Takayuki Tono

Takayuki Tono is the Director and Surface Category Lead at Microsoft Japan, leveraging over 25 years of international business experience in sales, marketing, and business planning within the IT hardware industry. Previously, they held significant positions at Toshiba, including Head of EMEA PC Business Planning and later, Senior Vice President at Dynabook Americas, where they played a crucial role in launching the Dynabook brand in the US market. Takayuki's tenure in Germany and California has equipped them with a deep understanding of global market dynamics, which they now apply to empower the consumer market in Japan.