President Profile

Mr. Otsuka was born in 1956 in Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan, where he spent his youth. After working a couple of years at a large IT solution provider, Mr. Otsuka joined K.K. Ashisuto in 1983 as a technical manager. In 1988 he was appointed sales manager for the eastern region of K.K. Pansophic, a group company of Ashisuto at the time. In succeeding years he took on regional branch manager and divisional manager responsibilities in several different group companies of Ashisuto, increasing sales revenue with each new assignment and contributing substantially to Ashisuto's growth. In every position he has held, Mr. Otsuka has succeeded in improving business processes while raising employee motivation.

In 2004, he was appointed managing director in charge of Central and Western Japan. In 2009, he became a senior managing director in charge of nationwide sales.

In 2012 Mr. Otsuka accepted appointment as K.K. Ashisuto president, succeeding the company's founder and first president, Bill Totten.

1983　Joined K.K. Ashisuto, Manager of System Software Division
1988　Sales Manager for Eastern Japan of K.K. Pansophic, an Ashisuto Group Company
1991　Manager in K.K. ACA, an Ashisuto Group Company
1994　Division Manager for Product Development, K.K. ACA
1997　System Management Software Division Manager, K.K. Ashisuto
1998　Senior Sales Manager for Eastern Japan
1999　Network Software Division Manager
2000　Western Tokyo Branch Manager
2001　Kobe Branch Manager
2002　Western Japan Branch Manager
2004　Managing Director for Central and Western Japan
2009　Senior Managing Director for Sales
2012　President