Background
Kishimoto, Katsutomo was born on November 8, 1931 in Tottori, Japan. Son of Haruhisa and Teruko (Ikeuchi) Okajima.
Kishimoto, Katsutomo was born on November 8, 1931 in Tottori, Japan. Son of Haruhisa and Teruko (Ikeuchi) Okajima.
Bachelor of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, 1954. Master of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, 1956.
Electrical engineer, Daikin Industries, Ltd., Settu, Osaka, Japan, 1956-1965; manager data processing, Daikin Industries, Ltd., Settu, Osaka, Japan, 1965-1980; vice president electronics Research and Development, Daikin Industries, Ltd., Kusatsu, Japan, 1980-1982; vice president electronics division, Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, 1982-1986; director, Daikin United States Corporation, Marietta, Georgia, 1983-1986; senior manager corporation planning division, Daikin Industries, Osaka, 1986-1988; president, Oklahoma Kizai, Inc., Osaka, 1988-1995; advisor, Oklahoma Kizai, Inc., Osaka, since 1995; advisor, S.F.C. Company, Osaka, since 1995.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York Academy of Sciences, Association for Computing Machinery, Japanese Institute Invention and Innovation (board directors), Osaka Lions Club (secretary 1994-1995, president since 2000).
Married Junko Tamino Kishimoto, December 1, 1957. Children: Keiko Takagi, Masafumi Kishimoto.