Matt Ketchum · Tokyo
MKUltraman
Modern digital infrastructure for businesses operating in Japan
I help you see what you've got, run it well, and grow from there, at your pace.
Your people and your tools form a complex system.
Let's discover how to maximize their potential.
Customer inquiries, bookings, payments, files, and internal handoffs move through the tools your team uses every day. Those tools, the people who run them, and the work that passes between them shape how the business actually runs. Understanding that system more clearly is the best path to optimization.
I help SMEs operating in Japan see what they already run, stabilize day-to-day operations, tighten execution, and expand when the foundation can carry it.
How I work
A clear path to success.
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Diagnostics
A written report and debrief of the tools, ownership, and workflows you already run.
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Digital Baseline
A one-time engagement to put the technology foundation in order, then I hand over the keys.
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Ongoing Stewardship
A retainer to administer the stack once the digital baseline is set.
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Operational Expansion
I help you add infrastructure, workflows, and people on the foundation already in place.
About me.
Years of IT and business work, alongside craft and arts communities.
Fourteen years in Japan have shown me that IT and business gains usually come from retooling, recalibrating, or cleaning up what is already in front of you. You do not need a big new purchase to make big new gains.
The same attention shows up off the client clock. I am across Japan rather than tied to one base: running community projects in Yugawara, working with independent musicians through Music in Japan, and spending real time with Japanese hunters and wild game meat providers at Wild Food, plus a lot of fermentation with regional sea salts.
Selected work
Anecdotes from across my Japan operations.
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Executive network
A private community for foreign executives leading Japan operations. Membership, events, and invitations need a site and supporting systems that keep the community running while the founder stays free for the work only they can do.
Grew annual revenue by tens of millions, primarily through payment-solutions integration and business-development deals negotiated on their behalf, plus a better booking platform.
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Coaching practice
Leadership coaching for founders and executives across Japan and abroad. Positioning, booking, and follow-up stay clear so the practice can grow while the calendar supports the work.
Grew monthly site traffic sixfold and generated at least four additional hot leads per month.
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Research and commentary
A Tokyo-based scholar writing and speaking on international affairs. The public site stays current and light to maintain, so the work stays on research, events, and commentary.
Catalogued and digitized over twenty years of multilingual publications on international affairs.
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Applied AI company
A Japan-based team building enterprise AI products and workflows. Product pages, hiring, and trust signals need a web layer that matches the seriousness of the software.
Mapped and improved the workflows of paying clients on their platform through hands-on platform debugging and workflow analysis.
Take a look at my working knowledge.
Practical guides and software comparisons for decisions you are already facing.