KIOXIA America Management Team

President and CEO

Mr. Namekawa currently serves as the President and CEO of KIOXIA America, Inc. With a distinguished career spanning over three decades in the industry, he has accumulated extensive experience through various senior-level roles in Memory sales, marketing, and management. As President and CEO, Mr. Namekawa oversees all aspects of KIOXIA America operations. This includes directing sales and marketing strategies across diverse product categories and R&D activities for next-generation storage products. Under his leadership, KIOXIA America, Inc. is dedicated to addressing customer challenges and advancing technological integration of its flash memory products and SSDs across a broad spectrum of applications. Mr. Namekawa received his BA from Hosei University in Tokyo and he is based in KIOXIA America’s headquarters in San Jose, CA.

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Mr. Nelson holds the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at KIOXIA America, Inc. A 35-year industry veteran, Mr. Nelson is responsible for the sales and marketing of KIOXIA’s cutting-edge BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory solutions and broad lineup of enterprise, data center and client SSD products including UFS, e-MMC and SLC storage solutions. Under his direction, KIOXIA’s high-density, scalable storage technology continues to enable new applications in existing markets such as data center, hyperscale, mobile/compute and gaming to a variety of emerging markets such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, and advanced driver assistance systems. Mr. Nelson has held numerous sales, marketing and product management positions within the company's Memory business unit, leading up to his current position. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business and operations management from California State University at Fullerton, and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Senior Vice President and General Manager, SSD Business Unit

Mr. Ichhaporia holds the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager of the SSD Business Unit at KIOXIA America, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s marketing, business management, product planning, and engineering teams, overseeing the SSD product portfolio aimed at cloud, data-center, enterprise, and client computing market segments. Neville has over 20 years of extensive industry experience across a variety of responsibilities and disciplines, including product management, strategic marketing, new product development, hardware engineering, and R&D. Prior to joining KIOXIA in 2016, Neville held diverse roles in business, product management, and engineering development at Toshiba Memory America, SanDisk, Western Digital Corporation, and Microchip. Mr. Ichhaporia holds an MBA from the Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business, an MS in Electrical Engineering and VLSI Design from the University of Ohio, Toledo, and a BS in Instrumentation and Control Systems from the University of Mumbai. He is based at KIOXIA America’s headquarters in San Jose, CA.

Senior Vice President of Sales

Tim Enright holds the position of Senior Vice President of Sales at KIOXIA America, Inc. Tim is responsible overseeing the National Sales Network and expanding KIOXIA’s market penetration to satisfy the rapidly increasing demand for Flash based Storage products. With more than 30 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry, he has been an integral part or KIOXIA’s expansion into multiple markets including Datacenter, Hyperscale, Server, Mobile, Medical and Automotive. Tim is a strong customer advocate who works to streamline and improve the customer experience throughout the lifecycle of the product. Mr. Enright started his career with Toshiba in the Chicago area as a Sales Rep. In 2003, he moved to Toshiba and has held various sales management positions before being promoted in 2017 to VP of sales, and currently holds the position of Senior Vice President of Sales at KIOXIA. Tim received his BS from Purdue University and is based in KIOXIA America’s headquarter office in San Jose, CA.

Vice President of Corporate Marketing

Mr. Mei serves as Vice President of Corporate Marketing at KIOXIA America, Inc. and is responsible for corporate marketing, PR, outbound marketing, product launches, and events for the company’s entire portfolio of flash memory and SSD solutions. Mr. Mei has held numerous executive marketing and product marketing positions at international technology companies including VP of Marketing (SSDs) at Toshiba, CMO and GM of SSDs at OCZ Storage Solutions, and Director of Global Marketing at First International Computer. Mr. Mei earned a BS in Marketing Management at California Polytechnic (CalPoly) State University, San Luis Obispo and is based in KIOXIA America’s headquarters in San Jose, CA.

Vice President, Memory Business Unit

Maitry Dholakia currently holds the position of Vice President of the Memory Business Unit at KIOXIA America, overseeing sales, marketing, and business management for the company's cutting-edge BiCS FLASH™ 3D flash memory solutions. Maitry holds a MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California and began her career as an Application Engineer in 2003, where she refined her technical skills before transitioning to a client-facing role at Sony Electronics. Joining Toshiba Memory America (now KIOXIA) in 2012, Maitry initially joined the sales team overseeing some of the company's largest strategic customers. Recognized for her leadership and expertise in strategic partnerships, operations, and project management, she was promoted to Vice President of the Memory Business Unit in 2023 and is currently based in KIOXIA America’s office in Irvine, CA.