Oscar Sanchez.
The OEM’s American division has appointed Oscar Sanchez as its new President and CEO from September 2018, with Sanchez being described as “the right choice for the future.”
Sanchez will be transitioning from his current position as Executive Vice President of Kyocera Document Solutions Europe. Current Kyocera Document Solutions America President Yukio Ikeda will remain in the USA, continuing in an executive role.
“Under Mr. Ikeda’s leadership, the Americas continued to experience strong growth,” said Norihiko Ina, President of Kyocera Document Solutions Corporation. “As markets evolve, as our business grows in new ways, we must add new strengths. Mr. Sanchez offers a unique skill set within our company.”
Oscar Sanchez earned an International MBA in Marketing at the Instituto de Empresa during which he spent the final semester studying at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He started at Kyocera in 1996 and by 2002 had risen to General Manager of Kyocera Document Solutions Spain, delivering the highest revenue in the company’s history and increasing profits over 1,000 percent. Sanchez then took on the additional responsibilities for Business Development throughout Europe, eventually relocating to the Netherlands to head both the Corporate Sales Division and Marketing Division as Executive Vice President of Kyocera Document Solutions Europe.
“Oscar is a dynamic individual,” said Ikeda. “I look forward to working with him to build on the success we’ve had in the Americas.”
In the last two and a half years, Ikeda presided over major advancements, most notably the acquisition of DataBank IMX, North America’s leading end-to-end business process solutions provider. Ikeda invested heavily in support of the company’s independent dealer partners, rolling out the industry’s most advanced dealer portal, and dramatically increasing dealer adoption of Kyocera Fleet Services, the company’s remote monitoring service. Usage in the U.S. has outpaced the rest of the world by a wide margin.
Sanchez understands that the road ahead is not necessarily easy, but is relishing the task: “At each stage of my career, I’ve embraced the next challenge,” he said. “The Americas are our company’s biggest market, and therefore both our biggest challenge and biggest opportunity. The expectation is to do great things. That’s exactly what I plan to do.”
