Kazuhiro Tsuga

Kazuhiro Tsuga is the current President of Panasonic.

Kazuhiro Tsuga
EducationOsaka University (B.S. 1979)
University of California, Santa Barbara (M.S. 1986)
Years activeJune 27, 2012–
EmployerPanasonic Corporation
Known forPresident of Panasonic Corporation
TitlePresident
PredecessorFumio Ohtsubo
Successorincumbent

Early life and education

Tsuga studied at Osaka University and graduated in 1979 with a B.S. in bioengineering.[1] He immediately joined the workforce, and obtained a M.S. in computer science [2] from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986 through a company sponsorship.[1]

Panasonic

Tsuga first joined Panasonic, then named Matsushita Electric, in 1979.[3] With a background in research and development, Tsuga's first executive management position came in 2008.[4]

He was elevated to President of Panasonic on June 27, 2012, taking over for Fumio Ōtsubo.[5] Otsubo, before being replaced, racked up losses of 750 billion yen.[6] Mr. Tsuga focused on returning Panasonic to profitability, highlighted by cutting 10% of the workforce in addition to re-prioritizing Panasonic's business strategy.[7]

gollark: So just flip between them instead?
gollark: Sort of defeats the point, doesn't it?
gollark: "Oh, this set of values is inconvenient, I'll go pick a new one."
gollark: Should you just *not* cling to ideals?
gollark: Other side effects *do* exist.

References
  1. Ganguly, Dibeyendu (May 10, 2013). "How Panasonic's Kazuhiro Tsuga is taking a sword to every unprofitable business in portfolio". The Economic Times. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  2. Prakash and Tsuga (1989). "Average-Case Analysis of the Modified Harmonic Algorithm for Bin Packing". Springer. doi:10.1007/BF01553906. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Kazuhiro Tsuga Bloomberg Businessweek Executive Profile Background". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  4. Kelly, Tim (November 8, 2012). "A New Style of Leadership at Panasonic". The New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  5. "Kazuhiro Tsuga Officially Appointed President of Panasonic Corporation". Panasonic. June 27, 2012. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  6. Harner, Stephen (April 13, 2013). "Japan's Samurai CEOs (1) Panasonic's Tsuga Kazuhiro". Forbes. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  7. Wakabayashi, Daisuke (July 9, 2012). "Panasonic President Sees Short-Term Pain in Restructuring". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
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