Kilopass Appoints Tatsuya Yamazaki Vice President of Business Development Asia-Pacific To Accelerate International Expansion

He started his career at Fujitsu in process technology and device physics and eventually became the VP & GM of Worldwide ASIC and Foundry business. At Samsung, he was a VP for Marketing focusing in the Japan region. He has started at Kilopass and will be located in Japan.

“I am thrilled to have attracted such a world-class business and operational talent as Yamazaki-san,” said Charlie Cheng, president and CEO of Kilopass Technology Inc. “He brings several valuable assets to the company: his strategic relationship building expertise especially in Japan, where Kilopass already has several major partners and customers, his insights into Samsung’s management approaches and success; and finally his extensive global experience and contacts in the other regions critical to our growth: Taiwan, Israel, China, and United States.”

Tatsuya Yamazaki began his career as a process control and device physics engineer with Fujitsu, Ltd. Fujitsu recognized that his engineering prowess was matched equally by organizational and management expertise and selected him as General Manager of Foundry Marketing. From there he was appointed Director of FRAM Development, and eventually General Manager of the Foundry and ASIC Marketing Division, Electronic Devices Business Group. He left Fujitsu in 2009 to become Vice President of Marketing for Samsung Electronics.

“I am excited to help drive its growth internationally,” said Yamazaki-san. “At a time when few semiconductor companies are willing to experiment, Kilopass breaks new grounds on several dimensions, not just in business & product strategy, but even in its view of globalization. I look forward to being part of the growth team and helping Kilopass achieve its ambitious plan.”