Kazunori Yozawa

CEO & CTO, Global Business
NTT Security Japan
Tokyo

Kazunori (Kazu) Yozawa is the CEO of NTT Security Japan and CTO of the NTT Security Global Business. He is also Chairman of the Board of Emerio Globesoft, Singapore and was Chairman of the Board, Diversified Technology Solutions, Inc., Philippines from June 2012 through March 2013. He has also been a Board Member of NTT Com Technology, Inc and NTT Com S&E, Inc.

Mr. Yozawa is one of the key executives in shaping the security strategies of the NTT Group. He established a Managed Security Services task force in 2012 and was instrumental in forming the Managed Security Services division of NTT which has grown to become one of the largest Managed Security services players in the world.

Mr. Yozawa’s career at NTT spans a period of almost 40 years with extensive experience in both telecommunications, and information technology. He also has experience in corporate planning and was instrumental in the acquisition of numerous companies to shape the global business interests of NTT communications. He has served on the board of many of the companies that NTT acquired His most recent experience is that of a thought leader in global risk management consulting as well as building managed security solutions.

Mr. Yozawa was born in Japan and graduated from Chiba University with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He completed the Stanford Business Sloan Program in June 1995 and assumed the position of VP and GM of NTT America based in the Silicon Valley from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Yozawa was active in the Pacific Telecommunications Council and was a frequent speaker at their global conferences. He is also a speaker at Cyber security forums in Japan and is a frequent contributor to Cyber security articles in both Japan and the US.