Interviews

Interview with Joe Baz, Founder and CEO, Musubi Tech

Joe, can you tell us about your professional background and what led you to focus on multicultural leadership in Japan's tech ecosystem? My career didn’t begin in technology in a conventional way. I started in art school, where curiosity led me to teach myself web design and programming, opening the door to my first role in Silicon Valley and later to web marketing work in Washington, DC for a large telecommunications company. I eventually moved into freelancing and built a UX consulting business that grew to seven figures over a decade. After selling the company, I worked at a supply chain tech startup and later spent six years as a UX Director at a healthcare IT company, co-leading multiple product and engineering teams. In 2023, my family and I moved…