Junichi Kitagawa

Junichi KITAGAWA currently serves as Senior Manager of the Corporate Strategy Office at EKO Instruments, a position held since January 2023. Prior roles include Division Manager of Business Planning & Strategy at both Konica Minolta REALM Inc. and Konica Minolta Precision Medicine, as well as Vice President of Life Science Business Strategy at Olympus Corporation. KITAGAWA's extensive experience at Olympus spans various roles including General Manager, Deputy General Manager for corporate planning and strategy, and marketing positions focused on scientific solutions and microscopy products. Early in the career, KITAGAWA contributed as a product manager and technical marketing liaison, beginning as an optical researcher/engineer. KITAGAWA holds a Master of Engineering degree in Meteorology from Nagaoka University of Technology.