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CORE Identity
Since its inception in 1995, Washington|CORE's insights into business, policy, and technology have helped clients achieve and maintain their competitive advantage. By combining "consulting" with "research," the name "Washington CORE" summarizes our focus in identifying and articulating our clients' fundamental challenges. We determine the core issues from complex and often numerous concerns. Then we assist clients in developing plans of action that address those issues and move them closer to their objectives. Based in Bethesda, Maryland, CORE is ideally located in the greater Washington, D.C. area - the national core of business, policy, and technology.
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CORE Approach
Washington|CORE delivers the highest quality consulting services to clients and partners by ensuring that three elements are built into every project we undertake: Insight, Integrity, and Innovation.
Insight. Decision-makers are most often challenged not by too little information, but by too much. To accurately evaluate strategies and policies, executives and government officials must base their action plans on only the most relevant and significant data. Washington CORE's analytical skills enable our clients to see their environment from a new perspective, and use that perspective to identify promising new options for future strategies and policies.
Integrity. At Washington|CORE, each client relationship is a bond built on mutual understanding, trust, and confidentiality. Our purpose is not to provide simple, quick answers, but to engage clients at a deeper level, understand their concerns and objectives, and protect and advance their interests as we would our own. This approach ensures that our advice and information is customized for each client's specific situation and goals.
Innovation. To achieve sustainable success, organizations must not only develop new ways of conducting business or policy, but also determine the best course of action to implement that new approach. CORE's ongoing creative analysis of new technologies and ideas form the basis of our actionable recommendations. Our innovative approach to client concerns produces solutions that convert obstacles into opportunities for growth.
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CORE Management
Chiyo Kobayashi, Chairman
Over the course of her career, Chiyo Kobayashi has earned a reputation as a top advisor to a variety of organizations across the Pacific. In Washington|CORE, she has created a dynamic consulting firm providing highly valued insight and expertise to major corporations and governments around the world. Through her extensive network, Ms. Kobayashi possesses both the access and knowledge to advise top executives and policymakers on critical challenges presented by today's technology-driven economy. She is a frequent contributor to Japanese publications and journals, including the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's premier economic newspaper. She is a sought-after speaker on U.S. - Japan business issues, and has given seminars throughout Japan and the U.S. Prior to establishing Washington|CORE, Ms. Kobayashi was a business consultant for General Electric, where she helped to forge an innovative joint venture. She earned her M.A. in political science from the University of Virginia, and graduated from Tsuda College in Tokyo with a degree in international affairs.
Kiyoshi Nakasaka, President & CEO
Integrating his wide-ranging resources and substantial experience gained from working with major U.S. and Japanese companies, Kiyoshi Nakasaka advises top business executives on strategic issues in telecommunications and information technology. He has played key roles in establishing successful business alliances between U.S. and Japanese technology firms. In 1998, he was selected to become a member of the International Who's Who of Information Technology. Prior to joining Washington|CORE, Mr. Nakasaka worked as a public policy and government affairs analyst for the Whalen Company, where he developed an extensive network in the Washington, D.C. area among top executives in the White House, Congress, federal agencies, and industry. Mr. Nakasaka also worked for CBS News in Tokyo, covering business and political issues. Mr. Nakasaka earned an M.A. in public policy from the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and a B.A. from Sophia University in Tokyo.
Jeffrey Alexander, Vice President & Director of Research
Jeffrey Alexander is responsible for research activities and ensuring the quality of research output. He is experienced in an extensive range of technology-focused topics, including international technology policy, telecommunications law and regulation, research and development strategy, and Internet business. Mr. Alexander is a frequent speaker at professional seminars and conferences, where he lectures on technology business and policy trends. He has been interviewed by leading media outlets, including the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), and has authored articles and columns for Nikkei Computer, Nikkei Information Strategy, Broadband Solutions, and Technology Access magazines. Mr. Alexander holds a Ph.D. in management of science, technology and innovation from The George Washington University. He received a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University, where he completed the honors program in science, technology and society.
Keiko Mori, Vice President
Keiko Mori manages various technology projects as well as client relations at Washington|CORE. With her substantial background in telecommunications and cyber-security issues, she has been involved in many onsite projects with companies and governments in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. She travels abroad extensively to advise leading technology companies on project implementation and business development issues. Ms. Mori's career in Washington, D.C. started with her work at the Atlantic Council of the United States in 1997. Since then, she has been active in Washington's young professionals' community. She received her M.A. from the Maxwell School of Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and earned her bachelor's degree from Rikkyo University in Tokyo.
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