Tetsuzo (Ted) Matsumoto
On June 22, 2007, Tetsuzo (Ted) Matsumoto took the position of Senior Executive Vice President of Softbank Mobile Corp.
In September, 2006, he became Executive Vice President, Technology, and Chief Strategy Officer of Softbank Mobile Corp. (previously Vodafone K.K.).
Before joining Softbank Mobile Corp., Matsumoto worked for Qualcomm for more than 10 years. After serving as a consultant for 2 years, he founded Qualcomm Japan Inc. in April, 1998 and became the President of the company. In September, 2004, he was promoted to Senior VP of Qualcomm Corporate, responsible for Japan, South East Asia and Pacific. In March, 2005, he became Chairman of Qualcomm Japan and stayed in the position until May, 2006. After that, until the time he resigned on August 31, 2006, he mainly served for the developing markets in the world, based in San Diego.
Before becoming President of Qualcomm Japan in April, 1998, Matsumoto was President of Japan Link Corporation, a consulting firm he founded in April, 1996. Prior to Japan Link, he worked for a Japanese Conglomerate, Itochu Corporation, for 34 years in a variety of positions: Senior Vice President and General Manager of Electronics (U.S. Corporation); General Manager of communication and multimedia businesses; and Division Vice President of aerospace and information (Tokyo HQ). During the same period, Matsumoto served on the boards of more than 15 Japanese multimedia related companies.
Matsumoto received a bachelor of law degree from Kyoto University in 1962.
