Before joining BT, worked for Digital Equipment Corporation Japan (Compaq Computer Japan) in charge of product marketing aspect of groupware/workflow product. Obtained Master of Science in computer science from University of Minnesota Graduate School.

Mr. Faden has lived and studied in France, the United States, and Japan. Mr. Faden holds a Bachelor of Science Magna Cum Laude in Business and Economics from Sophia University, Tokyo.

Since 1995 he has been linked to Internet in Latin America.

Since 1997, he belongs to the "Policy Group of the G8 Global Marketplace for SMEs", of the European commission.

He is a member of the "Informatics 2000 initiative" commission created by the Interamerican Development Bank to create electronic trade policies for the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

He graduated as Business Administration Technician in Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE).

Additionally to these activities and for the last years, he has been nominated e-commerce coordinator for the Paris Chamber of Commerce (4000 employees). As such, he participates in a number of French and European initiatives (DEUS, WeCan, MIDAS, G8) or working parties (gLorentz working partyh). He also leads e-commerce training and awareness seminars targeting SMEs and CCIs (advisors and top management) in France and abroad.

He is one of the initiators of the French Electronic Commerce Association (AFCEE) where he is member of the Board.

He is also chairman of the Worldchambers Consortium, which manages the worldwide interconnection of Chambers of Commerce on the web ( http://www.worldchambers.com ), one of the G8 official testbeds for electronic commerce.

The lab, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the principal US information sciences laboratory of Matsushita Electric Industrial, Inc. of Osaka, Japan.

The current theme of the lab is Internet communications and networking. Current topics include high speed audio/video networking, security and electronic commerce, IP telecommunications, and residential gateways and networks.

Dr. Fish was Executive Director of the Multimedia Networking Research Department of Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) in Morristown, New Jersey, USA.

He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1981.

Opened Hikari Sogoh Law Offices in1995

Areas of Expertise:
Corporate Law
Intellectual Property Rights
Personal Assets Management

Publications:
Copyright for Programmer(Gijutu-Hyoronsya,1991)
Security for Network Society(Soft Bank Publishing,1995)
Cyberspace and Regulations(Nihon Keizai Shinbun Inc,1997)

Prior to Dell, I was Chairman of Seiko Instruments USA. I believe Internet is changing not only the way people do business ,but also the way people think and behave. I'm very interested in how the inherent culture of each country may change.

1982 Elected to the board of ASCII Corporation.

1986 Assumed the post of President for Microsoft Co., Ltd. when the Japanese subsidiary was set up.

1991 Along with being Chairman of Microsoft Co., Ltd., he became Director of Far East R&D of Microsoft Corporation. He was responsible for the development systems and applications for Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

1993 Promoted to Senior Director, Advanced Technology, Far East of Microsoft Corporation.

1997 Became Senior Director of Far East Interactive Media and Consumer Platform Strategy, Microsoft Corporation.

Held the additional post of Chairman, WebTV Networks K.K.

Andy has been a member of BT's Executive Committee since March 1995, and before taking on his current role as Group Director Strategy and Development, he was responsible for Strategy, Planning, Pricing, Total Quality Management, Information Strategy and Objective Setting.

Prior to this, Andy was Director UK Customer Field Services with a Division of 50,000 people. The division provided installation and repair services to all BT's personal and small business customers, as well as providing exchange line services to BT's major business customers, and built and maintained the access network over which BT delivered the vast majority of its services.

Andy has led many major change programmes, including Payphone Serviceability, DQ Charging, introducing Customer Options for Telephony Pricing and the launch of ISDN, VPN/VPS (Centrex) and Advanced Linkline. He was also heavily involved in negotiations with Oftel over the introduction of competition and the last three price cap negotiations.

Andy has spent 12 years at BT. Prior to that he was at Shell and Deloitte Haskins & Sells.

CAREER : 1984-1989 Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1989-1990 Secretary to the President, Sanden Koutsu Company, Yamaguchi, Japan, 1990-1991 Yamaguchi Godo Gas Company, Yamaguchi, Japan, 1991 Assistant, Keefe Company, Washington, D.C.,1991 Assistant, to Congressman Steve Neal, House Banking Committee, Washington, D.C., 1991-1992 International Affairs Intern, Office of Senator William Roth, Washington, D.C., 1992-1993 Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Tokyo, 1995- Member, House of Councillors, Japan,1999 October - Present Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance.

SELECTED MEMBERSHIPS, HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS' COMMITTEES :1998 Jan - Present Member, Standing Committee on Financial Affairs

LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY : HOUSE OF COUNCILLORS' AFFILIATIONS 1997 July- 1998 Aug, Deputy Secretary - General

OTHERS : Advisor, Federation of YAMAGUCHI Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches

Homepage : http://www.urban.ne.jp/home/yogi

1998 and 1999 he was the German speaker on the Nikkei-Conference ""Global Information E-Commerce Summit"".

He published two management books about Internet and Information Procurement for the publishing house Campus, Frankfurt/New York and is member of the Kienbaum High Potential Pool.