Global ICT Summit 2012

Ed Vaizey MP

Hon'ble Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, UK

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Ed Vaizey MP was elected as the Member of Parliament for Wantage and Didcot in May 2005.

Born in 1968, Mr Vaizey attended Merton College, Oxford. After university he spent two years working as a political researcher, before training and practising as a barrister. From 1996-2004 he was director of a public relations company. In 2004 he became a political speech writer.

Mr Vaizey was Shadow Culture and Creative Industries Minister 2006-2010.
He married Alex in September 2005. They live in Sparsholt and London with their son Joseph and daughter Martha.

Sir. Howard Stringer

Director, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Chairman,
Sony Corporation

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Sir. Howard Stringer is Chairman of Sony Corporation and serves as Representative Corporate Executive Officer and as a member of the Sony Board of Directors.

Sir. Howard also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation of America (SCA), as well as corporate head of Sony Corporation's Entertainment Business Group. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Sony Music Entertainment and oversees Sony's other music-related holdings in the U.S.

Sir. Howard served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Sony Corporation until April 1, 2012, when his chosen successor, Kazuo Hirai, formerly Executive Deputy President, assumed those positions. Sir. Howard will relinquish the Chairman title and become Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sony Corporation effective upon Board approval following the annual shareholders meeting in June 2012.

Sir. Howard joined Sony in May 1997 as President and COO of SCA. He was named Chairman and CEO of SCA in 1998, and became Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation in June 2005. The title of President was given to him in April 2009.

Prior to joining Sony in May 1997, Sir. Howard had a distinguished 30-year career as a journalist, producer and executive at CBS Inc. As President of CBS from 1988 to 1995, he was responsible for all broadcast activities of the company, including entertainment, news, sports, and its radio and television stations. Under his leadership, the CBS Television Network became the first network to rise from last to first place in one season. In 1993, in what became one of the most chronicled coups in television history, Sir. Howard convinced David Letterman to bring his critically acclaimed late night show to CBS.

From 1986 to 1988, Sir. Howard served as President of CBS News, where he developed several new programs, including the award-winning 48 HOURS, which continues as a primetime hit to this day. Prior to that, during his tenure as executive producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS with Dan Rather from 1981 to 1984, that program became the dominant network evening newscast of its day. From 1976 to 1981, while he was executive producer of the CBS REPORTS documentary unit, it won virtually every major broadcast journalism honor, including 31 Emmys, four Peabody Awards, three Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, three Christopher Awards, three Overseas Press Club Awards, an ABA Silver Gavel and a Robert F. Kennedy Grand Prize. Among his award-winning programs are THE ROCKEFELLERS, THE PALESTINIANS, A TALE OF TWO IRELANDS, THE DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES, THE BOAT PEOPLE, THE BOSTON GOES TO CHINA, THE FIRE NEXT DOOR and THE CIA'S SECRET ARMY. He earned nine individual Emmys as a writer, director and producer from 1973 to 1983.

After leaving CBS Inc., Sir. Howard was Chairman and CEO of TELE-TV, the media and technology company formed by Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and Pacific Telesis, three of the largest telephone companies in the United States, from February 1995 to April 1997.

Sir. Howard is the recipient of numerous media and philanthropic awards. The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television and Radio) presented him with its Visionary Award for Innovative Leadership in Media & Entertainment in February 2007. He has also been honored by Lincoln Center, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the New York Hall of Science. In May 1999, he was honored with the UJA-Federation of New York's Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award and, that November, he was inducted into the Royal Television Society's Welsh Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was awarded the First Amendment Leadership Award by the Radio & Television News Directors Foundation in Washington, D.C., and was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. In January 2011, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented him with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 62nd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and, in January 2012, he received the PhotoImaging Manufacturers and Distributors Association Person of the Year Award for "significant contributions to the imaging industry in a leadership position."

Sir. Howard serves as Chairman of the American Film Institute Board of Trustees and is on the Board of Trustees of the Paley Center for Media. He is also North American Chairman of the British Army Benevolent Fund. He is a board member of The New York/Presbyterian Hospital, The American Theatre Wing, Teach for America, the Corporate Leadership Committee of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall. He is also a member of the Dean's Council of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

A native of Cardiff, Wales, Sir. Howard received the title of Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours list of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on December 31, 1999. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in modern history from Oxford University. He has honorary Fellowships from Merton College, Oxford, and the Welsh College of Music and Drama. Sir. Howard has also received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Glamorgan in Wales and the University of the Arts London. He is a recipient of the U.S. Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement for service in Vietnam (1965-1967). He became a U.S. citizen in 1985. He is married to Dr. Jennifer A.K. Patterson, a dermatologist, and they have two children.

Sony Corporation of America, based in New York, NY, is the U.S. subsidiary of Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Sony is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its motion picture, television, computer entertainment, music and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment and technology companies in the world. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., and Sony Music Entertainment. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $87 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, and it employs 168,200 people worldwide.

April 2012

Mr. P. Thomas Jenkins

Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Open Text Corporation, Canada

[ Lecturer brief history ]

P. Thomas Jenkins is Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer for OpenText™ Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, a $1 Billion multinational enterprise software firm and the largest software company in Canada. OpenText supports over 100 million digital media users in many of the world's largest companies, government agencies and professional service firms. OpenText's software manages electronic content composed of digital media from web sites to secure social networks. Managing this electronic content helps organizations improve productivity, automate processes and manage large volumes of electronic content ranging from documents, e-mails, video, web pages and other digital media while at the same time complying with regulatory and other legal requirements.

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Jenkins has pioneered many of the technologies commonly used today to manage digital content within organizations "behind the firewall". Recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential People" in the world of knowledge management by KMWorld for five years in a row, Mr. Jenkins has been involved with the Internet since it emerged as a major public network in the early 1990s. As CEO of OpenText Corporation, he was instrumental in the creation of one of the first internet search engines that was used by Netscape®, Yahoo!® and IBM®. In partnership with Netscape and later Microsoft, Mr. Jenkins went on to direct the development of the first Internet-based Document Management system as well the earliest versions of internet based Workflow, Portals and Social Networking software. All of these component technologies are early forerunners of current ECM (enterprise content management) technology. Mr. Jenkins is the author of "Behind the Firewall" and "Managing Content in the Cloud" and he has also co-authored all three books in the Enterprise Content Management Trilogy.

Mr. Jenkins has served as a Director of OpenText since 1994 and as its Chairman since 1998. From 1994 to 2005, Mr. Jenkins was President and Chief Executive Officer. From 2005 to present, Mr. Jenkins has been Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of OpenText. Prior to these positions, Mr. Jenkins was employed in technical and managerial capacities at a variety of technology companies dating back to the late 1970s.

OpenText Corporation has been Mr. Jenkins's passion as he helped take the company from its original roots of indexing the Oxford English Dictionary to become a worldwide organization with thousands of employees and more than a billion dollars in annual revenues. He is active in developing the high tech sector in Canada and abroad and is a much called-upon speaker on high tech and business trends throughout the world.

In addition to his OpenText responsibilities, Mr. Jenkins was Chair of the Government of Canada's Research and Development Policy Review Panel which reported "Innovation Canada: A Call to Action" in October 2011 which reviewed the $7 Billion of federal public spending on research to assist the Canadian economy in becoming more innovative. He is also the Chair of the federal centre of excellence Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) which co-ordinates commercialization activity in the digital economy throughout Canada. He is also an appointed member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), past appointed member of the Government of Canada's Competition Policy Review Panel which reported "Compete to Win" in June 2008, and past appointed member of the Province of Ontario's Ontario Commercialization Network Review Committee (OCN) which reported in February 2009. He is also Chair of the Premier of Ontario's roundtable on innovation. Mr. Jenkins is also a member of the board of BMC Software, Inc. a software corporation based in Houston, Texas. He is also a member of the University of Waterloo Engineering Dean's Advisory Council, a member of Wilfrid Laurier's MBA Dean's Advisory Council, a director of the C.D. Howe Institute, a director of the Canadian International Council (CIC) and a director of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE). Mr. Jenkins is also one of the founders of Communitech ? Waterloo Region Technology Association and remains active in the promotion of technology entrepreneurship in Canada.

Mr. Jenkins received an M.B.A. in entrepreneurship & technology management from Schulich School of Business at York University, an M.A.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto and a B.Eng. & Mgt. in Engineering Physics and Commerce from McMaster University. He is a recipient of the National Sciences and Engineering (NSERC) post graduate scholarship, the University of Toronto Scholarship, the McMaster Chancellors Scholarship, the 2009 Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year, and the 2010 McMaster Engineering L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Alumni Award. He is a fellow of the Canadian Engineering Society. On December 30, 2011, Mr. Jenkins was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Dr. John M. Lervik

Chief Executive Officer, cXense AS, Norway

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Dr. John M. Lervik is the CEO and co-founder of cXense (pronounced [ see-sense ]), and is in charge of the strategic direction of the Company. His vision is to redefine how companies globally serve and interact with their customers online by providing a cloud-based context computing platform, which provides for uniquely relevant and intuitive user experiences.

Before founding cXense, Dr. Lervik was a co-founder of Fast Search & Transfer (FAST). He served as CTO from 1997 to 2001, and then as CEO through the acquisition of FAST by Microsoft in 2008. Following the acquisition, he served as Corporate Vice President of Enterprise Search in Microsoft until 2009.

In 2005, Dr. Lervik was one of technology innovators named as part of the prestigious Forbes E-Gang. Lervik holds a PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), where he was awarded the Esso prize for the best overall PhD in 1996 / 97.

Mr. Osamu Yamano

President and Representative Director, EMC Japan K.K.
Vice President, EMC Corporation

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Yamano was born in 1959 in Tokyo, Japan. He received Master degree in Control Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1984, and completed Executive MBA program from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2001.

After worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories, Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard (currently Hewlett-Packard Japan) and Autodesk Japan, Yamano was involved in establishing Computer Associates (currently CA Technologies) in Japan in 1997. In 1998, he joined RSA Japan and led Marketing department. In 1999, he was promoted to President of RSA Japan as well as Security Dynamics Technologies Japan. After RSA Security Japan was established through the merger of two companies, Yamano became President and Representative Director. He drove rapid business growth of the company being responsible for overall business management including Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Finance and HR. In addition, he has been a board member of Japan Network Security Association (JNSA) since its establishment and proactively promoted IT security.

In July 2010, with additional responsibilities as Vice President and Executive Director of EMC Japan, he led both EMC Japan and RSA Security Japan. Since January 2011, he became President and Representative Director of EMC Japan to support customers by providing the market-leading values of EMC.

Education

March 1984

Master degree in Control Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology

August 2001

Executive MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business

Career History

June 1984

Senior Researcher, AT&T Bell Laboratories

November 1986

Yokogawa Hewlett-Packard (current Hewlett-Packard Japan) and
worked at HP Laboratories in US from 1987

February 1994

Marketing Director, Autodesk Japan

November 1996

Marketing Director, Cheyenne Software Japan
(currently CA Technologies, formerly Computer Associates)

January 1998

Executive Director, RSA Japan

September 1999

President and Representative Director, RSA Japan and
Security Dynamics Technologies Japan

November 1999

President and Representative Director, RSA Security Japan

July 2010

Vice President and Executive Director, EMC Japan

September 2010

Vice President, EMC Corporation

January 2011

Vice President, EMC Corporation & President and
Representative Director, EMC Japan

Mr. Masaya Watanabe

Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Strategy Officer, Information & Telecommunication Systems Company
Hitachi, Ltd.

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Career

Apr. 2012 until present

Vice President and Executive Officer, and
Chief Strategy Officer of Information Telecommunication Systems
Company

Apr. 2011

Corporate Officer, and
Chief Strategy Officer of Information Telecommunication Systems
Company

Mar. 2009

Managing Director and Chief Strategist of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.(Stationed in US.)

Apr. 2007

President of Enterprise Server Division

Apr. 2004

Executive Vice President of Enterprise Server Division

Feb. 2001

General Manager of Financial Business Solutions, Financial System
Division

Jun. 2000

General Manager of Mainframe Operation, Enterprise Server Division

Feb. 2000

Senior Director of Strategy & Planning Office, Enterprise Server Division

Aug. 1998

Senior Director of Development Department, General Purpose Computer
Division

Apr. 1982

Entered Kanagawa Works, Hitachi, Ltd

Education

Master of Science in Management of Technology, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 1991
Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1982

Mr. Greg Goelz

Vice President & General Manager, Enterprise Storage Solutions, SanDisk Corporation, the USA

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Greg Goelz serves as vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Storage Solutions (ESS) group at SanDisk, where he is charged with overseeing the business including development, sales and marketing of solid state storage solutions for the enterprise market. Previously, he was the vice president of marketing at Pliant Technology. In this role, he led all marketing, product management and business development activities for the company.

Prior to joining Pliant, Goelz was the vice president of marketing at UPEK, Inc. where he helped establish the company's leadership position in the PC market for trusted fingerprint biometric solutions. He also worked with SGI (formerly Silicon Graphics Inc.), as vice president and general manager of workstations and Intel-based servers, and has held several senior global marketing and sales management positions at Iomega Corporation, Conner Peripherals and other leading storage companies.

Mr. Jim Hagemann Snabe

Co-CEO, SAP AG, Germany

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Jim Hagemann Snabe was appointed Co-CEO of SAP alongside of Bill McDermott in February 2010. In this capacity, and as a member of the SAP Executive Board and Global Managing Board, Jim Hagemann Snabe focuses on developing and executing SAP's strategy together with Bill McDermott. The Co-CEOs strengthen relationships with customers and partners, drive SAP's innovation portfolio across all markets, and ensure operational excellence across the company.

Jim Hagemann Snabe has been a member of the SAP Executive Board since July 2008. During his 22-year tenure at the company, he has held various management roles in consulting, sales, and development. In 2002, he was responsible for the design and creation of SAP's flagship enterprise resource planning software, SAP ERP, as well as SAP solutions for financial and public services industries. Later, Jim Hagemann Snabe led SAP's industry business unit, and was responsible for creating industry-specific solutions for more than 24 industry segments.

Jim Hagemann Snabe received a master's degree in operational research from the Aarhus School of Business in Denmark. His views about the role which leaders and IT need to play in creating sustainable growth and responsible business strategies has been strongly shaped by his commitment to environmental and humanitarian issues.

Mr. Martin Jetter

General Manager, IBM Japan Ltd.

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Career History

May 15, 2012

President, IBM Japan, Ltd.

Apr 1, 2012

Director, IBM Japan, Ltd.

May 2011

Vice President, Corporate Strategy and General Manager, Enterprise
Initiatives, IBM Corporation

Nov 2006

General Manager, IBM Germany

July 2005

General Manager, IBM Global Business Services, IBM Northeast Europe

Mar 2004

General Manager of IBM Global Business Services, IBM Central and
Eastern Europe

Jan 2001

General Manager and Managing Director, Siemens, IBM Germany

Apr 2000

General Manager of the global business unit of Product Lifecycle
Management, IBM Germany

Oct 1999

Executive Assistant to IBM Chairman & CEO

Feb 1999

Regional Leader Central of IBM's Industrial Sector, IBM Germany,
Austria andSwitzerland

Jan 1986

Joined IBM Germany as an Application Engineer

Education

Masters in Mechanical Engineering, University of Stuttgart

Dr. Hiroshi Komiyama

Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Date of Birth

December 15, 1944

Course of Studies and Professional Career

1967

Bachelor of Eng.(Department of Chemical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)

1969

Master of Eng. at the above Dept., the University of Tokyo

1972

Ph. D. at the above Dept., the University of Tokyo

1972-1977

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
the University of Tokyo

(1973-1974)

Post doctoral Fellow at Univ. of California at Davis

1977-1981

Lecturer of the above Dept., the University of Tokyo

1981-1988

Associate Prof., the University of Tokyo

1988-

Prof., Dept. of Chemical System Engineering, the University of Tokyo

2000-2002

Dean. School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo

2003-2004

Vice-President, the University of Tokyo

2004-2005

Executive Vice- President, the University of Tokyo

2005-2009

President, the University of Tokyo

2009-present

Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
President Emeritus, the University of Tokyo

Awards

1979

Best Paper of the Year: Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan

1992

Best Research of the Year: Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan

2003

Society Award of the Year: Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan

Specialized Fields

Chemical Engineering, Global Environment Engineering, Structuring Knowledge

Books

• "Technologies for Global Sustainability"  Iwanami  1999
• "Structuring Knowledge"  OpenKnowledge  2004
• "I will tell you the University of Tokyo"  President  2007
• "Japan as a Forerunner for Addressing Emerging Problems
  in the World"  Chuokoronshinsya  2007
• "Lectures on Structuring Knowledge"  OpenKnowledge  2007
• "Vision 2050; A Roadmap for a Sustainable Earth."  Springer  2008
• "Low Carbon Society"  Gentosha  2010
• "The Revitalization for Japan"  Toyokeizai  2011

Mr. Mark Norbom

President & CEO, GE Japan
Vice President, GE, the USA

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Mark began his career with GE in 1980 through the Financial Management Program and, after various roles in finance and business development in the US, moved to Taiwan in 1993 to head GE Capital' s efforts in that market.

Mark moved to head GE Capital Indonesia in 1995 and in 1998 to lead GE' s efforts in Thailand as President of GE Capital and GE National Executive. In 2000, Mark moved to Japan as President and CEO of GE Capital Japan and later assumed the role of President and CEO, GE Japan.

After 23-years with GE, Mark joined Prudential Corporation Asia at the end of 2003 as Chief Executive and in early 2007 served as an advisor to Cerberus Asia Pacific.

In October 2007, Mark rejoined GE as President & CEO of GE Japan, and in April 2008, he was appointed as President & CEO of GE Greater China. He returned to Japan in March 2011 and reassumed the role of President and CEO of GE Japan.

Mark graduated summa cum laude from Pennsylvania State University in 1980 with a bachelor' s degree in honors economics.

Mr. Yasuyuki Higuchi

President & CEO, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Corporation

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Yasuyuki Higuchi became president and CEO of Microsoft Japan on April 1, 2008. Founded over 20 years ago in 1986 and with a workforce of more than 2,000 employees, Microsoft Japan is Microsoft's second-largest subsidiary. Also, because Japan is home to some of the world's most advanced consumer and commercial technology, Microsoft Japan plays a major role in supporting the company's broad initiatives and objectives.

Higuchi joined Microsoft in March 2007 as the COO of Microsoft Japan. He exemplifies a rich combination of strategic vision, tactical execution and broad business leadership developed by working at leading international companies in Japan including Boston Consulting Group, Apple, Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard.

After spending ten years at Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. fresh out of Osaka University as an engineer, Higuchi sharpened his business acumen and strategic thinking at The Boston Consulting Group K.K. In 1994, he took on a marketing role at Apple Japan, Inc., gaining valuable experience in the consumer business before joining Compaq Computer KK in 1997. When Compaq Computer merged with Hewlett-Packard in 2002, Higuchi became Vice President & General Manager of Industry Standard Servers at Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd., quickly ascending to President in 2003. In 2005, he took on the challenge of leading the restructuring of a struggling retailer, Daiei Inc. - the second largest retailer in Japan - as President, successfully completing its revitalization prior to joining Microsoft.

Higuchi holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering Science from Osaka University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Hideaki Watanabe

Corporate Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Date of birth

August 3, 1966

Education

 

Mar. 1989

Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Keio University

Career Profile

Apr. 2011

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Corporate Vice President,
in charge of Global Zero Emission Business Unit

Apr. 2010

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Corporate Vice President,
in charge of Global Zero Emission Vehicle Business Unit

Apr. 2009

General Manager, Global Zero Emission Business Unit

Apr. 2007

Program Director, Program Director Office

Apr. 2006

Manager, Project Purchasing Dept. No.2

Apr. 2003

Manager, Purchasing Strategy Dept.

Apr. 2002

Manager, Renault Nissan Purchasing Powertrain

Apr. 1989

Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Mr. Yoshiyuki Miyabe

Managing Director, Member of the Board
Panasonic Corporation

[ Lecturer brief history ]

Place of Birth

Osaka, Japan

Education

 

March 1983

Master of Engineering in Communication Engineering,Osaka University

Career

April 1983

Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.

 

(Currently, Panasonic Corporation)

January 2003

General Manager, R&D Planning Office

September 2003

Director, Corporate R&D Strategy Office, and

 

R&D Academia Collaboration Center

April 2008

Executive Officer, Panasonic Corporation

April 2011

Managing Executive Officer, Panasonic Corporation

June 2011

Managing Director, Member of the Board, Panasonic Corporation