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Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
IT Knowledge Center Director General
KATAOKA Akira
After being involved in the design of engine control systems at Nissan Motor, he joined Panasonic Corporation 1987. He was in charge of planning and development of hardware products such as PCs and UNIX servers, as well as system construction and development projects for broadcasting stations, newspaper companies, transportation systems, financial systems, etc. After that, He was working as the SE manager of the computer business division, and as the business creation and business support manager of the company-wide information and communication business, and as Board members of related IT companies. He was seconded to IPA in 2012 as the director of the Innovation Human Resources Center,