"For
leadership and contributions to the development, introduction
and standardization of mobile communications systems and
advanced telecommunications services and networks."
Dr.
Keiji Tachikawa
 Dr.
Keiji Tachikawa assumed his current position of president
of NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan's largest mobile telecommunication
operator, in June, 1998. Before then, Dr. Tachikawa
held a number of important posts in his 36-year career
with both NTT and NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
From
1997 to 1998, Dr. Keiji Tachikawa was senior executive
vice president of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. From 1996 to 1997,
Dr. Tachikawa was senior executive vice president, Business
Communications Headquarters of NTT. From 1995 to 1996,
he was executive vice president of the Service Engineering
Headquarters. From 1992 to 1995, he was senior vice
president and general manager of the Kanto Regional
Communications Sector. From 1991 to 1992, he was
executive manager of the Technology Research Department
working on NTT's General Planning Headquarters. From
1990 to 1991, he was a senior executive overseeing NTT's
mobile communications as well as packet network and
visual communications business. From 1989 to 1990, he
was a senior manager of the Business Strategy Planning
Headquarters, where he was responsible for planning
NTT's 21st Century Service Vision. From 1986 to 1989,
he was director of the NTT America Representative Office
in New York, where he founded NTT America Inc. in 1987,
and became first CEO. He joined Nippon Telegraph and
Telephone Public Corporation in 1962.
Dr.
Tachikawa graduated from Tokyo University with a bachelor's
degree in technology in 1962. In 1978, he graduated
from MIT with a MBA, and in 1981 he received his Doctor
of Engineering degree from Tokyo University. He is a
regional chief of the Institute of Electronics and Communications
Engineers (IECE) in 1995-1996, the largest communications
technical institute in Japan. He is the author of several
books in Japanese on the future of the communications
and information industries.
Dr.
Tachikawa was born in Gifu Prefecture in 1939. He is
married and has a son and a daughter.
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