AUTHORS

Richard Waters is the Financial Times’s west coast editor, based in San Francisco. He writes widely about the tech industry, and the uses - and impact - of technology.

Paul Browning is President and CEO of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MHPSA). With over 2,000 employees and headquartered in Central Florida, MHPSA operates four manufacturing and repair centers and provides products/services for the electric power generation industry.

Nicole Oberschmidleitner is Head of Mechatronic Products at Primetals Technologies, an equipment and services solutions supplier to the metals industry. She and her team are based in Linz, Austria. Primetals Technologies is part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group.

Nick Butler is visiting professor and chair of the King’s Policy Institute at King’s College London.

Michael Ducker is vice president of Renewable Fuels and Western Region at Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas. He’s based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Kouki Nimura is an Executive Fellow at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), he serves as the Project Manager and Chief Launch Officer of the H-IIA and H-IIB launch vehicle programs. After working in the Space Equipment Engineering Department for over twenty years, he was dispatched to lead the H-IIA project in 2003. Nimura has been with MHI for more than three decades, and remains dedicated in developing the H3, its next major launch vehicle.

Ken Barina is the president of Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc.

Henry Bewicke writes across a wide range of topics, including energy, technology and history.

Jessica Twentyman has been commenting on business technology and workplace topics since 1995. She regularly sources CXO interviews at companies operating at the cutting edge of technology application.

Ed Crooks is the US Industry and Energy Editor at the Financial Times.