & CEO at Digital Media Strategies, LLC
Seattle, Washington, United States

Ko Orita is a digital technology partnership specialist and Retail Technology Partnership Director at DNP Co, Ltd. He is also US/EU Business Tech Correspondent at NEC Wisdom, Executive Vice President at Aperza, Inc., and President & CEO at Digital Media Strategies, LLC. He is an investor and advisor at Omnibus KK / Bolster and was an advisor at ad:tech Tokyo. He was voted one of Japan's top 11 Alpha Bloggers.

  • DNP Co, Ltd Retail Technology Partnership Director 2019–present · current
  • NEC Wisdom US/EU Business Tech Correspondent 2018–present · current
  • Aperza, Inc. Executive Vice President 2016–present · current
  • Omnibus KK / Bolster Investor and advisor 2016–present · current
  • Digital Media Strategies, LLC President & CEO 2000–present · current
  • ad:tech Tokyo Advisor 2009–2016 · past
  • TeleSym Japanese Localizer 2003–2004 · past
  • JEN Japanese Media Services Marketing and Sales Manager 1994–2000 · past
  • Dai-Ichi Kikaku (Currently called Asatsu-DK, a WPP-affiliated ad agency) Account Executive, International Department 1991–1994 · past

Education

  • University of Washington Certificate, Intellectural Property Management · 2004–2005
  • Seattle Pacific University BA, Communications · 1989–1990

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