Management Overview
Tom Kumagai
President and CEO
Tom Kumagai, graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo in March 1993 with a B.A. in International Politics, Economics & Business. Awarded a Toshiba scholarship, he received his MBA from the University of Washington in Seattle in 2002. His career advanced with his assignment to Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC) and his appointment as Senior Manager of the Global Sales & Marketing Division of Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation. He then became President of Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE), and was appointed Toshiba’s Corporate Representative for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and President of Toshiba Europe Ltd. He returned to Japan, becoming General Executive and Corporate Vice President of Toshiba Corporation, and later heading the Global Strategy & Business Development Division. Tom is married with a daughter and a son, and enjoys running, playing the ukulele, cooking, golf, tennis, snowboarding, skiing, and scuba diving.
Tom will take on the new role of President and CEO of TAEC starting January 1st, 2025, responsible for the day to day business operations within TAEC.
Koichi Kitamoto
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Koichi Kitamoto is Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC). He oversees the company’s finance function, including financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, tax, and compliance, supporting TAEC’s overall business operations and strategic execution.
Mr. Kitamoto joined Toshiba in 2010 and has extensive experience in finance and accounting across the HDD Business Unit and Semiconductor Business Unit. Prior to his current role, he spent several years at Toshiba headquarters in Tokyo, where he was responsible for budget planning and financial forecasting.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Chuo University in Japan.
Kyle Yamamoto
Vice President, HDD Business Unit
Kyle Yamamoto is vice president of TAEC’s HDD Business Unit, which includes sales, marketing, customer technical support, planning, logistics, post sales and R&D for Hard Disk Drives covering the entire Americas region and headquartered customers. He joined Toshiba in 2009 and has a combined 26 years storage industry experience. Kyle has held a variety of management, marketing, business operations and planning roles, across both HDDs and SSDs. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Managerial Economics from the University of California at Davis.
Deepak Prakash
Vice President, System LSI Group
Deepak Prakash is the Vice President for TAEC’s Semiconductor Business Unit with engineering, marketing and sales responsibilities for TAEC’s Semiconductor Products. Mr. Prakash joined TAEC in 2002 and has held various Engineering, Marketing, Product Planning and Product Management positions during that time. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.