Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
 
Michael Mitchell is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Sony DADC Americas, where he is responsible for Manufacturing and Technical operations deployed in support of the CD, CD-ROM, DVD, UMD and Blu-ray product lines. Additionally, he is responsible for operational matters at five Sony manufacturing locations in Canada, North America, Mexico and Brazil.

Mike began his career with Sony in 1984, as one of the original members of the DADC engineering team that was charged with the start up of North America’s first CD optical disc plant.  He has since held positions in design engineering, production management and engineering management.

Before joining Sony, he was with Martin Marietta Aerospace (now Lockheed Martin) where he produced flight hardware for the space shuttle program.

He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and is the recipient of eight patents relating to electronic, optical disc and production technologies.