Rapid growth of Catalyst’s Asia division has resulted in relocation of our Tokyo offices to a larger, more central location and the hiring of three additional professionals in the office to help meet the expanding demand for project consulting, data processing and network engineering.

Since we formally established our Catalyst Asia division just 18 months ago, demand for our services throughout Asia has soared. Headquartered in Hong Kong and with operations throughout the region, the division is led by Asia e-discovery and forensics veteran Richard Kershaw. Earlier this year, we added our first Asia data center—a full-featured, high security facility located in Tokyo.

With this latest move, Catalyst relocates its Tokyo offices to the prestigious Nishi Shinjuku district, near to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government buildings. The new offices provide space for expansion now and into the future. The move will also allow the installation of additional IT infrastructure to provide a more robust connection to the data center and more options for data handling.

To help meet the increasing demand for its services in Asia, Catalyst added three professionals to its Tokyo staff, all highly experienced and knowledgeable in their respective specialties:

• Etsuko Akimoto is a lawyer who joins Catalyst as a project consultant. She comes to Catalyst from the Tokyo office of the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. A member of the New York bar, Ms. Akimoto is a graduate of Tokyo University.
• Gaby Banda joins Catalyst as a specialist in processing and productions. An experienced data processing technician, Ms. Banda formerly worked for Document Technologies Inc. in San Diego, Calif.
• Luca da Col joins Catalyst as a network engineer in the infrastructure group. Formerly employed by Eire Systems in Tokyo, he has substantial experience as a data center network engineer in the telecommunications industry.

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