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<p class="position_cap"> Chief Executive Officer</p> Tomohiro Fukuzawa <p class="profile_cap">Graduated from Engineering dept., Tokyo University. Worked at Toyota Motor Co. for a global procurement of car parts. Won the Cost improvement prize by Toyota production method in many production fields. Participated in CARTIVATOR and became a Co-representative Director in 2014. Established management consultant company for manufacturing industry in 2017 and improved the business for more than 20 companies. Established SkyDrive Inc. in 2018 and become CEO. <br> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Outside Director </p> Shintaro Takahashi <p class="profile_cap">Drone Fund Partner / Chief Executive of public policy Keio University Graduated school, specially-appointed professor of media and governance.In Drone Fund, promote the activity to realize the Drone society and the Air mobility society as a public policy manager. In charge of strategic planning such as Industrial plan and System design for medium and long term, Infrastructure of society, Rule creation and Safety standard.In Keio University, develop an education program and industry-university-government collaboration.</p>
<p class="position_cap"> Outside Director </p> Tatsuo Tsutsumi <p class="profile_cap">After graduation from a graduate school, he worked for Sanwa Research Institute, Global Brain Corporation, and engaged in new business development and establishment and operation of corporate venture capital at Cyber Agent Inc., Recruit Co., Ltd., and GREE Inc. After that, he established a new venture capital fund (currently STRIVE III Limited Liability Partnership) and assumed the role of representative partner. <br> <br> <br> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Chief Technology Officer </p> Nobuo Kishi <p class="profile_cap">Graduated from Engineering department at Osaka Prefecture University.he joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1982. Transferred to Mitsubishi Aircraft in 2010 and appointed chief engineer of MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet), the first domestic jet-engine passenger aircraft in 2012. Appointed Executive Vice President in 2015 to take leadership of development. <br> <br> <br> <br> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> General Manager</p> Sumie Miyauchi <p class="profile_cap">Graduated from the master’s degree of Management Globis university. In charged of editing, branding, internet marketing, partnership, R&D in Recruit Co. Experienced manager of marketing department for Recruit Co. Won several prizes such as Cannes Lions, Good design award. Participated in CARTIVATOR in 2017. For SkyDrive, in charge of business such as marketing, Human resource.<br> <br> <br> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> VP of Technology </p> Toshio Ando <p class="profile_cap">Head of flight unit. President of the construction company in tandem with Produce & fly with the RC of amphibious airplane for 40 years and produced more than 30 original drones. Participated in CARTIVATOR in 2017. In SkyDrive, in charge of VP of Technology.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> VP of Technical Public relations </p> Kenichi Yamamoto <p class="profile_cap">Graduated from the master’s degree of Tokyo Institute of Technology. Developed robots in Toyota Motor Co. (Appointed in Silicon Valley for a year.) Participated in CARTIVATOR in 2015. Experienced the experiment leader, MBD for Control & Interface, and team leader of simulation environmental improvement, currently act as a project manager. In SkyDrive Inc., in charge of VP of Technical Public relations such as Engineering management, vehicle development management.<br> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Strategy Manager </p> Mark Blackwell <p class="profile_cap">G10 years’ experience in aerospace engineering across all life-cycle phases, with focus on avionics, hydro/electro-mechanical systems, control and aerodynamics. Graduated from The University of Manchester and worked for BAE Systems for 4 years; completed a MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems and achieved a PhD. Then worked for Eaton Aerospace on the Embraer KC-390 program before joining Stirling Dynamics on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet program. Started volunteering with CARTIVATOR in 2017 and joined the SkyDrive team in February 2019. </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Cargo Drone General Manager </p> Toshi Narimatsu <p class="profile_cap">Experienced in the design and manufacture of molds and jigs for optical components, and the trial manufacture and start-up of medical devices at a parts manufacturer. After that, he joined SkyDrive in 2020 after working at a machine manufacturer, where he was involved in the entire process from sales to delivery of automated equipment for parts manufacturing, assembly, and transport for industries such as automobiles, construction machinery, and optical equipment, and after working in sales and engineering of machine tools and their peripherals.</p>
<p class="position_cap"> Finance / Senior Manager </p> Hiromi Go <p class="profile_cap">Graduated from Bates College in the US. Served as equity research analyst at multiple investment banks including Deutsche Securities Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities. Then, joined Universal Materials Incubator Inc. (industry specialized VC in chemicals/materials) in 2018 where the primary role was to (1) deal sourcing and (2) provide full support to management of invested startup firms Joined SkyDrive Inc. as finance senior manager in July 2020.<br> </p>
Air Mobility Division
<p class="position_cap">Deputy General Manager </p> Daigo Fukumoto <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Flight test team / Team Leader</p> Takuya Saito <p class="profile_cap"></p>
<p class="position_cap"> Flight test team / Lead Engineer </p> Makoto Kusumoto <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Flight test team / Test pilot</p> Hiroto Osono <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Flight test team / Engineer support</p> Tomohiro Fukuzawa <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Flight test team / Engineer</p> Satomi Ishikawa <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Flight test team / Engineer</p> Yuta Sugawara <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Structure Design / Manager</p> Kojiro Watanabe <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Structure Design / Leader </p> Masatoshi Tomita <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Structure Design / Engineer</p> Hiroki Takeshima <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Structure Design / Engineer</p> Daiki Ogata <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Structure Design / Engineer</p> Yuki Terai <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Structure Design / Design Manager</p> Takumi Yamamoto <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Electric equipment system / Leader</p> Junichi Komeno <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Electric equipment system / Engineer</p> Yoshiki Shibano <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development Certification / Engineer</p> Takashi Hirano <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Assistant Project Manager</p> Yoshihiro Kudo <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Leader</p> Takuya Sano <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Development Planning Manager</p> Teruyuki Ito <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Liaison officer</p> Satoshi Fukamiya <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
Cargo Drone Department
<p class="position_cap">Deputy General Manager</p> Takehiro Sato <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Chief Engineer</p> Takuya Nemoto <p class="profile_cap"></p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Engineer</p> Atsushi Nomura <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Project Manager</p> Ryuta Ikeno <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Engineer</p> Sho Ikeda <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Engineer</p> Wonseok Choi <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Customer Support</p> Akira Ito <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Engineer</p> Miyuki Sakuda <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Engineer</p> Kohei Saito <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Technical Development / Engineer</p> Toshinori Maki <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Advisor</p> Tatsuya Iyobe <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Advisor</p> Daisuke Iwakura <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">"Business Development / Senior Manager</p> Tatsuya Kudo <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Business Development</p> Rina Tsukada <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
Corporate Department
<p class="position_cap">Accounting / Leader</p> Keiko Omiya <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Accounting</p> Nozomi Sato <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Accounting</p> Misa Kodeishi <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Human resources</p> Akiko Kuno <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Public relations / Designer</p> Tetsuya Kon <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Intellectual property</p> Hiroshi Fukushima <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Accounting</p> Yusuke Haga <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Executive Assistant</p> Nami Tsuda <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Executive Assistant</p> Sakurako Kato <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
<p class="position_cap">Executive Assistant</p> Yuriko Shibasaki <p class="profile_cap"> </p>
Adviser
<p class="position_cap"> Adviser </p> Mitsuhisa Kato <p class="profile_cap"> 1953 : Born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido <br> 1975 : Graduated from Mechanical Engineering dept., Hokkaido University <br> 1975 : Joined Toyota Motor Co. <br> 2000 : Became Chief Designer in R&D 1st sector, Toyota Motor Co. <br>2004 : Became Managing Director in Toyota Motor Co. <br> 2006 : Became President- director in Toyota Technocraft Co., Ltd. <br>2006 : Became Advisor in Toyota Motor Co. <br> 2010 : Became Managing director in Toyota Motor Co. <br> 2011 : Became Executive director in Toyota Motor Co. <br> 2012 : Became Executive vice-president in Toyota Motor Co. <br> 2016 : Became Chairman of board of directors in TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS., INC </p>
<p class="position_cap"> Adviser </p> Hisashi Matsumoto <p class="profile_cap"> Professor at the Nippon Medical School Born in Ishikawa, Resident in Chiba After graduation from Kanazawa university, he become a Gastroenterological surgeon then emergency physician from 2000. He is a pioneer of Helicopter emergency medical services (doctor-helicopters). <br> <br> 1987: Joined Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kanawzawa University. <br> 2000- Emergency and critical care center, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital <br> 2014: Became Professor Nippon Medical School <br> 2016: Became Assistant Director of Hospital, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital <br> 2017: Got an MBA （Anglia Ruskin University, UK） </p>
