[Offline Recruitment Event] Meet the Sales Team Driving UPWARD's Rapid Growth

UPWARD, Inc. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Takehiro Kaneki; hereinafter "UPWARD") will hold a recruiting event, "UPWARD Enterprise AE (Former Head of Japanese SaaS Sales Department) x Offline Dialogue with Youngest Department Head!" on May 15, 2025 (Thursday).

Company overview of rapidly growing SaaS startup UPWARD, and active sales members will talk candidly about the realities of the job. Why are top sales performers from foreign-affiliated companies joining UPWARD? What is the appeal of UPWARD? This is an opportunity to hear directly from the people involved offline.

Event Overview

Date: May 15, 2025 (Thursday), 19:00 Start (Doors open at 18:30) - 21:00 End *Participants may enter and leave at any time.
Location: UPWARD, Inc. Head Office (Directly connected to Tokyo Station/Otemachi Station)
　　　26th Floor, Marunouchi Eiraku Building, 1-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Application: https://connpass.com/event/352845/
Participation Fee: Free (Includes social gathering)

Recommended for:

Those who want to refine their career as a salesperson at a Japanese SaaS company.
Those who are interested in enterprise sales.
Those who are currently managers, or who want to challenge themselves to become managers in the future.
Those who want to achieve overwhelming growth while young.
Those who have concerns about their future career as a salesperson.
Those who are interested in UPWARD.

Profile of Speakers

Hiroto Wakaizumi, GENERAL MANAGER, CORPORATE SALES DEPARTMENT, UPWARD CO.

After graduating from Kansai University, joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. in 2018. Engaged in retail sales at the Tokushima branch. Joined UPWARD as a field sales representative in 2020. Soon after, experienced CS due to changes in the system caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. After that, promoted through all SMB to GB ranges as an AE, and promoted to General Manager of the Corporate Sales Department in July 2024. Experienced in business expansion of companies with approximately 40 to 100 employees.

Yoshitaka Shimada, Enterprise Sales Department, UPWARD, Inc.

Joined Innovation Venture Co., Ltd. in 2014 as a new graduate. Traveled throughout Japan as a route salesperson, achieving top sales for two consecutive years during approximately four years of employment. In 2018, joined Hacobu, Inc., a logistics startup. Was in charge of SMB to enterprise sales, and later experienced sales management. In 2021, joined Kami Nashi Co., Ltd. After working in SMB and MM sales, became the sales department manager in the same area. Primarily responsible for constructing sales strategies, developing new businesses, building onboarding and enablement frameworks, and high-performing manager duties. Joined UPWARD, Inc. in February 2025 as an Enterprise AE.

ABOUT UPWARD CORPORATION

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.