UPWARD, Inc. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Tadayoshi Kaneki; hereinafter UPWARD) is pleased to announce that Rio Kitamei, an engineer at UPWARD, has received the AI award at the "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award 2024" (announced on July 31, 2024) presented by Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter Microsoft Japan).
The "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award" recognizes engineers who excel within Microsoft Japan's partner companies.
We are deeply grateful for our collaboration with Microsoft Japan on a daily basis. We are pleased to present the "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award 2024" to Ms. Rio Kitamei in recognition of her achievements.
The "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award" is an important initiative for our company, targeting individuals who broadly contribute to business and dedicate themselves to the dissemination of Microsoft technologies.
We hope that this award will highlight Ms. Rio Kitamei's wealth of knowledge and experience, and contribute to the advancement of business, even if only in a small way.
Microsoft Japan will continue to work with UPWARD, Inc. and Ms. Rio Kitamei to realize our customers' digital transformation.
I am truly honored to receive this award.
With the help of the high quality of Microsoft Azure's services, we were able to complete the function of increasing the added value of our products. In the past, we had to create learning models from scratch, and it was very difficult to realize the functions that we thought would be nice to have. This time, we were able to effectively utilize Microsoft Azure to achieve both development speed and quality.
UPWARD AI Scan for Business Card enables one-stop execution of all operations necessary for outside sales with the UPWARD AGENT mobile app.
With UPWARD AI Scan for Business Card, you can now register business card information exchanged during visits, streamlining all operations associated with visits within a single app, leading to further efficiency in sales activities.
By combining Microsoft Azure's AI services, we were able to release a high-quality product in a short period, and we have received positive feedback from many customers, including Nichirei Medical Foods Co., Ltd. (*1) and Kyuchomei Co., Ltd. (*2).
(*1)https://www.upward.jp/info/20240618
(*2)https://www.upward.jp/info/20240627
"UPWARD" is an application that realizes "Sales Engagement" to maximize the value of CRM/SFA. With the focus on 'utilizing customer data', it links with cloud CRM to provide various support functions so that outside sales and field sales personnel can work more creatively.
Service Site: https://www.upward.jp/
Feature Introduction: https://www.upward.jp/feature/
*Microsoft and Azure are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.
UPWARD CO., LTD. PROVIDES DX SERVICES SPECIALIZED IN SOLVING ISSUES OF FIELD WORKERS WHO VISIT THE FIELD AND CREATE VALUE THROUGH OFFLINE CONTACT WITH CUSTOMERS, BASED ON ITS PURVIEW OF "DRAWING OUT THE CREATIVITY OF FIELD WORKERS AND ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF COMPANIES AND SOCIETY". BY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WORKERS CAN PERFORM THEIR TASKS WITH A SINGLE MOBILE DEVICE, WE AIM TO CREATE A WORLD IN WHICH THEY CAN BE ACTIVE REGARDLESS OF WHERE AND HOW THEY WORK.
UPWARD, Inc., Corporate Group Headquarters, PR Team
*Company names mentioned in this text are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
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