Formerly: attorney, Los Angeles law firm; 1985-88, Director, Japanese Affairs and 1988-90, Deputy Assistant US Trade Representative for Japan and China, Office of the US Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President, Washington DC; until 1998, Vice-President, Japan operations, AT&T Corp.; President, Japan operations, NCR Corporation, Cadence Design Systems and Arthur D Little; 2005, President and Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Japan KK and Senior Vice-President, Airbus SAS; 2010, Chairman and Director, Airbus Japan KK; since July 2012, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress. Member of the Board: Japan Association of Corporate Executives; America-Japan Society; Japan Society of Boston; Japan Society of Northern California; Japanese American National Museum. Member, Global Advisory Board, Asia Society.