Tadashi Onodera
Chairman of the Board @ KDDI
Tokyo, Japan
Tadashi Onodera is a startup investor at KDDI in Tokyo. KDDI is one of Japan’s leading telecommunications firm in Japan. Japan’s mobile Internet market has been the most highly developed in the world since the late 1990s, and KDDI has been a major innovator in providing services and a platform for content. The advent of smartphones is rapidly transforming the industry, and Mr. Onodera will be lookingg into the future while reflecting on lessons learned from the March 11, 2011 triple disaster – earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster — that hit Japan.Tadashi Onodera has been Chairman of KDDI Corporation since June 2005. He held the position of President from June through November 2010. KDDI was established in October 2000 through the merger of DDI CORPORATION, KDD CORPORATION and IDO CORPORATION.Mr. Onodera joined DDI in November 1984, just before the Japanese telecommunications market was deregulated. Since then he has been involved in a wide variety of projects, such as the construction of a nationwide microwave network and the development of cellular phone networks. He has spent a lot of time in the implementation of CDMA technology and mobile data services. He has received the “Industry Leadership” of 2005 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award. He has helped DDI to become the winner amongst the challengers against the Japanese telecommunications incumbent giant, NTT.
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About KDDI
KDDI Corporation is a Japanese telecommunications operator. It was created in 2000 through a merger of DDI, KDD and IDO and now employs over 15,000 people.The company provides a broad range of services, including fixed-line phone communication, mobile phone and web services, and Internet services. It also has a ownership stake in two Japanesecable television companies, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) and Japan Cablenet (JCN). KDDI's mobile phone and web arm is branded as "au". The company is the current No. 2 in Japan's mobile communications market, trailing NTT DoCoMo and ahead of SoftBank.
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Kazuhiko Chuman
General Manager
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Ken Sobajima
Senior Director of Investments
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Makoto Takahashi
Senior Vice President
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Mutsumi Nakata
Associate Senior Vice President
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Tadashi Onodera
Chairman of the Board
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