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Professor Cusumano specializes in strategy, product development, and entrepreneurship in the computer software industry, as well as in automobiles and consumer electronics. He teaches courses on strategic management, technological innovation and entrepreneurship, and the software business.
Professor Cusumano received a B.A. degree from Princeton in 1976 and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1984. He is fluent in Japanese and has lived and worked in Japan for seven years. He has consulted for more than 50 major companies around the world, and has served as a director of private and public software companies and an advisor to numerous startup companies. He has also served as editor-in-chief and chairman of the MIT Sloan Management Review, and he writes periodically for the press.
Professer Cusumano has published eight books including The Business of Software: What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad (2004), and Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation (2002, with Annabelle Gawer)

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Dr. Marshall Phelps is responsible for setting the global intellectual property strategies and policies for Microsoft Corporation. In addition, he interfaces with governments, other companies in the technology industry, and outside institutions to broaden awareness of intellectual property issues. Before transitioning to his current position in 2006, he served as the deputy general counsel for intellectual property in Microsoft's Legal & Corporate Affairs group, where he supervised Microsoft's intellectual property groups. He oversaw the company's management of its intellectual property portfolio, which comprises some 13,000 patents issued and more than 12,000 trademark registrations worldwide.
Dr. Phelps joined Microsoft in June 2003 after a 28-year career at IBM Corp., where he served as vice president for intellectual property and licensing. He was instrumental in IBM's standards, telecommunications policy, industry relations, patent licensing program and intellectual property portfolio development. Also, he helped establish IBM's Asia Pacific headquarters in Tokyo and served as the company's director of government relations in Washington, D.C. Upon retiring from IBM in 2000, he spent two years as chairman and chief executive officer of Spencer Trask Intellectual Capital Company LLC, which specialized in spinoffs from major corporations such as Motorola Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp. and IBM.
Dr. Phelps holds a B.A. from Muskingum College, an M.S. from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a J.D. from Cornell Law School. He is an Executive-in-Residence at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and also serves on the Board of Visitors. He was elected to the inaugural class of the Intellectual Property Hall of Fame in 2006, and he has recently been asked to advise METI on IP matters.

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Dr. Jürgen Mössinger is the AutoSAR project leader and head of systems integration at Robert Bosch GmbH. Dr. Mossinger began his career at Bosch in 1995 working on the development of diesel systems. In later assignments, he headed the development of the ECU platform EDC17 and the ECU development for a customer group at diesel systems. During 2008, he served as a spokesperson for the AUTOSAR consortium. Dr. Mössinger received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Technical University of Stuttgart, and worked at the Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research before joining Bosch.

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Mr. Kamiyama was appointed vice chairman of JISA in May 2007, in addition to his other roles as advisor to Nippon Keidanren (since 2002), and chairman & CEO of JASTEC Co., Ltd. (since 1972). He previously served as a director at JISA from 1997-2007. Prior to founding JASTEC, Mr. Kamiyama worked for Nippon Business Automation, Inc. (now Toshiba Information Systems, Co.) and ITOCHU Electric Computer Service Co. Mr. Kamiyama received his B.S. in Mathematics from Yokohama National University.

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Mr. Koichi Hironishi is the vice president, managing executive officer, and director of FUJITSU LIMITED. He joined the company in April 1968 and has served as a manager in the Finance Solution Business group, manager in the Solution Business Support group, chief director of the Consumer Transaction Business of the company, as well as president and representative director of FUJITSU ADVANCED SOLUTIONS LIMITED. Mr. Hironishi graduated from Keio University in March 1968.

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Mr. Marcos Bonturi is the head of the Structural Policy Division in the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry. In this capacity, he manages a team of experts working on issues related to Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He also manages the international negotiations on anti-subsidy agreements for the steel and shipbuilding sectors, and a major study on the economic impact of counterfeiting and piracy.
Mr. Bonturi began his career in 1985, at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in Washington D.C., helping Latin American countries assess issues related to GATT entry. He joined the OECD in 1990 and worked on trade and development issues, such as those related to structural adjustment and market access. In 1994, he began working as an economist in charge of preparing OECD country surveys of Brazil, Italy, Portugal and Mexico; specializing in issues of health, public spending, financial sector reform and pension reform.
In 2000, he transferred to the Office of the OECD Chief Economist, where he held the post of senior economist, and conducted research and authored studies for inclusion in the OECD Economic Outlook, including a major report on the economic consequences of terrorism that was published a few months after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. From 2002-2006, he worked in the Private Office of the Secretary-General, counseling senior management in the areas of industry, agriculture, and trade policies. In addition to his management responsibilities during this time, Mr. Bonturi helped organize ministerial conferences and managed several high priority projects on trade and structural adjustment, and the services economy.
Mr. Bonturi, who is Italian, is also fluent in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, and has some knowledge of Russian and Romanian.

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Mr. Cierco Jimenez de Parga is the director general for the Development of Information Society of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade of Spain. He previously served as Adviser to the Minister of Industry and Commerce in new technologies (2004-06) and has held high level responsibilities in Science and Technology since 2003. Prior to 2003, he worked in electronic banking for Analistas Financieros Internacionales in Madrid (2000-03); in international investing for Ahorro Corporación in Madrid (1997-2000); in structured products and fixed income for Intercapital Ltd. in London (1994-97); and financial planning for ICL-Fujitsu in London (1992-94).
Mr. Cierco Jimenez de Parga holds an M.S. in Economic Analysis and Regular Sectors from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and an M.S. in Finance from ICADE in Madrid. He has also received a Financial Investment Degree from the London Business School, a Graduate Degree in Business from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and a Business Studies Diploma from Bradford University in the UK.

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Prior to his current position, Mr. Oikawa served as Senior Executive Director, Development Bank of Japan (2003-'05); Advisor, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (2002-'03); Research Counselor, TEPIA (2002-'03); Commissioner, Japan Patent Office; Director-General, Bureau of Equipment, Japan Defense Agency; Director-General for Policy Coordination, Minister's Secretariat; Councilor, Cabinet Secretariat; Deputy Director-General for Security Export Control, International Trade Administration Bureau; Director, Coordination Division, Bureau of Equipment, Japan Defense Agency; Director, Small Enterprise Policy Division, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency; Counselor, Japanese Mission to European Community, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Director, Paper, Pulp & Printing Division, Consumer Goods Industries Bureau. Mr. Oikawa graduated from the University of Tokyo with a B.A. in Economics.
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