Summary
Michio Oikawa is a Project Manager and former senior researcher at Hitachi with over three decades of R&D experience spanning 3D medical imaging, surgery support systems, glassless 3D displays, and privacy-preserving big data analytics for healthcare. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo and has led international healthcare ICT projects from Hitachi’s Manchester office. Michio blends deep academic rigor with product-focused delivery, has been recognized by the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, and later pivoted to applied privacy technologies for clinical analytics. He has driven cross-disciplinary initiatives within Hitachi’s Global Center for Social Innovation and Smart Digital Solution divisions, bringing design thinking (Hitachi Platinum certification) into technical strategy. Bilingual in Japanese and English, he is as comfortable leading multinational teams as he is translating complex research into deployable healthcare solutions.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
University of Tokyo