Fumio Urano

Biography

Mr. Urano currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Excalibur Corporation, providing management consulting services to mid-sized technology companies. He has also served as Councilor of the Japan Camera Industry Institute since 2000, and as a director of Fukan Laboratory since 2010. Mr. Urano served as President and CEO of Pentax Corporation (acquired by Hoya Corporation in 2007) from 2000 to 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Urano held a range of senior management positions with Pentax since joining the company in 1968. Mr. Urano received his Bachelor of Science degree in Precision Machinery Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1968, undertook graduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1981, and received the Golden Pin Prize from Koln Messe in 2004. He served as Chairman of the Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan from 2003 to 2005.

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