Management Team Canon U.S. Life Sciences’ fast-growing management team is a multicultural and multidisciplinary group boasting not only vast corporate experience, but expertise in engineering, technology, new-product development, research and development, and marketing. The team is supported by expert guidance and advice from life sciences luminaries and accomplished academics and overseers. Click here to learn more about the Canon U.S. Life Sciences management team. Hiroshi Inoue President and Chief Technical Officer Hiroshi Inoue brings 26 years of experience in instrument development to his position at Canon U.S. Life Sciences — 20 of which were spent at Canon. During his career, Inoue led numerous development projects, including the development and market introduction of novel flat-panel display devices, and the introduction of the ISO/IEC Standard into MPEG-4 (a key standard for enabling movies on mobile phones). Inoue was the first Japanese Co-Chairman of MPEG System Group. In his most recent role, Inoue led Canon’s Nucleic Acid Chip project. During his three years in this role, he was responsible for the development of several key technologies underlying the Canon NAT chip. Under his leadership, the Canon NAT group was the co-recipient of a grant from the Japanese government’s NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), to create a working DNA-based system for cancer analysis in clinical settings. Inoue is an alumnus of the Engineering Science School at Osaka University (1977), and is the registrant of 135 Japanese and American patents. He is a member of the Information Processing Society of Japan, and the American Association of Clinical Chemistry. © 2007 Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission prohibited. NEWS August 2007 Dr. Rita Colwell receives National Medal of Science View web article1>> View web article2>> May 2007 Novel Method for Nuclei Exclusion in Whole Blood ... | Development of qPCR Assays for Vibrio cholerae ... — ASM2007, Toronto Research Abstract pdf >> Research Abstract pdf >> Archives Some documents will continue to be available via links on our site. Browse Archives >> PROFILE Location: Rockville, Maryland Incorporation: December 2002 Target Market: Molecular Diagnostics Principal Stockholders: Canon U.S.A. Inc.