Wacom takes next step in building its global organization

April 16th, 2015 (Dubai, UAE) – Effective April 1st Wacom's operations which have been managed on regional bases will be regrouped into global business units (BU) according to user categories, with a view to addressing market needs more quickly and flexibly and accelerating further business growth. To execute each organization’s missions effectively, Executive Vice Presidents (EVP) will be assigned to respective business units, replacing the current executive officer system.

Under the new global organization, the following management team will be responsible for managing business activities, replacing the current executive officer system.

Masahiko Yamada Representative Director, President & CEO (In charge of Platform & Application BU and Technology Solution BU)

Shigeki Komiyama Director, EVP (In charge of Business Solution BU and Engineering Solution BU)

Wataru Hasegawa Director, EVP (CFO)

Jeffery Mandell EVP (In charge of Creative BU and Consumer BU)

Koji Shimoda EVP (In charge of engineering & QA)

Aaron Atkinson EVP (Chief Information & Operation Officer)

Tom Lam EVP (In charge of China operation)

Robert Marlinghaus EVP (In charge of HR)

Masahiko Yamada, President & CEO of Wacom, said “We are at a critical juncture to leap into the new territory, in which people around the world including creative professionals as well as ordinary citizen who use digital pens for business, education and daily lives can freely and creatively capture, express and share ideas via the cloud.” With its new organization set-up Wacom wants to ensure that the company takes advantage of its expertise and assets to support those people and grow business further into the future."