# About

> Learn about JT Imagine founder Jarod Trebas, his operating experience in Japan, and the practical strategy behind JT Imagine's consulting work.

JT Imagine was founded by Jarod Trebas, an American operator based in Japan. With experience as the former COO of HobbyLink Japan, director, and advisor to multiple international companies, and proven track record of going from 0 to 1 and 1 to 100, JT Imagine can provide the competitive edge you need.

## Profile

### Jarod Trebas

Founder, JT Imagine · Based in Japan

I have lived and worked in Japan for more than fifteen years. Most of that was inside a Japanese international e-commerce company, where I moved up through operations to COO where I managed over 70 people across international and domestic retail, wholesale, purchasing, logistics, warehousing, customer service, and technology projects.

During that time the business grew substantially in both sales and profit, driven by cost reduction, workflow automation, vendor renegotiation, and warehouse automation, while customer service stayed consistently strong. I took that experience and have since helped various international companies grow and expand, as well as helped prepare them when they were looking for outside funding.

Today I use that background, plus daily hands-on work with AI, to help other companies turn ideas into results.

## Strategy

Before spending heavily on an idea, find out whether it is commercially viable. That usually means a business-model check, a quick prototype, and a real test with real customers, instead of months of theorizing. The same rule applies to AI: we look for where it saves money, saves time, or increases sales, and skip it where it does not.

Being based in Japan and working with US companies is part of the strategy too. It puts JT Imagine between two large markets that still misunderstand each other, with a cost structure that does not require a large team.

## Skill set

Cross-functional by design. Comfortable owning an entire problem, from the business case to the working product to the rollout.

- Business strategy
- Operations
- Product management
- Product development
- AI implementation
- Software development
- QA and testing
- Automation
- Research and reporting
- Sales and outreach
- International business
- E-commerce
- Logistics
- Vendor negotiation
- Customer experience
- UX and usability
- Rapid prototyping
- Investor Pitch Preparation
- Due Diligence support
- Presentation Coaching

## Markets

English and Japanese, working between Japan and the United States. Industries where the experience runs deepest:

- E-commerce
- Retail and wholesale
- SaaS and AI software
- Real estate and land
- Construction and procurement tech
- Logistics and warehousing
- Consumer products
- Japanese marketplaces
- Education
- International trade
- B2B sales
- Travel
- SMBs and startups

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarod-t-67319a225/)

- [HTML page](https://jtimagine.com/about.html)