Tools Transforming Talent
Human-first technology and cross-cultural learning that turn complex challenges into clear, actionable growth.
Eigo Pro blends human insight with AI to help professionals and organizations turn complexity into clarity—worldwide. We empower our clients to rethink the way they learn, retrain with purpose, and resolve challenges faster.
Rethink
Change your perspective. We provide the strategic insights and thought leadership to challenge the status quo.
Retrain
Build new capabilities. We deliver tailored, AI-powered tools and training to equip your teams for the future.
Resolve
Achieve tangible outcomes. We help you solve your most pressing problems and deliver measurable results.
Rethink What's Possible
Explore the intersection of human insight and artificial intelligence with actionable strategies to work smarter.
The Clarity Cast
An experimental podcast developed with NotebookLM. Join us as we explore actionable strategies at the intersection of human insight and artificial intelligence.
Listen NowRetrain Your Teams with Purpose
Deploy powerful, human-centered solutions designed to deliver measurable results and empower your workforce.
Auditor's Co-Pilot™
Reduces junior auditor turnover and shortens learning curves by up to 45%. Our AI-powered tools act as a virtual professional assistant to reduce errors and save valuable time.
Try the DemoCustom AI Training Solutions
We build bespoke AI-powered tools and curricula, co-creating solutions that embed directly into your team's workflow and solve your unique challenges.
Explore SolutionsFGL Leadership Tours
Turnkey UC San Diego programs immersing university cohorts in English fluency, innovation labs, and global-leadership workshops with clear career ROI.
Plan Your TourResolve Challenges, Deliver Results
We don't just talk about transformation—we deliver it. See how we've helped organizations like yours achieve clarity and impact.
"Jacob helped us simultaneously cut our review-process time by 30% and increase our review quality by nearly the same amount—this has been a game-changing experience."
About Eigo Pro
Rethink. Retrain. Resolve.
Who we are
Eigo Pro is a Tokyo-based consultancy that turns complex cross-cultural and compliance challenges into clear, workable solutions. Founded in 2009 by social-audit and AI-training pioneer Jacob Searing, we blend hands-on field experience with cutting-edge technology to help organisations—and the people inside them—thrive.
We began as a bridge connecting Japanese students and professionals with a specialised leadership-development programme at UC San Diego, opening doors to global perspectives and lifelong networks. That same spirit of connection and practical innovation still drives us today.
What we do
- AI-integrated compliance & auditor training – custom GPT-powered learning tools, APSCA exam prep, and audit-readiness programmes.
- Custom-built solutions – from specialised social-compliance law chatbots to clear, streamlined client-reporting guidance and troubleshooting for auditors, and multilingual interview tools tailored to your exact needs.
- Cross-cultural education & tours – Future Global Leaders (FGL) study programmes that give Japanese students real-world leadership experience alongside international peers.
Why it works
Two decades of fieldwork have taught us that elegant solutions emerge when deep subject-matter expertise meets practical innovation—whether integrating generative-AI into global auditor training or designing enterprise-risk frameworks for multinational banks. We bring that same mindset to every Eigo Pro engagement.
Who we serve
- Audit & compliance teams that need faster, smarter training
- Social-audit divisions and firms looking to safeguard their reputation while simultaneously reducing admin time and costs so they can focus on growth
- Universities and schools preparing students for a global stage
How we work
- Listen. Understand the real-world constraints first.
- Co-create. Prototype quickly with your team in the loop.
- Empower. Deliver tools and training you can clearly understand and own.
If you have a knotty compliance puzzle or an ambitious learning goal, let's solve it—together.
About the Founder
Turning Complexity into Clarity
For more than two decades Jacob has made a career of jumping into tangled problems—factory working-conditions audits in rural China, process mapping while head of Operational Risk Asia for Rabobank, AI-driven global training programs for social auditors—and emerging with elegant, workable solutions. He has audited numerous facilities in Japan, the US, and China, designed compliance strategies that improve efficiency as well as ethics, and most recently integrated generative-AI into global auditor-training at Arche Advisors before returning full-time to his own venture, Eigo Pro.
A Bridge Between Worlds
Fluent in English and professionally fluent in Japanese, Jacob operates out of Tokyo while serving clients across Asia, North America, and Europe. He pairs a California-grown entrepreneurial streak with Japan-honed precision—whether he's building AI-powered audit assistants, coaching auditors for APSCA certification, or guiding Japanese students through leadership programs at UC San Diego. CSCA, SMETA, and RBA certifications back his ethical sourcing credentials, while a Master's in Pacific International Affairs shapes his global perspective.
Founder, Problem-Solver, Relentless Improver
Jacob founded Eigo Pro back in 2009 on a simple premise: rethink challenges, retrain people, resolve issues—faster and smarter than yesterday. Under his direction, the company now delivers AI-enhanced compliance training, cross-cultural education tours, and bespoke consulting that help organisations turn "impossible" into "implemented." Clients value his knack for spotting the root cause, designing streamlined systems, and communicating the fix in clear, human language.
Off the Clock (Mostly)
- Trying to teach a Ghibli-style chatbot to tell funny jokes in Japanese and English to his daughter.
- Hiking the forests of Ome, Japan, while mentally optimising his next AI workflow.
- Developing highly specialized custom GPTs to act as critical mental sparring partners.
- Geeking out on astrophysics podcasts—has concluded the answer to Fermi's paradox is we are not alone, just not very close to our neighbors.
He swears these hobbies are entirely recreational, though they do have an uncanny habit of ending up in his next training module.
Ready to Find Your Clarity?
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