Principal Kenji Yano, PhD, earned graduate degrees in Japan and the US. Yano's
Master's, doctoral and postdoctoral studies dealt with broad areas of biomedical
and food sciences. He is the author and the coauthor of 27 peer-reviewed
scientific articles and abstracts. Previously, he was involved in pharmaceutical
product development at TERUMO Corporation in Japan. More recently, Dr. Yano
played a key role in developing an international chemical compound registration
program at Ann Arbor-based NSF International. In that capacity, he successfully
built relationships with chemical manufacturers, trade associations and
regulatory agencies worldwide. He served as US expert on the ISO Technical
Committee 199 in the development of ISO 21469.  Dr. Yano also frequently spoke
at trade conferences and contributed technical papers to trade journals. During
his tenure at NSF, his program's clientele expanded from 0 to 770 companies in
29 countries including Japan. Dr. Yano has been an independent business
consultant since 2006. He currently teaches Japanese language and culture at
Washtenaw Community College.   

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