Chiaki Hayashi

Chiaki Hayashi (林 千晶, Hayashi Chiaki) (born 1971) is a Japanese business woman and Asian Projects Co-ordinator at Creative Commons.^[1]

Chiaki Hayashi
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Waseda University Boston University
Known for	Creative Commons, Loftwork Inc.

Career

She founded the Japanese creative agency Loftwork, Inc. in 2000.^[2] Since 2006, Chiaki also sits on the advisory board at Creative Commons Japan and previously worked as business reporter at Kyodo News, a Japanese news agency and marketing at Kao Corporation.

On June 30, 2009, Hayashi became a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce from Waseda University and a Master of Science in Business Journalism from Boston University.

In 2014 Hayashi founded FabCafe LLP, which provides tools for do it yourself enthousiasts.^[3]

In 2017 Hayashi was named an Awarded Innovator by Wired Japan for her work with Loftwork, FabCafe, and OpenCU, an online learning platform.^[4]