About
Matt Ketchum (MKUltraman)
Independent Technology Advisor · Tokyo · Operating in Japan since 2009
I work where technology decisions, operating reality, and organizational ownership meet. The recurring problem is rarely one bad tool. It is a fragmented system that leadership cannot see clearly enough to govern and operators cannot sustain without improvisation.
My role is to make that system clear, challenge the decision, define who owns what, and stay close enough to roadmap, implementation, documentation, and handoff that the result works outside the meeting.
What I Do
MKUltraman provides independent technology judgment and operational systems for organizations already working in Japan. I help leadership and operating teams clarify fragmented tools, ownership gaps, vendor decisions, workflow risk, reporting, and stalled digital work.
Engagements are deliberately separated by the work involved: a live decision conversation, a written diagnostic, a roadmap and implementation project, or recurring fractional governance. The aim is not to sell the largest engagement. It is to choose the smallest intervention that can survive contact with reality.
Operating Contexts
Experience Behind the Work
I have operated in Japan since 2009. Public records support my appointment as Executive Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan by April 2019 and my departure in August 2020. That role involved day-to-day operations, board and committee coordination, member communications, events, partnerships, and public-facing resources.
My broader work includes independent digital strategy and operations, professional-network systems, cultural event and media production, and the creation of tools and ventures where the necessary operating layer did not already exist. Those projects are evidence of method, not separate consulting offers competing for attention.
What MKUltraman Is Not
I do not sell a help desk, ticket queue, or blanket responsibility for every technical problem.
The work has a defined decision, system, ownership model, or governance purpose.
AI is evaluated like any other tool: against workflow, data, risk, adoption, and operating value.
Recommendations are independent. The answer is not chosen before the evidence is examined.
The primary audience already operates in Japan or directly owns Japan-side operations.
How I Work in Japan
I work directly with leadership, operating owners, internal contributors, and relevant vendors. The people who must adopt and sustain the change need to be involved before the system is designed around them.
The standard is practical: clear assumptions, explicit ownership, evidence proportionate to the decision, documentation the next owner can use, and verification before the work is declared complete.
If a technology decision keeps stalling, bring the actual decision, the constraints, and the people who will own the result.
Request the Technology Decision Session ($175) →Paid entry point The 45-minute Technology Decision Session is $175 and includes focused live discussion and candid judgment. It does not include a report, memo, implementation plan, or written follow-up. Written diagnosis starts with the Technology Health Check from $1,000.