Hiroshi Tomita is a representative of National Institute of Informatics in Silicon Valley Office. He is responsible for applied research the new technology in US and work as a technology innovator with expertise in evaluating new technology, identifying customers’ value, and promoting new business between US and Japan.

In over 20 years based in Silicon Valley, Hiro had been President of Japanese subsidiaries, founded a research and development center (Minolta System Laboratory,and later Konica Minolta laboratory USA), and conducted and led Research ,software & hardware development , and technology transfer by leveraging his extensive networks in the US and Japan,  which include communities among research universities as Stanford,UC Davis,and others. Hiroshi Tomita was the president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California for 2011,2012,and 2017 and now serves as its board member.