TOKYO, Nov. 26, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UBIC, Inc. (Nasdaq:UBIC) (TSE:2158), a leading provider of Asian-language eDiscovery solutions and services, today announced that Masami Yaguchi, currently the company's Controller, will assume the joint position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), effective Dec. 1.
Mr. Yaguchi replaces Seitaro Ishii as CFO and CAO who, after assisting in expanding the company's presence in Asia, North America and Europe and helping to guide it through a successful listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, will decrease his day-to-day responsibilities to spend more time with his family. A member of UBIC's senior management team since he joined the company in 2010, Mr. Ishii will continue as a strategic advisor to Chief Executive Officer Masahiro Morimoto and Mr. Yaguchi. He will also remain a member of the board of directors of UBIC's North American subsidiary.
"It has been my pleasure to work closely with Sam Ishii over the past four years. His leadership and experience were invaluable as the company grew its business and technology, and expanded its presence around the globe," Mr. Morimoto said. "I am grateful for his help and I am happy Sam will continue as a strategic advisor to me and the senior management team at UBIC.
"UBIC's new CFO and CAO, Masami Yaguchi, is a talented financial professional. He has demonstrated tremendous capability as Corporate Controller working with our management team over the past year," Mr. Morimoto said. "His talent, his accomplishments and his familiarity with UBIC make Yaguchi-san a natural choice to succeed Sam Ishii in these key senior management roles."
Prior to joining UBIC in December, 2012, Masami Yaguchi, 52, served in a variety of management positions in finance and administration including CFO and CAO of a start-up company Springsoft, Inc.; and Finance and Accounting Director for CMA CGM Japan, a world leader in container shipping. He has also worked in various finance roles including operations controller and treasury and tax for Applied Materials Japan, one of the world's top semiconductor equipment companies.
About UBIC
UBIC, Inc. (TSE:2158) (Nasdaq:UBIC) is a leading provider of Asian-language eDiscovery, forensic solutions and services. UBIC has extensive eDiscovery and forensic experience and expertise with information documented in Japanese, Korean, Chinese as well as English languages, and applies its expertise in connection with cross-border litigation, administrative proceedings and internal investigations, including those related to anti-trust investigations, intellectual property (IP) litigation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and product liability (PL) investigations.
UBIC serves its clients from offices in Japan, the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. UBIC's proprietary technology platform, Lit i View™, version 6.7, is an innovative eDiscovery solution that accurately handles Asian-language characters, encoding schemes and native file systems. UBIC also recently launched its flexible and customizable Legal Cloud™ service to address the problem of rising costs associated with the growth and dispersion of data volumes across the globe, along with prolonged investigations and litigations.
With flexible, customizable end-to-end solutions and services covering the entire electronic discovery reference model (EDRM) life-cycle for corporate litigation strategy and crisis management, UBIC has assisted clients in more than 310 administrative and legal proceedings in the United States, including Department of Justice (DOJ), International Trade Commission (ITC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations and more than 700 corporate investigations in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan and Singapore. Assisted by highly experienced litigation attorneys, UBIC provides a range of services facilitating fact discovery, patent management, security, internal audit and regulatory compliance that can provide a significant cost savings to its clients.
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