IHS Automotive Conference – Tokyo, June 2011

Hiroshi Ataka

Manager, Japan, Component Forecasts and Analysis, IHS Automotive

Tim Armstrong

Senior Director, Forecasting, IHS Automotive

Armstrong is Senior Director at IHS Automotive. He is responsible for global automotive forecasting capabilities covering; light vehicle sales and production,  powertrain , components, and heavy trucks. In addition he oversees the near real-time news and analysis provided  by the World Markets automotive team. He has nearly twenty years experience in forecasting, specializing in analysis of emerging markets. Since joining DRI  in 1996 he has headed automotive  forecasting research on Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Middle East and Africa. From 1989 to 1996  he was a senior commodities analyst for Commodities Research Unit in London.

Educated in Australia, Tim has a Master of Economics from the University of Western Australia and Bachelor's degrees in economics and finance from Murdoch University and Curtin University. Languages include English and French.

Charles Chesbrough

Sr. Principal Economist, IHS Automotive

Charles Chesbrough, Senior Economist, is responsible for developing and integrating macro-sales forecast scenarios and models into IHS Automotive worldwide global forecasts. Prior to joining IHS Automotive, Mr. Chesbrough was a Senior Consultant in Ford Motor Company's North American Marketing Strategy Group. In addition, Mr. Chesbrough is an expert in market research and econometric analysis through many years as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies.

Mr. Chesbrough was a Ph.D. student in economics at Michigan State University, holds an M.A. in economics from the University of Illinois, Chicago and a B.A. in economics from Michigan State University.

Atsushi Ishii

Senior Manager, Japan/Korea Powertrain Forecasts, IHS Automotive

Hiromu Kakishita

APAC Sales Director, IHS Automotive

Hiromu Kakishita has more than 30 years' experience in the sales and marketing areas of the global automotive industry. He serves as IHS Automotive APAC (Asia Pacific) Sales Lead, after joining CSM Worldwide in March 2002, where he was responsible for business development in the Asian market. He worked to launch the first operation of CSM Worldwide in Tokyo, Japan and developed business in Japan, Korea and China until IHS acquired CSM Worldwide in March 2010. This quick growth in Asia allowed him to introduce automotive forecasting services to OEMs, auto parts suppliers, material suppliers and the financial sector. Since the CSM acqusition by IHS, Hiromu is able to continue taking the lead for APAC sales in the IHS Automotive domain.

Previously, Hiromu held positions in materials purchasing and sales and marketing in the automotive industry for 24 years, both in in Japan and the United States. He worked closely with major Japanese car manufactures and established a new marketing system that allowed strategic planning and targeting, increasing business opportunities and profitability for the company.

Hiromu holds a law degree from Kyoto Sangyo University in Kyoto, Japan.

Yoshiaki Kawano

Japan and Korea Vehicle Sales Forecasts, IHS Automotive

Akira Minamikawa

Vice President of Japanese Research, Principal Analyst, IHS iSuppli

At IHS iSuppli, Akira Minamikawa is responsible for the management of all Japanese research in addition to acting as a senior director and principal analyst. Minamikawa was previously the president and founder of the well-respected Japanese research firm Data Garage. Data Garage was acquired by iSuppli in November 2006. Prior to establishing Data Garage, Minamikawa was the head of the technology research department and senior analyst for the brokerage firm CLSA Securities. Minamikawa also served as the director of semiconductor research at IDC Japan and the senior analyst for semiconductors at Gartner/Dataquest Japan.

Minamikawa is a regular speaker at events held by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) and Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), and is frequently cited by publications including Semiconductor Industry News and Nikkei Electronics.  He is also a member of the technical examination committee for automotive semiconductors for Japan’s Patent Office and a member of the FeRAM evaluation committee at the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan's largest public R&D management organization. Minamikawa also is a regular writer for the E-Journal, Nikkei Tech ON and other semiconductor industry publications.

He received his Electrical Engineering degree from the Musashi Institute of Technology.

Masatoshi Nishimoto

Manager, Japan and Korea Vehicle Forecast, IHS Automotive

Masatoshi Nishimoto is the Manager of Japan and Korea Vehicle Production Forecasting for IHS Automotive. His expertise includes forecast and analysis of vehicle production outlook and production strategy by OEMs. He joined CSM Worldwide in December 2008. Prior to that, he worked in the procurement, sales and planning areas of the autmotive steel industry for 10 years.

Nishimoto holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Yamaguchi University.