Kazuhiro Tsuga
Kazuhiro Tsuga is the current President of Panasonic.
Kazuhiro Tsuga | |
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Education | Osaka University (B.S. 1979) University of California, Santa Barbara (M.S. 1986) |
Years active | June 27, 2012– |
Employer | Panasonic Corporation |
Known for | President of Panasonic Corporation |
Title | President |
Predecessor | Fumio Ohtsubo |
Successor | incumbent |
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]
References
- 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.
- Prakash and Tsuga (1989). "Average-Case Analysis of the Modified Harmonic Algorithm for Bin Packing". Springer. doi:10.1007/BF01553906. Cite journal requires
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(help) - "Kazuhiro Tsuga Bloomberg Businessweek Executive Profile Background". Bloomberg. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- Kelly, Tim (November 8, 2012). "A New Style of Leadership at Panasonic". The New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- "Kazuhiro Tsuga Officially Appointed President of Panasonic Corporation". Panasonic. June 27, 2012. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- Harner, Stephen (April 13, 2013). "Japan's Samurai CEOs (1) Panasonic's Tsuga Kazuhiro". Forbes. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- Wakabayashi, Daisuke (July 9, 2012). "Panasonic President Sees Short-Term Pain in Restructuring". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 14, 2014.