Toru Murase

Background

Murase, Toru was born on September 26, 1952 in Taishi Town, Hyogo, Japan. Son of Tadashi and Sumiko (Maeda) Murase.

Education

Bachelor in Engineering, Kyoto (Japan) University, 1976.

Career

Systems engineer, Sumitome Elec., Osaka, Japan, 1976-1985; chief systems engineer, Sumitome Elec., Osaka, 1986; manager distributed systems Research and Development department, Sumitome Elec., Osaka, 1989-1992; manager internet strategic planning and development, Sumitome Elec., Osaka, 1992-1996. Visiting researcher in political science Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1987-1988, in computer science, 1988-1989, consultant, 1988-1991. Consultant Cooperative University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1989-1991, Osaka (Japan) U., since 1992.

Achievements

• Toru Murase has been listed as a noteworthy electrical engineer, manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association Computing Machinery.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, tennis, cruising (computer network).

Connections

Married Yoriko Watanabe, May 14, 1978. Children: Tsukasa, Yuko.

Father:

Tadashi Murase

Mother:

Sumiko (Maeda) Murase

Spouse:

Yoriko Watanabe

child:

Yuko Murase

child:

Tsukasa Murase