Takafumi Nakamura is a Special Appoint Professor of Management at Daito Bunka University and is renowned for his research in risk management. He has a doctoral degree in science from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and a master’s in management from McGill University. He was a Principal IT architect with Fujitsu, a member of their board, and President of the System Support Promotion Unit at Fujitsu Fsas Inc. He has over thirty years of experience in ICT infrastructure architecture in the Japanese market and five years of experience in the Australian as well as EMEA markets. His research interests include system management, software development, strategic maintenance planning, development support technologies, and risk management. He is playing a leadership role as an ICT architect, System Analyst, and System Thinker. He is fascinated by the connection between kendo (Japanese martial arts) and systems thinking and practices it several times a week.