Takatoshi Matsumoto Vice President, Cisco Systems, Inc. Chairman, Nihon Cisco Systems, K.K. Takatoshi Matsumoto joined Cisco in 1992 as President of Nihon Cisco Systems K.K. in Japan. From 1992 to 1994, he had grown the company into a joint corporation by attracting investment from thirteen leading Japanese companies, including NEC, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Softbank, and Sega Enterprises. He was promoted in 1995 to Vice President of Japan Operations at Cisco Systems, inc. and became Vice President of Asia Operations in 1996. October 1998, he became Chairman of Nihon Cisco Systems K.K. After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Hosei University in 1966, he began his career as a software developer of operating system for mainframe at Nippon Electronics Development Co., Ltd. In 1975, he joined Digital Equipment Corporation Japan and served as Sales Manager of Yokohama Branch and Business Manager of Tokyo Sales I Division. His career as an entrepreneur started in 1984 when he established Insight International, a consulting company specializing UNIX and artificial intelligence technology. In 1986, he founded Nihon Sun Microsystems K.K. as General Manager and contributed to establish its leadership in Japan’s UNIX workstation market. Prior to joining Cisco, he also founded System Software Associates Japan Ltd. In 1990. He currently is an auditor and board of directors member of Internet Association of Japan.