biography
Prior to establishing Strategic Consulting Japan, Mr. Morris was an Executive Vice President, Advanced Technology at DHR International Japan and a Vice President with a local Japanese executive recruiting firm, where he focused on placing executives in senior management positions in the advanced technology industry within Japan. He was also responsible for mentoring and training consultants with search strategy, presentation skills, and business development.
His search experience has been focused on placing Presidents, General Managers, Directors (Sales and Marketing), Customer Support Directors, Business Development Managers and Operations Managers.
To establish himself in Japan, Mr. Morris initially taught English at Berlitz, then worked as a contract lecturer at Temple University, Tokyo University and Tokyo Institute of Technology. He still maintains a relationship with Tokyo Institute of Technology where he continues to lecture several times per year.
Previous to that, Mr. Morris worked at LECO Canada for over 13 years in a variety of roles from field service to sales management. At LECO he successfully rebuilt several territories within the analytical instrumentation field. He successfully developed a variety of industries with a diverse array of technology including image analysis into medical, TOF MS into research, CHNS into agriculture, food, precious metals, research, and more. Mr. Morris also gained extensive skills developing metallographic technology into the aerospace, automotive and advance technology industries.
In addition he developed deep relationships with leading universities and organizations such as: The National Research Council (NRC), Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL), Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Health Canada and Environment Canada.
While in Canada, he was a member of the Toronto Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) users group, the Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC) and the International Metallographic Society (IMS).
Mr. Morris studied electronic technology and communication systems at a Canadian military academy. He has a strong computer science, material science and advanced technology background.
In his spare time, Mr. Morris continues his study of Yoshinkan Aikido, and maintains a black belt and teaching certificate. He is a permanent resident of Japan, is married to a Japanese national, has a son and considers Japan to be his home.