Takehisa Katayama

Takehisa Katayama is a Director at Renesas Corporation, a global semiconductor supplier.

He has been with Renesas for seven years and is responsible for developing and maintaining Linux and OSS-based embedded software for RZ MPUs that Renesas' high-end Arm and RISC-V-based processors designed for the IoT and industrial markets.

Renesas, based in Tokyo, Japan, joined the Linux Foundation in 2011 and is a global semiconductor manufacturer that provides cutting-edge SoC (system-on-chip) devices for the automotive industry and infrastructure. Renesas has contributed to the kernel development from the early version 2x time and has consistently ranked among the top 20 companies in the LF Kernel Report.

Takehisa has been an open-source enthusiast for over 15 years. Now, he serves in the board of directors role at the LF CIP project.

Prior to Renesas, he was a Director at Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited (Currently known as Socionext Inc.) and was a member of the Linaro TSC from 2012 to 2015 as a representative from Fujitsu Semiconductor.

Takehisa has extensive experience in dealing with the processor business through the provision of Linux and OSS-based software and in dealing with legal issues around OSS licenses due to being in a business unit.