
Lance Stuart
CEO, FASTXchange
Mr. Stuart is the Chief Executive Officer of FASTXchange, a leading procurement services provider to major defense contractors. He has spent most of his career bridging businesses across the Pacific, including over 15 years living in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
He began his career at IBM in finance then joined McKinsey & Company as a management consultant based in New York and then Tokyo. He left to start Sundai Advanced Teaching Technology (SATT) which grew under his leadership to become Asia’s largest educational software company.
He has been a founder, CEO, board member, and investor in several successful ventures in the U.S., Japan, and Hong Kong. Most recently, he was a Senior Partner of Vici Partners, a boutique consulting firm, where he led the Japanese practice and continues to be a Senior Advisor.
Mr. Stuart is a Council Member of the U.S.-Japan Council and a board member of both the Harvard Business School Club of New York and the Harvard Business School Association of Orange County (California). He received a BS from Boston College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.