Toshiharu Aoki

Dr. Toshiharu Aoki, president and CEO of NTT Data Corporation, has helped to shape the integrated digital network in Japan through major communications developments, including coding theory, digital-over-analog transmission systems and switching systems. He also has led the Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture Consortium, a global research and development group; the Full Service Access Network, an international fiber optic access standards body; and many efforts that have pioneered the development of multimedia services in Japan. He is an IEEE and Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE) Fellow. Dr. Aoki has served as president of IEICE and on the Industry Technology Committee of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations.

His honors include the Post & Telecom Association of Japan’s Maejima Award, the IEICE Achievement Award and the IEICE Yonezawa Memorial Young Engineer Award.