TOSHIBA AMERICA TAPS NEW CEO

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Toshiba America Taps New CEO
Apr.
2009 Toshiba America Business Solutions Thursday said it has named
Masahiro Yamada as chairman and chief executive officer.Yamada succeeds
Toshifumi Matsumoto, who will serve as chief marketing executive in the
MFP (multifunction printer) business, and is responsible for worldwide
sales and marketing.In his new role, Yamada will oversee management of
the company along with Mark Mathews, president and chief operating
officer of Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS). Specifically,
Yamada will focus on the development and deployment of business policy
and strategy. Yamada has been with Toshiba since 1985, and most
recently was deputy general manager of the Document Systems Business
Group at Toshiba TEC, where he oversaw American and European MFP
operations. The company did not name his replacement.

TABS is
based in Irvine, Calif., and manages product planning, marketing,
sales, service, support and distribution of copiers, fax machines,
MFPs, network controllers and toner products in the U.S., Mexico,
Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean.The company has five divisions:
Electronic Imaging; Toner Products; Document Solutions Engineering;
International Division; and TOPAC U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary corporation of TABS, which operates a network of wholly
owned office equipment dealers throughout the U.S.

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April 28, 2009 at 12:15 PM