Board of Directors

Toru Kashima is Chairman of SRA Holdings, Inc., our majority shareholder. Mr. Kashima graduated from the University of Tokyo (Law Faculty) and started his career at the Japanese National Railways. He then got his Masters degree in Applied Economics at University of Michigan in 1981, and joined SRA in 1984. He worked diligently at SRA and formed several overseas subsidiaries, one in New York (US) in 1984 another in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) in 1991 and yet another one in Bangalore (India) in 2001 . Mr. Kashima has played a significant role to expand the business and operations of SRA globally. In 2019 he became the president and CEO of Cavirin Systems, Inc.

Makoto Ishisone is the Managing Executive Officer and Group Chief Technology Officer of SRA Holdings, Inc., our majority shareholder. Mr. Ishisone holds the positions of Director, Corporate Officer, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Technology Officer for SRA, Inc. Mr. Ishisone graduated from the University of Tokyo (Engineering Faculty) and has spent his entire career at SRA. Mr. Ishisone has specialized knowledge in information technology and has a wealth of experience and insight in research and development.

Masafumi Narikawa is an independent outside director of SRA Holdings, Inc., our majority shareholder. Mr. Narikawa graduated from the University of Tokyo (Engineering Faculty) and started his career in nuclear power development and was deeply involved in the planning and construction of power plants. Mr. Narikawa has spearheaded new business development efforts and served as Deputy General Manager of the Sales division of Tokyo Electric Power Company. Mr. Narikawa was instrumental in reorganizing and rebuilding Tokyo Power Technology after the devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake which left the company at the brink of bankruptcy. Mr. Narikawa retired from Tokyo Power Technology where he was most recently the Executive Managing Director.

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.