Shigemichi Matsuka Senior Executive Managing Director Hitachi, Ltd. Shigemichi Matsuka is senior executive managing director of Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products, and power and industrial equipment. Matsuka joined Hitachi Works in 1961 as an engineer and held a variety of management posts in the company's computer control and systems engineering operations prior to becoming general manager of Omika Works in 1989. He was elected board director of the company and general manager of the Information Systems Group in 1991. He assumed the position of executive managing director in 1993. He was named senior executive managing director and group executive, Information Group in 1997. Matsuka was born May 19, 1937, in Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido. He obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Tokyo University in 1961.