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Management

As Vice President and CTO of Hitachi, Ltd., Nishizawa is responsible for research and development in the Hitachi Group, intellectual property and standardization to accelerate innovation, as well as leading the Research & Development Group of Hitachi, Ltd. as its General Manager.

Nishizawa joined the Central Research Laboratory of Hitachi, Ltd. in 1996 as a researcher, working on parallel database management systems, middleware systems, and stream data management systems. In 2013, he transferred to the business side of operations working in the IT Platform Division to develop real-time data management solutions for the global market. In 2015, he returned to the newly established Global Center for Social Innovation in the research organization to lead customer co-creation projects in CME (communications, media, and entertainment) and finance verticals. In 2017, he was appointed to the Center for Technology Innovation, where he led the research centers responsible for digital technology and services until March 2023 before assuming his current position as the head of the entire research organization.

Nishizawa received his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo. He was a visiting scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University (2002-2003) and is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (2018). He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ), and Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE).

Responsible for proposing research strategies, and technology management of the Research & Development Group.

Koike joined Hitachi after completing her M.Sc. at Kyoto University in 1994. At the Central Research Laboratory, she was involved in the development of biomedical knowledge processing and genome analytics before focusing on technology development and productization of medical diagnostic・therapeutic equipment. After working in the business side of Hitachi in the Government & Public Corporation Information Systems Division, in the Future Investment Division at Head Office, and as CTO of Healthcare Business Division, she assumed her current position as head of the Technology Strategy Office.

Koike received her Ph.D. from the University of Kyoto in 1999. She has also held several positions in academia including visiting associate professor from 2003-2005 at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, and more recently, a visiting professor at Tohoku University from 2014-2018. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Responsible for R&D for technology innovation with a special focus on digital technologies supporting social innovation business.

Hanaoka joined the Central Research Laboratory of Hitachi after completing his master’s degree in telecommunication engineering at Osaka University in 1996. After engaging in R&D for next-generation wireless communication systems (3G, 4G, 5G, cognitive radio) and in international standardization activities, he changed his area of research focus to network systems, connectivity, IT platforms, and their management. From 2018-2019, he worked as a senior manager in the Management Planning Office of the Strategy Planning Division at Hitachi headquarters before returning to the Research & Development Group in 2020 to serve as the Head of the Digital Technology Innovation Center, and in 2021, as the Head of the Digital Platform Innovation Center, before assuming his current position in April 2023.

Hanaoka is a senior member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) and a member of a member of IEEE and the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ).

Responsible for technology innovation initiatives in energy, mobility, industry, and production engineering fields aimed at realization of a sustainable society.

Kusumi joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1999 as a researcher after completing his Ph.D. in electrical and electonics systems at the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University. As a researcher, he worked on the development of support systems for the control and design power plants, power transmission and distribution equipment at the Power & Industrial Systems R&D Laboratory, Energy & Environmental Systems Laboratory and the Hitachi Research Laboratory. In 2018, he was appointed to lead energy research as the General Manager of the Center for Technology Innovation – Energy and served as a Research Director at the European R&D Centre, Hitachi Europe Ltd. in 2021 before assuming his current position in 2022.

Kusumi is a member of IEEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ).

Responsible for vision-driven exploratory research for the Hitachi R&D group. This includes fundamental and frontier research in information sciences, physical sciences, life sciences and environment sciences, as well establishing new areas of research to address challenges faced by society.

Miwa joined the Production Engineering Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., in1998 after completing his M. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Keio. As a research Engaged in research and development of production and quality control systems, design for manufacturing (DfM: Design for Manufacturing), inspection and measurement in Hitachi's manufacturing field. 2005-2006 Visiting Industrial Associate at Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering. From 2023 to 2024, Miwa served as the General Manager of the 2050 Project Office of the Innovation and Growth Strategy Division, and from 2024 to present, Miwa has been in his current position.

Miwa is a member of The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers and The Society of Precision Engineers.