Masahiko Miyaki, Senior Managing Director Member, Board of Directors, DENSO Corporation

Masahiko Miyaki is a member of the Board of Directors and a senior managing director of DENSO Corporation in Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He oversees the Electric Systems Business Group, Hybrid System Engineering Department and Powertrain Management Systems Engineering Department at DENSO Corporation.

Miyaki graduated from the University of Tokyo's School of Engineering in 1977. That same year, he joined DENSO Corporation (formerly Nippondenso Co., Ltd.) where he worked in the Electronic Fuel Injection Engineering Department 2 developing gasoline and diesel injection systems. While in that department, he helped develop the electronically controlled diesel injection systems ECD-V3, V4 and common rail system U2.

In January 2000, Miyaki was promoted to senior manager of Diesel Injection Engineering Department. There, his work focused on diesel injection component development.

In 2004, he was promoted to general manager of Diesel Injection Engineering Department. His main responsibilities include the development and promotion of diesel injection systems.

During his tenure with DENSO, Miyaki has written several technical papers for the Society of Automotive Engineers in America and Japan, as well as The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 1991, Miyaki delivered a lecture on the world's first diesel common rail system to the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Miyaki was named general manager of the Fuel Injection Product Division and one of DENSO's managing officers in June 2004. He was promoted to senior managing director in June 2010.

DENSO, a leading global supplier of advanced automotive technology, systems and components, employs approximately 120,000 people in 34 countries and regions, including Japan. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 totaled US$32.0 billion.

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