Message from the Chief Technology Officer

By staying close to the way people work and continuously driving transformation, Ricoh empowers people to unleash their uniquely human creativity and helps build a sustainable future.

In recent years, the role expected of the workplace has increasingly shifted from simply providing a place to work to fostering creativity. Ricoh aims to become a leading global integrator for the evolving workplace.

I believe my role as CTO is to translate Ricoh's unique technologies into tangible value for our customers while fostering a culture and environment in which our people can experience the “Fulfillment through Work,” learn across organizational boundaries and take on new challenges.

To shape our future as a technology company, we will sharpen our focus on strategic growth areas and strengthen R&D governance. From a management of technology (MOT) perspective, our focus will be on enhancing our technology portfolio based on the business environment, future potential, and Ricoh's strengths, while directing investment toward areas that can drive new value creation and business growth. Our MIOI R&D process*, which combines ongoing dialogue with market and hypothesis testing, will help increase the likelihood of successful commercialization and accelerate the transition from R&D to business.

Insights gained by implementing our technologies and solutions within Ricoh will also strengthen the ability to execute our technology and digital strategies and refine them as needed. In doing so, we will develop technologies that serve as sources of competitive advantage and deliver value that helps customers transform their operations and make more advanced use of data.

We will further develop the technology and digital talent needed to execute these strategies while strengthening technology ethics and governance. Bringing together expertise in technology, digital capabilities, intellectual property, design, and knowledge from both inside and outside Ricoh, will enable us to drive innovation with our customers through Ricoh's unique technologies.

The Ricoh Group will continue to shape the future of the workplace through technology.

Yasuyuki Nomizu
Senior Corporate Officer, CTO