CEO
Ryo founded Tabula in March 2019 and has served as the acting CEO since then. Prior to founding Tabula, he worked for a start-up and a US Public Relations agency, being mainly in charge of corporate communications and corporate branding, providing services to both domestic and international clients in various sectors. Ryo has also worked as a lobbyist during his time in the PR industry and supported overseas companies on their expansion into Japan. As well as being a part of Tabula's design operations, Ryo also conducted initial research and supported the expansion of Finnish food delivery giant Wolt into major cities in Japan, during their entry into the market. Ryo holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Keio University.
Director and Design Director
In March 2019, he co-founded Tabula with CEO Ryo, and now serves as Design Director. As well as creative direction, Stephen also specialises in digital product design, having started his career designing online services in the UK. He went on to further deepen his experience working for design agencies for such clients as Virgin, IBM, BNP Paribas and Red Bull. His love of all aspects of visual design brought him eventually to Japan, attracted by the country’s unique and refined visual style. He set up his own design practice here in 2008 working on graphic and web design projects for a variety of clients, eventually moving back into digital service design as Tokyo’s startup industry took off. He now acts as Tabula’s full stack UI/UX design lead. He has a BSc (Hons) degree in Digital Media Design from Plymouth University (i-DAT Open Research Lab).
