Taka Kawasaki

Taka Kawasaki has extensive work experience in various roles within the medical device industry. Taka is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Filmecc USA, Inc. - Components/OEM, a subsidiary of Asahi Intecc Group. Prior to this, they held the position of Vice President in the OEM division at Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. where they were responsible for business development and sales of OEM products in the fields of cardiology, peripheral, oncology, and neurovascular interventions. Taka has demonstrated expertise in interventional guidewire technologies. Taka also served as the General Manager at Espas, Inc. and as a Senior Sales Engineer at Kitz Sct America. Taka started their career as a Design Engineer at SHOWA CORP.

Taka Kawasaki's education history begins with an Engineer's Degree in Materials Science from Suzuka National College of Technology, which they obtained from 1990 to 1995. Taka then pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering/Material Engineering from Toyohashi University of Technology, completing it between 1995 and 1997. Next, Taka pursued a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution from 1998 to 2000. Later, they attended the University of San Francisco School of Management from 2004 to 2005, where they earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) with a focus on Marketing/Marketing Management, General.