20th Anniversary Shinnenkai Reception

  • Win a fantastic door prize at Shinnenkai! Sample prizes include iPOD, domestic airline ticket, GPS, gift cards, 2-day vacation package, etc. All are $150 ~ $800 value.

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    Honoring Renowned Manufacturing Industry Leader

    Dr. Koichi (Ko) Nishimura
    Former Chairman & CEO, Solectron Corp.

    WHEN:
    Friday, January 29, 2010
    6:00 – 10:00 p.m.     		WHERE:
    Fremont Hills Country Club
    12889 Viscaino Place, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
     
    FEES:
    $45: Registration by January 22 (midnight)
    $70: Late Registration by January 27 (5:00pm)
    $95: Walk-ins (Subject to room capacity)
    DRESS: Business casual

    Please join us in celebrating Keizai Society’s 20th anniversary at our Shinnenkai, Friday, January 29th at 6:00pm at the Fremont Hills Country Club. We will be honoring Dr. Koichi (Ko) Nishimura with a Lifetime Achievement award. We will also be performing our traditional Kagamiwari (sake barrel “breaking”) ceremony with the Consul General of Japan, Yasumasa Nagamine.

    Keizai Society’s theme for 2010 is “Catch the Next Wave – New Opportunities for 2010″. As Silicon Valley and the world economy move toward recovery in 2010, new opportunities will arise to drive the engine of growth. We hope that your involvement with Keizai Society will enable you to “catch the next wave” by finding these new opportunities and using them to further your business career. Our Shinnenkai speaker, Dr. Nishimura, perfectly caught the wave to expand his business, and we have asked him to share his tips on catching the next wave.

    Due to the anticipated number of attendees, early registration online (www.keizai.org) is highly recommended. We cannot guarantee that there will be room for walk-ins.

    Start off 2010 by strengthening your existing business relationships and forging new ones. Bring lots of business cards to exchange, including one to enter the drawing for the exciting door prizes, including a free round trip airline ticket to Japan. We look forward to celebrating 2010 with you at our 20th anniversary Shinnenkai.

    KOICHI NISHIMURA, Ph.D.
    Former Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Solectron Corporation
    (Retired January 2003)

    Dr. Koichi Nishimura retired from Solectron Corporation in January 2003 where he oversaw the corporate, strategic and emerging business units worldwide. He helped transform Solectron from a regional entity into the world’s largest and most profitable electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company.

    Under his leadership, Solectron won the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award twice – in 1997 and 1991 – after infusing the rigorous certification criteria into the company’s corporate culture and strategy. Solectron is the first company to win the Baldrige Award for Manufacturing twice in the history of the national program.

    Nishimura joined Solectron in 1988 as chief operating officer and in 1990 he became president. In 1992, he was appointed chief executive officer. He was elected chairman of the board in 1996.

    Before coming to Solectron, Nishimura worked at IBM Corporation for 23 years, where he held a number of senior management positions in the company’s disk file design, technology and manufacturing divisions.

    Nishimura currently serves on the Stanford University Materials Science and Engineering Advisory Board and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nikkei Leadership Network. He has served on the board of directors of Investor AB of Sweden, AT&T Wireless, Fortinet Corporation, the Board of Trustee of the Santa Fe Institute, the International Advisory Board of the Economic Development Board of Singapore, and an Advisor to the CEO of NTT DOCOMO Inc.. He is a former member and chairman of Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business, a former vice president of the Malcolm Baldrige Foundation, a former board member of the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California and a former member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group. In 2001, Nishimura was the recipient of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He was recognized in 2000 with the Community Service Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice, Silicon Valley Region, and with the Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal from the Society of Manufacturing Engineering. He is a member of the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame.

    In addition, Nishimura is known within the Japanese-American community for his past support of the U.S. Japan Business Council, Japanese Western U.S. Association, Japanese American Citizenship League, Asian Americans for Community Involvement, Asian Law Alliance and the Yu-Ai Kai Senior Community Center in San Jose.

    Nishimura holds a doctorate in material science and engineering from Stanford University, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from San Jose State University. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

    • Posted December 23, 2009
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