Dr Kazuo Murano, President, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd
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Any technology-led organisation faces the challenge of balancing its science and technology R&D with efficient business models and a socially responsible corporate attitude. The importance of optimising this balance underpins Fujitsu’s European Technology Forum, which represents the company’s regional channel for sharing ideas and shaping new technologies. Against this background, Dr Murano, President, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, outlined how Fujitsu applies its core values of social responsibility, environmental protection and sustainable social infrastructure, and how these can be applied to create a harmonised R&D roadmap, capable of delivering benefits to businesses on the widest scale.
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Kazuo Murano is President of Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, a role he assumed in June 2004. Dr. Murano has been a Board Member of Fujitsu Limited since June 1996. In 2002, he was named Group President for Global Businesses, responsible for Fujitsu's overall global operations. From 1996 to 2002, he held various senior positions in Fujitsu's Network/Telecommunications Business Group. Prior to 1995, he worked at Fujitsu Laboratories for 23 years, engaged in the R&D of various networking, multimedia and signal processing technologies. Dr. Murano received a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Tokyo University in 1968, and a PhD from Princeton University in 1972. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, and also a Fellow of the IEICE.
David Smith, Chief Information Officer & Director Core Shared Services, Fujitsu UK & Ireland
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Innovation is a term often used in the business world and particularly in relation to the technology sector – whether products or services. However, we have to be clear on the term’s definition, and how we measure the value gained from investing in innovation, and track its contribution to business growth. Fujitsu is well-placed to have an opinion in this area, as a global provider of technology-based business solutions, with an annual R&D spend of some 1.9 billion Euros. David Smith, CIO, Fujitsu UK & Ireland, gave his perspective on how to build innovation into the heart and soul of a business.
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David is the CIO for Fujitsu UK & Ireland, and includes within his remit the role of Director - Strategy & Business Change. He joined Fujitsu in 2006 from Accenture, where he was a Senior Executive in the HR BPO division leading the Global Account Management function, having held a range of roles, including CIO for that division, during his five years in the company. Prior to Accenture, David was CIO for Europe at TMP Worldwide, and Global Head of Group Systems at PA Consulting. He started his career at Ernst & Young in 1987, and held a wide range of role across the Finance, IT and HR functions, plus some time in the audit and business consulting arenas. The common thread across the last 15 years of David's career has been leading transformational business change and building high-performing teams
Dr Fumihiro Maruyama, Managing Director, Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Ltd
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Fumihiro Maruyama will welcome participants to the second day of the European Technology Forum 2009, and will emphasise the day’s significance for collaboration between Fujitsu companies. He introduced Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe, explaining its position and function within the Fujitsu group, and outlined the role and importance of R&D co-operation. This encompassed roadmap sharing, the business development of new technologies, and the feedback of requirements from Fujitsu’s customers.
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Fumihiro Maruyama assumed the role of Managing Director, Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe, in 2008. He joined Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan in 1978, where he was engaged in research and development of CAD (Computer-Aided Design), AI (Artificial Intelligence), and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) solutions. Prior to coming to the UK, he was Senior Research Fellow, Software and Solution Laboratories. He has a B.S. degree in Mathematical Engineering and a doctorate in Information Engineering, both from the University of Tokyo. He received the IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan) 20th Anniversary Best Paper Award, and the Prof. Motooka Commemorative Award in 1980 and 1988, respectively.
Dr Joseph Reger, Chief Technology Officer, Fujitsu Technology Solutions
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All Fujitsu business units would benefit from deeper collaboration with our R&D labs, to become more competitive with a profoundly different, customer-centred offering. Fujitsu conducts extensive research activity in numerous technology fields. Some business units exploit the outcome to create to create an advantage for themselves in their markets. Unfortunately, only a few business units have the ability to bridge the gap between research outcome and technology input. We need to move more strongly from discovery-based to application-based R&D, and include the route to market as part of the plan. This would create a more productive R&D, with clear objectives and better business results. Through better alignment of "R" (research) with "D" (development) and "B" (business), we can help ensure that our technologies end up in the hands of our customers and that we gain maximum advantage from our own IP and assets.
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Joseph Reger is Chief Technology Officer, Fujitsu Technology Solutions. As CTO, Joseph is responsible for understanding and predicting the IT and technology trends that will significantly benefit customers, as well as their implementation in the company’s strategy. His role is paramount in helping Fujitsu to choose wisely when deciding on technology directions.
Joseph is working in close alignment with the entire Fujitsu Group. Recently, he has been a key driver of the Dynamic Infrastructures concept, which is at the heart of Fujitsu's future IT architecture.
A renowned industry expert, Joseph was appointed CTO in 2002, and has steered the company, as well as customers, in real-life implementations such as Dynamic IT and Mobility topics. Joseph joined the company in 1998, as the Head of Technology Marketing from IBM, where he acted as Executive Consultant and Chief IT Architect.
Joseph started his career in academic research (physics and computer sciences). He studied in Budapest, Hungary and Trondheim, Norway, earning his first academic degree in Budapest, and his PhD in Cologne, Germany. He also spent three years as visiting scientist at the University of California in Santa Cruz, USA, engaged in interdisciplinary research of complex systems. Subsequently, he obtained the highest German academic degree (habilitation) at the University of Mainz, Germany.
Masahiko Matsunaga, Manager, Business Incubation Division, Fujitsu Limited
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Masahiko Matsunaga introduced the "Business Incubation Process", which Fujitsu’s Business Innovation Unit (BIU) has established, in order to apply Fujitsu Laboratories’ advanced technologies to new Fujitsu businesses. The BIU would like all European Technology Forum participants to understand this process, and to co-operate for the development of future businesses and opportunities.
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Masahiko Matsunaga joined Fujitsu Limited in 1993, and has been responsible for the global sales and marketing of Fujitsu’s telecom infrastructure business in the Global Business Group, including WiMAX, LTE and other new technologies. He joined the Business Innovation Unit when this was established in 2009, and is responsible for the planning of Fujitsu‘s future new businesses, based on the advanced technologies developed by Fujitsu Laboratories.
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