Prior to achieving industry recognition for his pioneering work within the information security field, William Saito was volunteering his time with various non-profit and industry trade groups to direct and implement international security policy standards. In this role, he was instrumental in elevating security standards while providing guidance for government and private industry security programs to combat data theft and implement counter-terrorism programs.

The following is a listing of current advisory and external positions Saito is actively engaged with, as well as a historical listing of prior engagements.

Current and Active Roles

Intecur, K.K.

• Founder & CEO

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technologies (AIST)

Japan Ministry of Economics, Trade & Industry (METI)

• Venture Support Center - Start-up Advisor (SA)

• Research Center for Information Security (RCIS) - Visiting Researcher

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

• Associate Fellow

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)

• Visting Professor - Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences

Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. (IGPI) 

• Advisor

Innovation Platform

• Partner & Fund CEO

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• Member of Information Technology Solution Group (ITSG)

• Member of Law Enforcement Investigative Technology Support Unit

• Member of InfraGard

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

• World, Japan and National Judge, Chair & Award Presenter

Associations & Professional Member

• Tokyo American Club (TAC)
• The American-Japan Society
• Tokyo 21c Club
• The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan (FCCJ)
• Computer Security Institute (CSI)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)

Prior Roles

Board of Directors

• Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) - Mito Program, Program Manager (PM)

• Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO)

• Science & Technology Education Program (STEP)
• Japan Electronics Industry Development Association (JEIDA)
• University of California, Riverside Chancellor’s Foundation Board of Trustees
• University of California, Riverside A. Gary Anderson School of Business Management
• University of California, Riverside Marlan and Rosemary School of Engineering
• Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE)
• Riverside Higher Education Business Council
• San Francisco State University College of Business
• Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce
• Riverside Arts Foundation
• SmartRiverside, Riverside Technology CEO Forum, CEO
• Loma Linda University Children's Foundation, Mid-term Foundation Board Member 2005

Advisor

• Member of Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF), U.S. Department of Defense

• Member of Technical Support Working Group (TSWG), U.S. Department of Defense

• Advisor, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)
• CSL 1-1993, ITL 1-1999, ITL 1a-1997 & X9F4 Working Group, American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• JT1/SC31, 17 and 11 Working Group, International Standards Organization (ISO)
• ITL/CTL1 Working Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• CBEFF ASN.1/X.984/ X9F4 Working Group, American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• Judge for Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization (CEO)
• Board of Governors, Community Foundation
• BITS Biometric Subgroup & Authentication Profile Working Group, Financial Services Roundtable
• Financial Agent Secure Transaction (FAST) Working Group, Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC)
• Working Group, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• Founder, National Cyber Security Alliance
• Founder, Riverside Engineering & Technology CEO Forum
• Founder, Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA)
• Founder, Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I)
• Advisory Board Chair, Center for Asian American Business Studies, University of California, Riverside Management School
• Member, Dean's Leadership Council, University of California, Riverside Management School

Member

• Association for Competitive Technology (ACT)
• Association for Cryptologic Research
• BioAPI Consortium (founder and former chair)
• Business Software Alliance
• Entrepreneur of the Year Institute (Kaufman Fellow)
• High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA)
• Homeland Security Industries Association (HSIA)
• Inland Empire Technology Entrepreneurs (IETE)
• Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California
• Lincoln Club of Riverside County
• Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance (LARTA)
• Riverside and San Bernardino County’s Regional Technology Alliance (I2rta / IEtechSOURCE)
• Riverside Monday Morning Group
• Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP)
• Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
• Southern California Software Council (SCSC)

Reserve Officer - Riverside Police Department