Executive Leadership

As CFO and member of the board of directors, Mahendra Negi is responsible for global technical support, IT, finance, and legal functions.

Mahendra has been recognized by leading business publications including:

• Ranked No. 1 Internet Analyst in Japan by Institutional Investor magazine
• Ranked No. 2 Software Analyst by both Institutional Investor and the Nikkei Shimbun, Japan's top business newspaper

Prior to joining Trend Micro in May 2000, Mahendra worked at Merrill Lynch, specializing in Japan's internet and software industries.

He holds a master's degree in physics from Nagpur University in India and a master's degree in management from the London Business School.

As executive vice president and general manager, Japan, Akihiko Omikawa, is responsible for driving and growing consumer broadband and carrier/ISP markets and developing integrated solutions for corporate, government, and educational markets.

Akihiko began his career as a sales manager at Japan Digital Equipment Corporation (now Hewlett-Packard). In 1992, he joined Microsoft, Japan, where he held a number of leadership positions including director of sales, director of enterprise business operations, general business managing director, and executive board member. He joined Trend Micro in February 2003.

Akihiko graduated from Japan's Nihon University, College of Commerce, in 1982, from the department of business administration.

As COO, Kevin is responsible for all field operations including global sales, marketing, business development, strategic alliances, and corporate development.

Kevin has held a variety of roles since joining Trend Micro including CMO, Global Alliances and Corporate Development & Strategy. Prior to joining Trend Micro, Kevin held a number of executive positions including COO, general manager, chief marketing officer (CMO) and VP engineering for security pioneer Entrust (now Entrust-Datacard) where he was part of the founding team.

Before starting Entrust, Kevin began his career working in several product development positions while at Nortel in engineering, developing next generation networking technology. Kevin has held a number of board positions with Entrust, the Queen’s University High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory, and has also served on the board of Certes Networks, an innovative cloud network security specialist.

Kevin completed his undergrad in computer engineering and earned a master’s degree in business administration from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

As EVP of Research & Development for Trend Micro, Oscar Chang is responsible for leading more than 1000 engineers to ensure Trend Micro’s continued success as a security leader.

Since joining Trend Micro in 1993, Oscar established the R&D team in Japan and spearheaded the development of numerous flagship products, including PC-cillin.

Previously, Oscar worked at Diamond Ware Corporation. He holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and information engineering from the National Taiwan University.

As CIO and Chief Core Technology Officer, Max Cheng is responsible for overseeing Information Services and Security.

Max has held several executive positions at Trend Micro. He managed TrendLabsSM, Trend Micro’s global research and support headquarters based in Manila. Under his leadership, TrendLabs became one of the world’s leading antivirus research and product support services. He has also served as head of the global sales engineering, antivirus research and global technical support groups, and general manager of the enterprise business unit.

Max holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Claudia is responsible for all aspects of global people strategy and operations, including company culture, organizational development, management philosophies, leadership capabilities, as well as people engagement and motivation.

Claudia’s passion for helping people succeed and her knowledge of cultural diversity and business have fueled her success and reputation throughout her career.

She holds a master’s degree in human resources from Michigan State University.

As Trend Micro’s Chief Legal Officer, Felix supports the board of directors and works with other members of the executive team on various governance, compliance, and strategic matters and leads the team, providing legal oversight and services for the Trend Micro Group’s regional subsidiaries and operations. Felix also leads Trend Micro's global policy and compliance initiatives.

Prior to joining Trend Micro, Felix was a vice president and AGC at VeriSign.  He had previously been a member of the Yahoo! legal team, following his time as an associate in the litigation and technology transaction practices of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, a premier technology law firm. Felix also served as senior law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court immediately after law school.

Before law school, Felix studied cognitive science and human factors engineering in graduate school and worked in the Flight Human Factors Division at the NASA-Ames Research Center.

Felix holds a juris doctor degree from the University of California at Davis, where he was editor-in-chief of the King Hall Advocate and the Western U.S. A.B.A. moot court champion. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz with honors in the major and has also completed executive education programs at the Harvard Business School (Making Corporate Boards More Effective) and the Stanford Business School (FANFE).

As Chief Platform Officer, Frank Kuo led the transformation of Trend Micro’s product portfolio into a single unified platform. His dynamic leadership style encourages teams of experts to align and boost customer growth by offering enhanced products and services.

Frank has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry and has been with Trend Micro for more than two decades. His deep insights into global enterprise IT architecture transformation and the cybersecurity space laid the foundation for numerous industry-leading enterprise projects.

Frank began his career as a product manager at Trend Micro. His contributions grew as the company continued to innovate. Previously, Frank founded a technology company and served on its board. Frank holds a master’s degree in business administration from National Taiwan University.