Kazuya Hamada is the Chief Quality Assurance Officer at Hitachi Digital, leading global digital business QA efforts. With over 26 years at Hitachi, Hamada began at Omika-works before joining the Social Infrastructure Information Systems Division at Hitachi. There, he ensured quality in key IT projects, including Traffic Management Systems for railways and Customer Information Systems for power supply companies. In 2018, Hamada took on his first international role at Hitachi Information Control Systems Europe in the UK. After two and a half successful years, he became Director at the Hitachi Global Quality Assurance Center. Now, Hamada collaborates with QA departments across DSS Global Group Companies, like GlobalLogic and Hitachi Digital Services, to drive digital transformation with top-notch quality standards.