Dr. Richard Dasher

Biography

Richard Dasher is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University and serves as the Director of the US-Asia Technology Management Center (US-ATMC) since its inception in 1994. His academic and research focuses on the flow of people, knowledge, and capital in innovation systems, and the impact of new technologies on industry value chains and open innovation management. He has a rich background in international business development and technology management, shaped significantly by his previous role as Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Systems at Stanford's School of Engineering from 1998 to 2015. Dasher has been recognized for his contributions to Japan-U.S. relations, being the first non-Japanese individual to join the governance of a Japanese national university, serving on the Management Council of Tohoku University from 2004 to 2010. His extensive advisory roles across various national and international research initiatives reflect his expertise in the field, and he has played pivotal roles in program committees for numerous funding programs and research centers in Japan and beyond. Dasher holds both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University and has previous experience with U.S. State Department language training programs in Japan and Korea.

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