Shinji Hara has served as Vice President of the Japanese Industrial Division since 2017. His unique experience includes working in the private sector and for the leading political party in Japan before moving back to the US to pursue his business goals.

In 1998 Shinji established a properly tax consulting firm in the US focusing on serving the Japanese Industrial base that continues to this day. In 2017, Shinji expanded his focus by joining Acclaim to help Japanese companies navigate the energy markets in both the US and the newly deregulated electricity market in Mexico.

Shinji earned a Bachelor of Science and Mathematics at Creighton University. He also studied Economics at the University of Colorado, Boulder and earned his MBA at the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth.