Katsuhiko Okubo

President and Founder, Okubo Technology Management Inc., and former telecommunications executive *. Katsuhiko (Kat) Okubo is President of Okubo Technology Management Inc., a private consulting firm he founded in October 2004. He was an advisor to Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. ("Furukawa"), a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of optical fiber and cables, from June 2004 until March 2005. From 1965 to 2004, Dr. Okubo held various positions with Furukawa in the areas of research and development, manufacturing and business development. From June 1999 until June 2004, Dr. Okubo served as a Corporate Director and a Corporate Senior/Executive Vice President of Furukawa, and was involved in the formation of OFS BrightWave, LLC, a joint venture between the Company and Furukawa formed to operate certain fiber optic cable and transmission fiber assets acquired from Lucent Technologies Inc. Dr. Okubo is also the author of a highly regarded Japanese textbook on optical fiber technologies.