About us

Overview

Company name Eureka, Inc.
A member of NASDAQ-listed Match Group
Established November 20, 2008
Representative Ryoma Yamamoto, CEO
Business domains Pairs - Online dating service
Certifications Registered online dating service provider: License No. 三田24-109460
HDI-Japan (Help Desk Institute)
Certification for On-line Marriage Agency Service: Certification No. 20 0005（02）
　Certification Authority: Institution for matchmaking service
　
Organizational affiliation Marriage Support Project (MSPJ)
KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
The Japan Advertising Review Organization (JARO)
The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)
Mobile Content Forum (MCF)
Japan Association of New Economy (JANE)
The Japan Advertisers Association (JAA)

Our History

Board of Directors

  • Ryoma Yamamoto

    Ryoma Yamamoto

    Chief Executive Officer of Eureka Inc. / Representative Director of Eureka Inc.

    Ryoma Yamamoto is the Chief Executive Officer of Eureka Inc. He brings to the role vast experience growing Japanese subsidiaries of globally expanding technology companies. Before joining Match Group, Yamamoto served as the president of OYO Japan, a real estate tech company from India, and as the representative of DoorDash Japan, a food delivery service in the U.S. Prior to these roles, Yamamoto joined Apple Japan in 2016 as a founding member and business head of Apple Pay in Japan, where he contributed to the explosion of mobile payments in Japan. He started his career with McKinsey & Company, where he spent 10+ years working in the Tokyo, New York, Dubai, and Shanghai offices solving numerous management issues and growing businesses, mainly in the technology and financial sectors. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Kyoto University.

  • Shintaro Kaneko

    Shintaro Kaneko

    Chief Technology Officer

    Shintaro currently serves as the CTO of Eureka. He is responsible for implementing technological strategies and leading the engineering organization. Prior to that, he was appointed as Corporate Officer CTO and he was a founding engineer of Pairs. Prior to joining Eureka in 2012, he participated in R&D in nonlinear optimization as an alumnus at Tokyo University of Science's research laboratory, joined studied abroad in Canada and worked at an embedded system technology firm as a new graduate. He holds an undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Science at Tokyo University of Science.

  • Philip D. Eigenmann

    Philip D. Eigenmann

    Chief Accounting Officer

    Philip D. Eigenmann, age 50, has served as Match Group's Chief Accounting Officer since November 2017. Mr. Eigenmann has held positions of increasing responsibility with the Company and its predecessors since May 2006, including Senior Vice President and Global Controller from February 2016 to November 2017, and Vice President and Global Controller from December 2009 to February 2016. Prior to joining us, Mr. Eigenmann held various finance and accounting leadership roles with AMX Corporation, a worldwide leader in advanced control and automation technology for commercial and residential markets, which was publicly traded on Nasdaq until its acquisition by The Duchossois Group in 2005. Mr. Eigenmann began his career in the audit practice of Ernst & Young in Dallas, Texas. He received a BBA in Accounting from Texas A&M University, and is a certified public accountant in the State of Texas.

  • Alexis F. Willis

    Alexis F. Willis

    Vice President, Tax Planning and Controversy

    Alexis Willis currently serves as Vice President, Tax Planning and Controversy for Match Group. Alexis worked in public accounting before joining Match in 2007, working for both KPMG and Grant Thornton LLP. Since joining Match, Alexis has assisted with tax matters relating to corporate income tax, indirect tax compliance, transfer pricing, audit support, planning and has assisted with numerous acquisition transactions as part of her tenure.

  • Francisco Villamar

    Francisco Villamar

    Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel

    Francisco Villamar currently serves as Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Match Group. Francisco joined Match Group in May 2017. Francisco has over 20 years of experience as in-house and outside counsel, specializing in corporate and securities matters.

  • Rebecca Shaffer

    Rebecca Shaffer

    Senior Vice President, Tax

    Rebecca Shaffer is the Senior Vice President of Tax at Match Group. Prior to her tenure at Match Group, which began in April 2022, she played a pivotal role at Michaels Stores, Inc., where she served as Vice President of Tax and the Head of Finance for the China & Hong Kong offices. Before Michaels Stores, Inc., she contributed significantly as the Vice President of Tax at Bloomin' Brands, Inc., and earlier as the Tax Director at Dick's Sporting Goods. Her career foundation was built at Ernst & Young, where she provided consultancy services in various tax disciplines. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Penn State University, Masters in Accounting from the University of Virginia, and a Masters in Taxation from Robert Morris University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and an articulate communicator with a remarkable ability to lead teams and foster cross-functional collaboration.

  • Tawnya McIntire

    VP, Corporate Tax & Reporting

Senior Leadership

  • Ryoma Yamamoto

    Chief Executive Officer of Eureka Inc. / Representative Director of Eureka Inc.

    Ryoma Yamamoto

    Chief Executive Officer of Eureka Inc. / Representative Director of Eureka Inc.

    Ryoma Yamamoto is the Chief Executive Officer of Eureka Inc. He brings to the role vast experience growing Japanese subsidiaries of globally expanding technology companies. Before joining Match Group, Yamamoto served as the president of OYO Japan, a real estate tech company from India, and as the representative of DoorDash Japan, a food delivery service in the U.S. Prior to these roles, Yamamoto joined Apple Japan in 2016 as a founding member and business head of Apple Pay in Japan, where he contributed to the explosion of mobile payments in Japan. He started his career with McKinsey & Company, where he spent 10+ years working in the Tokyo, New York, Dubai, and Shanghai offices solving numerous management issues and growing businesses, mainly in the technology and financial sectors. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Kyoto University.

  • Shintaro Kaneko

    Chief Technology Officer

    Shintaro Kaneko

    Chief Technology Officer

    Shintaro currently serves as the CTO of Eureka. He is responsible for implementing technological strategies and leading the engineering organization. Prior to that, he was appointed as Corporate Officer CTO and he was a founding engineer of Pairs. Prior to joining Eureka in 2012, he participated in R&D in nonlinear optimization as an alumnus at Tokyo University of Science's research laboratory, joined studied abroad in Canada and worked at an embedded system technology firm as a new graduate. He holds an undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Science at Tokyo University of Science.

  • Mari Takatsuka

    Director, FP&A

    Mari Takatsuka

    Director, FP&A

    Mari currently serves as the Director of FP&A. She is responsible for financial strategy and planning for Eureka. Prior to joining Eureka, Mari started her career in New York City in public accounting. She left PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2018 and joined Meetup's accounting department before moving to Japan in 2019. Mari received a BBA in accounting from Mount Saint Mary’s University.