Board of Directors

Toshiaki Suzuki joins the Proxim Wireless Board of Directors in December of 2016. Mr. Toshiaki comes to Proxim with long experience in international business, primarily between the US and Asia. Mr. Toshiaki brings additional operational experience to the Board via his experience as a company founder and former CEO. Mr. Suzuki has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration.

Masanori Arita joins the Proxim Wireless Board of Directors in August 2018. Mr. Arita is a talented and seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience across a broad spectrum of disciplines in the telecommunication and transportation industries. He brings a wealth of expertise and offers valuable insights into the connectivity, and IT needs of the Asian rail and telecom sectors.

Currently, Mr. Arita is Executive Adviser to Nippon Densetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.; a company focused on planning, design, construction, and maintenance of railroad electrical, signaling and telecommunication systems. He brings his in-depth experience, offering guidance to a continually growing company which now has more than 15 subsidiaries and is listed on the Tokyo stock exchange (1950.T).

After graduating from Kyoto University, Mr. Arita built a career where he held executive positions in leading Japanese companies including Japanese National Railways, Japan Telecom Co. Ltd., and JR East (East Japan Railway Company). While at JR East, he was elected to be an Executive VP of UQ Communications Inc., a joint venture between KDDI Inc., a significant force in telecommunications in Japan, and JR East.