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Clearing the "Clouds" in Your Data Center Strategy Executive Breakfast Briefing July 21, 2009 JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong (a quarter of ballroom, Level 3

Junichi Shimada
General Manager, Product Marketing Unit, Product Planning Division, Fujitsu Ltd.

Junichi Shimada¡¯s role includes Cloud computing business from a platform perspective.

He majored in mechanical engineering at university, while involved in the development of robots. After joined Fujitsu in 1984, his first mission was the development of software for network transmission equipment. Then as a software engineer, he worked with many customers and overseas companies in the co-development of software.

His next move was into the Optical network division. There he had responsibility for optical network equipment firmware. After joining the Network engineering group he acted as both a network engineer and salesman across Japan creating many pipelines with the major telecom carriers. His biggest project during this period was the building of a Japan-wide 10G optical network for one of those carriers.

Currently his main role covers the development of platform strategies and the analysis of market trends for business planning.

In private life, his many hobbies and activities include playing baseball, in every position except catcher. Although never a member of an official baseball team at school he enjoys the game still. He has even pitched at the Tokyo-dome as part of a YOMIURI GIANTS game attraction. A showman to the end he also likes to blow his own trumpet and enjoys playing in free concerts.