UPWARD Employee Wins "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award 2024" in the AI category

(Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki; hereinafter "UPWARD") was awarded the "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award 2024" (announced on July 31, 2024) in the AI category by Microsoft Japan Co. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; hereinafter referred to as "Microsoft") in the AI category at the "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award 2024" (announced on July 31, 2024).

The Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award recognizes engineers who are active within Microsoft Japan's partner companies.

• Minoru Naito, Executive Vice President, General Manager, Partner Technology Division, Partner Business Group, Microsoft Japan commented

We would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continued cooperation with Microsoft Japan. We are pleased to present the "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award 2024" to Rie Kitaaki in honor of her achievements. The "Microsoft Top Partner Engineer Award" is a very important initiative for us, as it recognizes individuals who contribute to a wide range of businesses and work hard to promote Microsoft's technologies. We hope that this award will support Rie Kitaaki's wealth of knowledge and experience, and give even a small boost to our business. Microsoft Japan will continue to work with UPWARD K.K. and Rie Kitamae to help our customers achieve their digital transformation.

• AI CATEGORY WINNER UPWARD CORPORATION RIE KITAAKI COMMENTS

We are truly grateful for this award. The quality of Microsoft Azure's services has helped us to complete features that add value to our products. In the past, we had to create our own learning models from scratch, and I remember that it was very difficult to realize features that we wished we had. This time, we were able to leverage Microsoft Azure to achieve both development speed and quality.

• Announcement by Microsoft Japan

URL: https: //aka.ms/TPEA2024

• Related product: "UPWARD AI Scan for Business Card

UPWARD AI Scan for Business Card enables one-stop implementation of a series of operations required for outbound sales with a single UPWARD AGENT mobile app. ‍UPWARD AI Scan for Business Card enables registration of business card information exchanged during a visit, making it possible to complete all tasks associated with a visit within a single app, leading to further streamlining of sales activities. By combining Microsoft Azure's AI services, we are able to release high-quality products in a short period of time, and we have received positive feedback from many customers, including Nissin Medical Foods Corporation (*1) and Kuju Aimi Rinshu Corporation (*2). (*1 )https://www.upward.jp/info/20240618 (*2 )https://www.upward.jp/info/20240627

• About UPWARD

UPWARD" IS APPTHAT REALIZES "SALES ENGAGEMENT" TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF CRM AND SFA. CENTERED ON "STORING AND UTILIZING" CUSTOMER DATA, UPWARD IS LINKED TO CLOUD CRM AND PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SUPPORT FUNCTIONS TO ENABLE OUTSIDE AND IN-HOME SALESPEOPLE TO WORK MORE CREATIVELY.

Service website: https://www.upward.jp/‍ Features: https://www.upward.jp/feature/ Microsoft and Azure are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.