Rick Nakazawa

Director of Global Product Technical Operations, McAffee, Inc.

’85 BS in electrical engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Appointed to the National Alumni Council in July 2020, Richard Nakazawa is senior operations engineering professional with 30 years of experience with various Silicon Valley high-performance security, telecommunications and computing companies. Nakazawa is currently the director of Manufacturing Technical Operations at McAfee LLC.

He leads a global team supporting new product introduction, test and manufacturing engineering, product data management, homologation, quality and reliability of McAfee’s enterprise product lines. He possesses a deep understanding of the cross-functional aspects of new product introduction and product stabilization. He is an effective team leader with significant experience in building infrastructure and stability in dynamic situations.

Nakazawa is a member of Class 2 of the ASU Leadership Institute and an active member of the Northern California Chapter of the ASU Alumni Association. He volunteers for the San Jose Tillman Honor Run and Sunday Friends, a charity empowering families to break the generational cycle of poverty through positive development and education. His son is a recent graduate of ASU.