Shuzo Kato

He received his Ph. D degree in electrical and communications engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai Japan in 1977. From 1977 to 1995, he worked at NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) Research Laboratories in Japan, specializing personal and satellite communications systems R&D. These include core technology development for TDMA equipment, modems, and forward error correction schemes in addition to ASIC implementation of PHS (Personal Handy Phone) handsets and many satellite communication terminals. He has managed to develop 39 kinds of ASIC developments so far without re-spins including the world first TDMA chip set in 1986, the world fastest Viterbi decoder chip in 1987 and 1993, lowest power consumption ADPCM codec (500 m W) in 1994, best receiver sensitivity (6 dB improvement) and the world first 2 V operating CMOS SOC PHS baseband chip (deploying first coherent demodulator for 384 kb/s mobile terminals) and many others.

He founded Pacific Communications Research Corp. focusing on ASIC, SW and system design for PCS In 1995, at the same time he served as Senior Executive Vice President, President of Uniden Corporation. From January 1999 to July 2001, he served as Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc (MWCI) in USA, as well as President, Mobile Communications Technology Center of MWCI in San Diego, CA responsible for mobile phone technology development up to real/sellable and high yield products with all certificates (FCC, CTIA and inter-operability). From 2002 to 2005, he served as Executive Vice President of Teradyne Japan responsible for P/L, Engineering, Production and Global Marketing as well as President and CEO of Omni Wireless Inc., in California, USA. He is currently Program Director, Ubiquitous Mobile Communications at NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) of Japan as well as President of Pacific Star Communications, Inc., a Visiting Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communications, Tohoku University, Japan, and an Affiliate Faculty Member, Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii, USA. He has published over 190 technical papers, held over 75 patents (including a patent which became DOD (Department of Defense, USA) standard in 1998), co-founded International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC). He is a Fellow of the IEEE and IEICE and served as an Editor of IEEE Transaction on Communications, Chairman of Satellite and Space Communications Committee, COMSOC IEEE, a Board Member of IEICE Japan.