Vice-President, EXPRESS Language Foundation
Hiroshi Murayama is a founding member and current Vice-President of the EXPRESS Language Foundation. He is CEO of SATS Inc. (Standard Applied Technologies and Services), based in Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan.
Current Roles
Vice-President, EXPRESS Language Foundation
CEO, SATS Inc. (since 2020) — supporting international standardization
Deputy Convenor, ISO TC 184/SC 4/WG 25 (since 2022)
Convenor, ISO TC 184/SC 4/JWG 24 (since 2018)
Previous Roles
Research Fellow, Toshiba Research Corporation (2013–2018) — research and consulting for Toshiba Corporation researchers
Fellow, Toshiba Corporation (2018–2020) — R&D center, specializing in product data and shape design
Chief Research Scientist, Toshiba R&D center
Chair, IEC SC 3D (2008–2017) — authored IEC 61360-2, IEC 62656-1, and IEC 62656-5
Expert, ISO TC 184/SC4 (since 1996) — WG2, WG3, and JWG24
Academic Background
From late 1989 to early 1991, Hiroshi studied computational geometry at École des Mines de Saint-Étienne in France, under Prof. B. Peroche with academic advisory from Dr. Dominique Michelucci. He worked closely with Prof. Guy Pierra and his laboratory in Poitiers until Prof. Pierra’s passing in 2012.
His technical specialties span nuclear engineering, shape design, anti-seismic design of civil infrastructure, product data dictionaries and ontology, and data modelling.