Takeshi Kusaka, CPA
President, T Navigation & Coordinator for Overseas Business Development at JETRO
In 1999, he moved to the U.S. and worked in sales at Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd. (currently Wismettac Asian Foods), selling Japanese food products to Japanese restaurants and Asian groceries in New York and Boston. He gained firsthand experience of the successes and failures of many food service companies in the U.S., developed an interest in management consulting, and became a U.S. Certified Public Accountant. In 2006, he was appointed the manager of East Coast sales at the same company. He also served as a buyer, selecting products and handling negotiations with numerous food manufacturers. In 2010, he transitioned to Nagano Morita CPA Office (currently Prager Metis CPAs), with multiple bases across the U.S., supporting many Japanese companies expanding into the U.S. as a tax manager at their East Coast office until 2022.
While affiliated with the accounting firm, in 2012, he founded T Inspire Consulting, and since 2014, he has been serving as a coordinator for overseas business development in the JETRO, providing information and consulting services for Japanese companies considering expansion into New York. In 2022, he left the accounting firm to pursue automated services for U.S. expansion support and back-office support, founded T Navigation, and has been working there since.
