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Mr. Hiroshi Tobisawa, President & CEO, North America, South America and Europe talks about the reasons for Capcom's recent amazing success, their future plans and advice for rookies.
Industry Leaders: HIROSHI TOBISAWA of CAPCOM (click for article, in Japanese)
Hiroshi Tobisawa serves as President and Acting Chief Executive Officer of Capcom Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of Capcom Co. Ltd. Mr. Tobisawa has been Managing Corporate Officer of Capcom Co Ltd. since 2001. He served as President of CAPCOM U.S.A. Inc. and CE EUROPE Ltd. since 2004. Mr. Tobisawa joined Capcom in 1997 to lead corporate planning and consumer sales in Japan and was most recently responsible for worldwide marketing for Capcom Entertainment, Inc. He served as General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. of Capcom Co Ltd. since 1998, Officer & General Manager of Home Video Games Domestic Sales Division of Capcom Co Ltd. since 1999. Prior to joining Capcom, he worked 27 years at IBM in Japan. There he served as head of technical research and development on the PowerPC semiconductor. He was introduced to the gaming industry while negotiating with 3DO and Panasonic to use IBM's semiconductor technology in its system. He has been a Director of Capcom Co Ltd. since 2005.
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