Naohide Takatani

Naohide Takatani is an experienced executive in the IT and engineering services industry, currently serving as Managing Director for Japan & Korea at Manhattan Associates since January 2020. Prior roles include Country Head and President of Wipro Japan K.K. from January 2015 to January 2020, overseeing all operations in Japan, and a long tenure at NEC where responsibilities included Deputy General Manager of the Global Retail & Service Solutions Division and earlier roles focused on business development and solutions delivery for retail accounts. Takatani's career began at DCM Solutions as Director of Solutions Development & Engineering and includes valuable experience in systems architecture at NEC Systems/Systems Laboratory. Takatani holds an MBA in Management of Technology from the New York Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Information Engineering from The University of Osaka.