TOKYO-Thursday 30 January 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kioxia Holdings Corporation today
announced the appointment of Masaki Momodomi as Chief Technology
Officer (CTO) of Kioxia, effective immediately. Mr. Momodomi fills the
role of Former CTO Nobuo Hayasaka, who has been appointed as President
and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kioxia.
Mr.
Momodomi has an accomplished background in the memory industry,
bringing over 40 years of experience across roles at Kioxia, Toshiba
Memory and Toshiba Corporation. Following Toshiba Memory’s separation
from Toshiba Corporation, Mr. Momodomi was named director of Toshiba
Memory, now Kioxia’s Institute of Memory Technology Research and
Development. Previously, he served as director of Toshiba Corporation’s
Center of Semiconductor Research and Development.
A
pioneer in the memory field, in 1987, Mr. Momodomi co-authored a
dissertation on Toshiba’s invention of NAND Flash memory, playing a
vital role in the exponential growth of the now ubiquitous technology.
Mr. Momodomi graduated from Kyushu University’s Faculty of Engineering
in Fukuoka, Japan.
“I
have the utmost confidence in Mr. Momodomi’s ability, insight and
innovative mindset to lead Kioxia’s technological advancement,” said
Nobuo Hayasaka, President and CEO of Kioxia. “His vast experience and
expertise will help drive Kioxia’s legacy as an industry leader
continuously at the forefront of memory innovation.”
“I
am honored to take on this leadership role, especially at such a
pivotal time in the memory industry,” said Mr. Momodomi. “With guidance
from Dr. Hayasaka, I plan to lead Kioxia forward to achieve our goal of
growing our solid state drive business and of capitalizing on new
markets, such as next-generation memory.”
About Kioxia
Kioxia
is a world leader in memory solutions, dedicated to the development,
production and sale of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs). In
April 2017, its predecessor Toshiba Memory was spun off from Toshiba
Corporation, the company that invented NAND flash memory in 1987. Kioxia
is committed to uplifting the world with memory by offering products,
services and systems that create choice for customers and memory-based
value for society. Kioxia's innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS
FLASH™, is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications,
including advanced smartphones, PCs, SSDs, automotive and data centers.
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Contacts
Kioxia Holdings Corporation
Kota Yamaji
Public Relations
Phone: +81-3-6478-2319
kioxia-hd-pr@kioxia.com
Weber Shandwick (Tokyo)
Sam Ghirardello
phone: +81-3-5427-7396
SGhirardello@webershandwick.com
