Profiles

Date of Birth	November 21, 1948
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Dec. 2013 –	President & CEO, Michi Creative City Designers Inc.
2010 – 2013	Senior Chief Engineer, Smart City Project Div., Hitachi, Ltd.
2006 – 2010	Senior Chief Engineer, Corporate Planning Office, Hitachi, Ltd.
2004–2006	Senior Vice President, Innovation Research Institute
2000 – 2004	Division President, Information Technology Div., Hitachi, Ltd.
1994 – 2000	Deputy Head, Corporate Information Systems Office, Hitachi, Ltd.
1972 – 1994	Production Engineering Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (Engagements include Robotics and Production Planning)
1977	M.Phil., Production Engineering, The University of Nottingham (UK)
1972	B.Sc., Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo

• Industrial Professional, Low Carbon Model Town Taskforce,
  Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Registered International Expert, ISO TC268/SC1
  “Smart Community Infrastructure”, and Member of Japan’s Mirror Committee
• Senior Fellow, Global Cities Institute (Canada)
• Members of The City Planning Institute of Japan,
  and Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Corporate Profiles

Corporate Name	Michi Creative City Designers Inc.
Headquarters	982-6 Oigamori, Nagasaka-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, 408-0032 Japan
Founded	November 14, 2013
Management	Michinaga Kohno, President and Chief Executive Officer
Capital	10 Million JPY

Nonresident Advisors

Prof. T. Onishi	Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo (Urban Engineering) President, Science Council of Japan
Mr. H. Suzuki	Ex-Lead Urban Specialist, Finance, Economics and Urban Development, THE WORLD BANK
	Ex-Director and Principal Engineer, a major engineering company(Japan)
	Ex-Principal Architect, a major architect company(Japan)

Strategic Partners

• Goto and Town Organizers Inc. (Japan)
• Regional Plan Association (US)
• Global Cities Indicators Facilities (Canada)
• Smart City Tech Group LLC (Russia)