Tina Wu
Industrial Technology Research Institute Mechanical and Systems Research Laboratories Intelligent Mobility Technology Division

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Introduction of TAIFE 2005

Keynote Speakers

 
Forum Speakers
Brief Introduction of Speakers
Mr. Yasuaki Hashimoto
Subject Nissan moving forward in Asia
Company/Position Vice President of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
education Faculty of Law, Keio University
Work experience
  • VP in charge of General Overseas Market(GOM) Marketing & Sales Dept. (Asia, Oceania) , April 2004
  • General Manager in charge of General Overseas Market (GOM) Sales and Marketing Div. Oceania and Asia No. 1, April 2002
  • Deputy General Manager, Overseas Operations Support Dept., April 2001
  • Manager, Mid-term plan and long-term strategy, Overseas Planning Department, January 1998
  • Sales Planning Manager, Nissan Europe N.V.,July 1996
  • Senior Advisor, Marketing & Logistics Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd ., August 1991
  • European Operations Office, August 1990
  • Overseas Operations Support Dept. Overseas Logistics and System Development, July 1982
  • Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Production Control Section, Tochigi Plant, April 1980
Mr. Motonobu Takemoto
Subject Toyota’s operation in world & Asia
Company/Position President of Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
education Kobe University (graduated in 1969) The faculty of business administration
Work experience
  • 1969 Joined Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. Export Planning Div.
  • 1971 North America, Latin America & Caribbean Div.
  • 1977 Toyota Canada Inc.
  • 1986 Europe Div, Toyota Motor Corp.
  • 1989 Deputy General Manager at Middle East Div.
  • 1994 Executive Vice President at Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd.
  • 1998 General Manager at Asia Div, Toyota Motor Corp.
  • 2001 Managing Director of Toyota Motor Management Services Singapore Pte Ltd.
  • 2001.4 President of Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
Mr. Kou-Rong Chen
Subject The superiorities and Challenges of Taiwan Auto Industry
Company/Position President of Yulon Motor Co., Ltd.
education EMBA of National Chiao Tung Universit
Work experience Now:
President of Yulon Motor Co., Ltd. Besides serving as the President of Yulon Motor Co. Ltd., being the superior managements and a director or auditor of the board in the association businesses. The responsibilities are to planning and supervising the operation of Yulon Motor Co., Ltd., also assisting the coordination of business activities of Yulon group.

Former Key Positions in Yulon Motor Co., Ltd.:

  • Senior Executive Vice Presidents
  • Senior Vice Presidents
  • Vice Presidents, supervising the business group in Yulon
  • General Manager of Business Department
  • Deputy Manager of Public Relationship section in the President's Staff Office Engineer of Technical Center
Technical expertise R&D; Public Relationship & Marketing
Mr.Pankaj Gupta
Subject Indian Automobile industry – Current Developments and Future Direction
Company/Position Senior Director of Society of Indian Automotive Manufacturers
education
  • Pankaj Gupta did his Post Graduation in Economics (Hons) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani in 1983. He joined as Director in SIAM in September 2000.
  • Before joining SIAM, he worked for 15 years in Industry Associations and has been focussing on policy making and areas of public policy. In SIAM as head of Economic Affairs group he is responsible for all matters relating to automobile industry including interactions with State Governments where pollution and safety form a major part of the interactions.
  • He is Secretary of some of the committees in SIAM which also deliberates in the area of public policy where he heads a group in conveying the corporate citizen's roles of automobile industry to all stakeholders through periodic publications, seminars, workshops etc.
Dr.Hong-Jae Park
Subject The Development Trend of the New Emerging Automobile Market in Asia
Company/Position Corporate Planning Division for Hyundai Motor Company & Kia Motors Corparation
education
  • January 1995 - October 1999… PhD (Economics), SOAS, University of London
    Thesis Title: The Chaebol and Economic Growth in Korea(Supervisor: Professor Ben Fine)
  • March 1988 - February 1990... M.A. (Economics), Seoul National University
    Thesis Title: Reform in Wage System in China (in Korean)
  • March 1981 - February 1988... B.A. (International Economics), Seoul National University.
Work experience
  • April 1990 - March 1992 Economic Reporter in Maeil Business News in Korea.
  • April 1992 - January 1995 Manager, Human Resource Dept. in Hyundai Motor Co.
  • August 2000 - Director, Corporate Planning Division, Hyundai Motor & Kia Motors.
Professor Jamie Hsu
Subject Trends and Strategies in the Automotive Industry
Company/Position Professor of Management and Engineering, Lawrence Technological Univ. Consultant on Strategic Management, and Leadership Development
education
  • B. S. in Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1966
  • M. S. in Solid Mechanics, Brown University, 1969
  • Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics, Brown University, 1972
  • Dissertation: Stress Wave Propagation in Rate Sensitive Materials
Work experience
  • Executive Director, GM Global Technology Management
  • Executive Director, GM R&D Center
  • Executive Director, GM Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center
  • Manager of various GM advanced manufacturing departments
Technical expertise Author and speaker of numerous topics related to strategic planning, advanced manufacturing technology, technology planning and implementation, automotive engineering, general management, globalization, and leadership.
Awards/Others Chair, SAE Emerging Technologies Advisory Board (ETAB)
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of
  • Automotive Technology and Management
  • Steering Committee of the Greenfield Education Coalition
  • Board Member, NRC Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design
  • MIT Leaders for Manufacturing Program Steering Committee
  • Univ. of Mich. Manufacturing Institute Advisory Council
  • Advisory Board, Council for Asian Pacific Americans
  • Senior Advisor, China Institute of Machinery and Heavy Equipment
  • Executive Sponsor of GM Asian Pacific Employee Diversity Group
  • Board Member, Association of Chinese Americans
  • Organization of Chinese Americans Corporate Achievement Award
  • Chair, Chinese American Community Center Project
  • President, Detroit
Dr. Herman Chang
Subject Technology in Powertrain Electronics
Company/Position
  • Director, Asia-Pacific
  • Delphi Energy & Chassis
  • Delphi Corporation
education Ph.D. Northwestern University
Work experience
  • In 1999, Delphi Energy Asia-Pacific Manufacturing Operations Director.
  • In 2001, Asia-Pacific Manufacturing Operations Director for Delphi Energy & Chassis and Delphi Steering & President of Delphi China.
  • In 2002, Regional Director for Delphi Energy &Chassis and Delphi Steering
Technical expertise He has been a contributor to numerous news and automotive publications in China.
Published 19 technical papers on chassis engineering and served as a lecturer in engineering at the University of Dayton in Ohio
Awards/Others General Motors President’s Council Award
Mr. Takeo Kawai
Subject Telematics Products and Service in Japan
Company/Position
  • Denso Corporation
  • ITS Engineering Department 1
  • General Manager
education
  • B.D. Electrical Engineering
  • Waseda University, Japan, 1980
Work experience
  • Electrical Engineer, Denso Corporation, 1980-1991.
  • Senior Technical Staff Denso International America, LA Labs, 1991-1994
  • Manager, Denso Corporation, 1994-present
Technical expertise
  • Cellular phone product design
  • Electronic Toll Collection equipment design
  • Embedded telecommunication equipment design
  • Radio Frequency circuit design
  • Analogue circuit design, Antenna design
Mr. Stefan Stocker
Subject The Technology trend and strategy in automotive electronics
Company/Position President,Bosch Corporation
education
  • Graduate School of Tokyo Institute of Technology i n March 1982.
  • Received a master's degree in Electronic Engineering
Work experience
  • Jun. 1982 Entered Robert Bosch GmbH
  • Oct. 1985 Transferred to Robert Bosch Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd. Director
  • Oct. 1987 Transferred to Nippon ABS Co., Ltd. Managing Director
  • May 1991 Reassigned to Robert Bosch GmbH Director, K1 Division Responsible for production planning
  • Feb. 1993 Director, K1 Division Responsible for sales
  • Apr. 1994 Director, K1 Division Responsible for engineering
  • Jun. 1997 Joined Zexel Corporation Managing Director
  • Jun. 1998 Senior Managing Director
  • Jul. 1998 Senior Managing Director General Manager of SE Development Division
  • Jul. 1999 Senior Managing Director Overall management of Development Assistant to President
  • Jun. 2000 Executive Vice President Overall management of Development Assistant to President
  • Jul. 2000 Zexel Corporation renamed Bosch Automotive SystemsCorporation
  • Jul. 2002 President
  • Jul. 2005 Bosch Automotive Systems Corporation renamed Bosch Corporation
Technical expertise Electronic Engineering
Mr. Mark Hogan
Subject "The Road Ahead: What it takes for Suppliers to Succeed in Asia."
Company/Position
  • President
  • Magna International Inc.
education
  • BSc Business Administration 1973 (University of Illinois)
  • MBA 1977 (Harvard University)
Work experience
  • 1992 – 1997 : President and Managing Director, GM do Brazil
  • 1997 – 1998 : Vice President and General Manager GM North America Car Group, Small Car Operations
  • 1998 – 2001 : Group Vice President – General Motors President - eGM
  • 2002 – 2004 : Group Vice President – General Motors Advanced Vehicle Development
  • August 2004 to present : President of Magna International Inc.
Dr. Jeffery Colwell
Subject
  • Automotive Components
  • Development under the
  • Influence of Public-Private R&D
  • Funding Partnerships
Company/Position Battelle Memorial Institute Vice President
education Ph.D. Metallurgical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1979
Work experience
  • Vice President, Applied Energy Systems, Battelle, 2003-2005
  • Vice President, Automotive Sector, Battelle, 1999-2003
  • Research Leader, Applied Metallurgy, Battelle 1995-1999
  • Assoc. Professor, Inst. of Paper Science, 1990-1995
  • Assoc. Manager, Corrosion, Battelle, 1985-1990
  • Technical Staff, Exxon, Owens-Corning, Battelle, 1979-1985
Technical expertise high temperature corrosion, aqueous corrosion, surface engineering, fuel cells for automotive and energy applications, structural integrity of transmission pipeline systems, stress corrosion cracking of line pipe steels, materials for sour gas wells, materials for Kraft recovery boilers
Awards/Others More than 30 publications on various topics on corrosion
Dr. Naiyi Li
Subject Development of Lightweight Automotive Components
Company/Position
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Ford Research & Advanced Engineering
  • Manufacturing & Processes Department
  • Senior Technical Specialist
education
  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
  • University of Michigan, 1990
Work experience
  • Senior Technical Specialist, Ford Motor Company, 1999-present.
  • Staff Engineer, ALCOA Inc. 1990-1999.
Technical expertise Light metal manufacturing processes and product development : Aluminum , Magnesium : Metallurgy, Die casting, Continuous casting, Semi-solid metal forming, Solidification , Extrusion, Hydroforming, Welding etc.
Awards/Others
  • Published over 50 technical papers on various archival journals and conference proceedings.
   
 
 
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