１９８８年システムソフトグループ入社。Adobe Photoshop、IllustratorのSGIプロダクトマネージャーを経て、９５年に研究開発型インターネットコンサルティング会社『ペンシル』を設立。分析を強みとし、研究で得たノウハウや技術をトータルソリューションとして提供。ライオン、雪印メグミルク、カゴメ、リンナイ、全日本空輸、日本ベリサイン、トヨタケーラムなど多くの企業のWEB戦略を成功に導く。ライオンのECサイトでは６年間で売上を１５００倍に。成功のノウハウを多くの企業に伝え、インターネットの楽しさや可能性を社会に伝えるため積極的に講演活動を行い、セミナー受講者は１万９０００人に上る。
Yoshiaki Kakuda started his career with SystemSoft Corp in 1988 where he was responsible for product management for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for SGI. After 7 years of honing his craft, he founded Pencil, an R&D-oriented website consulting firm, in 1995. With a focus on analysis, he has been providing one-stop solutions to his clients including Lion, where he helped grow their ecommerce revenues by 150,000% in 6 years, Megmilk Snow Brand, Kagome, Rinnai, All Nippon Airways, VeriSign Japan and Toyota Caelum. Yoshiaki has spoken at numerous seminars, conferences and training sessions across the country to a total audience of over 19,000 to date.