Hideki KURIHARA is responsible for the Global Cloud Services for NTT Communications. Prior to his current position, he was engaged in NTT Communications’ North American managed hosting and cloud operations for around 10 years out of Silicon Valley, serving managerial positions such as General Manager of the Enterprise Hosting business unit and Vice President of Global Product Strategy. Prior to that, Hideki played a key role in strategic planning of NTT's global business expansion including overseas investment and product global deployments. Hideki holds a Master of Science degree from University of Tokyo in Japan and a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD in France.