Tetsuo Urano

President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Fujitsu Consulting

Tetsuo Urano joined Fujitsu in 1970 as a system engineer, where he developed Operations Research application software. From 1972 to1973, he was assigned to the Fujitsu Hawaii Office to develop Environmental Simulation software together with the University of Hawaii. From 1975 to 1979, he was assigned to Fujitsu’s New York Office to conduct market studies of the US computer industry. He transferred from Japan to Fujitsu America in 1980, staying there until 1992. During that period, he worked with Amdahl Corporation to help them become a major US computer company. His last position at Fujitsu America was Vice President of the Cooperative Business Group. After spending four to five years in Japan, Tetsuo Urano transferred to Europe to help establish the Fujitsu European Computer Business. He worked there from 1996 to 2004, during which Fujitsu Siemens Computers was formed and expanded to an $8-billion company. He was appointed as a Fujitsu Corporate Vice President in 2002.

Tetsuo Urano has contributed to Fujitsu’s success for over 35 years in marketing, sales and senior management positions in the United States, Europe and Japan. He served as Corporate Senior Vice President and President of the Global Business Group in 2004 and 2005. In September 2005 he was appointed Head of American Operations, overseeing Fujitsu America, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Fujitsu Computer Systems, Fujitsu Consulting, Fujitsu Network Communications, Fujitsu Transaction Solutions and Glovia.