MILPITAS, Calif. , April 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TeraWatt Technology Inc., a
next-generation battery pioneer is pleased to announce the
appointment of below four external advisors.
- Toru Amazutsumi, Ph.D. (Amaz Techno-consultant, LLC CEO &
CTO)
- Osamu Hikita (Founder of IP
Strategist. Former Executive of TDK Corporation)
- Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Former Vice
President of Nissan Motor Company)
- Professor Atsuo Yamada (Professor of Engineering at the
University of Tokyo)
"We are delighted to announce that with the appointment of four
external advisors, who bring exceptional experience and
achievements to our team, we are poised to accelerate our growth to
the next stage," said Dr. Ken Ogata,
founder and CEO of TeraWatt Technology.
TeraWatt Technology views external advisors' participation as a
very important step to accelerate our growth, leveraging their
experiences and deep expertise to facilitate further
product/business development to realize our mission, "Electrifying
All for the Sustainable Future".
- Toru Amazutsumi, Ph.D.
Amaz Techno-consultant, LLC
CEO & CTO. Mr.Amazutsumi led the battery development at SANYO
from 1982-2010. During his tenure, he filed several tens of patent
applications, and was involved in the development and mass
production of coin-type, cylindrical-type (18650) which was later
adopted by Tesla, and prismatic-type (using Al can) lithium
batteries, as well as the development of safety function circuits.
He was one of the four committee members of Galaxy Note 7 explosion
incident.
- Mr. Osamu Hikita
Founder of IP Strategist.
Former Executive of TDK Corporation. Mr. Hikita worked at Panasonic
for 29 years starting in 1983. In 2013, he joined Nidec-Read, and
in 2016 he became Vice Chairman and COO of Nidec-Read (Zhejiang) Corporation. He then joined TDK
Corporation for the period 2016-2022, where he served as Corporate
Officer for four years starting in 2017.
- Mr. Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi
Former Executive Vice President of Nissan
Motor Corporation. Mr. Yamaguchi joined Nissan Motor Corporation in
1984. From 2014 to 2022, as Alliance EVP who was the head of
Renault and Nissan R&D team, he drove the transformation of
next-generation technologies including electric vehicle, autonomous
driving, connected car, and software-defined vehicle, leading the
whole global R&D organization of Renault and Nissan.
- Professor Atsuo
Yamada
Professor of Engineering at the University of Tokyo from 2009. Professor Yamada
joined Sony Central Research Laboratories in 1990 as a research
scientist and was a visiting researcher at the University of Texas at Austin from 1996 to
1997.From 2000-2022, he experienced multiple occupations including
Deputy Director at Unit of Element Strategy Initiative for
Catalysts and Batteries at Kyoto
University. He has received multiple awards such as Battery
Division Research Award from Electrochemical Society in 2022.
About TeraWatt Technology Inc.
TeraWatt Technology Inc. is a California-based company that produces
lightweight, high-power, and safe next-generation lithium-ion
batteries in its Japanese subsidiary.
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