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Minoru Karasawa
CTO – Chief Technology Officer
Minoru is the Group Chief Technology Officer and Board Member for both GMO GlobalSign HD and GMO GlobalSign, representing cloud infrastructure business and public CA business, respectively and he is leading the the company’s cross-engineering and cross-product/business strategy, execution and planning initiatives.
With more than decade-long experience of building global-scale infrastructure business to support early days MSN business all the way to the latest search engine “Bing!” in Microsoft Corporation, Minoru spearheaded to build the public cloud infrastructure and rolled out the IaaS business not only Japanese market but also Asia region as well as US market. Sitting in GMO GlobalSign Board since 2016, the modernization effort of the key infrastructure was kicked off under Minoru’s leadership, in order to elevate GMO GlobalSign’s business to the next level and stay competitive in global market.
Minoru is an innovative leader who drives the technical vision forward in achieving GMO GlobalSign’s mission and is passionate about creating technologies and products that benefit all customer base. Minoru focuses on helping make the company an exceptional place for engineers, developers, and product managers to work and learn.