Management
Hisaki Sakamoto
Technology & Marketing Coordinator
Mr. Sakamoto re-joined SuperPower in 2022 as a Technology and Marketing Coordinator. Since his joining our parent company, Furukawa Electric, in 1989, he has been engaged in the development and manufacturing of superconducting wires. His activities have included the development and manufacture of A15 (Nb3Sn, Nb3Al and V3GA) wires and high-temperature (RE)BCO superconducting wire for high-field application such as nuclear fusion reactors and NMR. Mr. Sakamoto earned his B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgy from the Tokyo University.
Yifei Zhang, Ph.D.
VP of R&D
Dr. Zhang joined SuperPower in 2010. At SuperPower, he works on the development, engineering, and quality assurance of REBCO-based 2G HTS wires. He is also our primary contact person responsible for the technical support to our customers to address their specific requirements on our products. Before joining SuperPower, Dr. Zhang worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee in the High Temperature Superconductivity for Electric Systems Program. He has over 20 years of experience in the R&D, fabrication, and applications of 2G HTS wires. He serves as an expert in a number of Working Groups in IEC/TC90. Dr. Zhang holds a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Gene Carota
VP of MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING
Mr. Carota began his HTS career at Intermagnetics in 1998 and has been a member of SuperPower since it started in 2000. He has experience in most in-house processes related to the development and manufacturing of HTS wire. He started working with BSCCO-2223 1G wire but shifted his focus to the development of ReBCO based 2G HTS coated conductors with an emphasis on MOCVD and PVD processing. Mr. Carota earned his B.S. in Physics from the University at Albany, State University of New York.
Hirotsugu (Harry) Nagata
PRESIDENT / CEO & COO
Mr. Nagata re-joined SuperPower in 2024 and was named President / CEO & COO. Most recently serving SPI’s sister company OFS as Vice President, responsible for Corporate Kaizan/Continuous Improvement. Mr. Nagata gained operational experience at Furukawa Electric's US and Mexico subsidiaries for many years, and applied a wide range of knowledge on Sales, Production Control, Finance & Accounting, Material Procurement, Planning & Management, and Human Resources to SPI management. Mr. Nagata earned his B.S. in Political Science from Keio University.