David Kors

Strategic operator. I turn complex, cross-functional organisations into systems that work.

Particle physics to the creator economy Tokyo, Japan

David Kors is a strategic operator based in Tokyo. As Strategic Head of Operations and Creator Partnerships at GeeXPlus, a KADOKAWA company, he turns executive and board priorities into execution across legal, finance, production, and partnerships.

His path runs from program management on the CMS experiment at CERN, through AI research at the University of Tokyo, to the front line of the global creator economy. He is the founder of ScholarBridge, a research-mentorship programme for university-bound students.

Native English, Arabic Fluent Japanese, French Conversational Spanish, Mandarin

A trajectory most people don't share

2017–18CERN, Geneva

Program Manager, CMS

Led a supercomputer design initiative on the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment, coordinating scientists, engineers, and government stakeholders, and delivering infrastructure milestones six months ahead of schedule.

2020–21University of Tokyo

AI Researcher, MEXT Scholar

Japanese government-sponsored researcher in artificial intelligence, working on general AI models and evolutionary algorithms, with peer-reviewed published work.

2022–nowKADOKAWA / GeeXPlus

Strategic Head of Operations & Creator Partnerships

Partner to the CEO and board. Redesigned the systems beneath the business to triple client acquisition, double operating profit, and cut operational overhead by roughly a third, while leading teams across legal, finance, production, and partnerships.

FounderScholarBridge

Research mentorship, built properly

Founded a programme pairing ambitious university-bound students with doctoral researchers to produce genuine academic work, not packaging or shortcuts.

Selected signals

Research Published AI research General AI models and evolutionary algorithms. Profile on Google Scholar.

Science, global 2× Intel ISEF finalist And first place at the Intel Science Competition, Arab World.

Scholarship MEXT & full merit Japanese government MEXT scholar; LAU full merit, ranked first of ten nationally.

Strategy Banque du Liban challenge National consulting challenge, judged by Microsoft and Leo Burnett. Winner.

Invention First portable hologram Murex Most Innovative Project, for the first portable volumetric hologram display.