Ryo Kawabata

Responsible for a business acquisition and on-going project development of Japanese OEMs; Nissan, Toyota and Mazda.

Facilitated full lifecycle program management including customer communication, requirements and target definition, logistics and timeline coordination, budget management, and status reporting to local and global steering committee. Successfully launched Air Induction System, Intake Manifold and Engine cover to Japanese OEMs like Nissan, Toyota and Mazda.

Responsible for sales, production control, administration, manufacturing, quality at Mexican facility. Reported to top management in Japan and US regarding sales, profits of both facilities, customer trends, delivery, production and inventory at both facilities. Oversaw establishment of facility in Mexico, including feasibility studies, business planning, site selection, acquisition of the land, govemnt negotitations and employee hiring and training.

Handled diverse range of duties in support of $380 million power cogeneration plant construction project, including issuing monthly accounting reports, making payments to vendors, payroll, requesting required government permits and permissions, financial management and project/legal discussions with lawyers and CPAs. Realized imports with special governmental permissions.

Gave lectures on International Relations, Asian Studies, Development studies and International Trade in the Faculty of International Relations. Elaborate several kinds of industrial investigation related to Mexico-Japan, receiving research expenses from Japanese governmental organization, JETRO Mexico. Participated in diverse subjects of conference related Asia and Mexico as a guest speaker.

Provided advice on legal, import and management subjects to top management of over 20 Japanese companies, mainly Toyota Tier 1 and Tier 2 supliers. Led the several company settlement projects for Auto parts suppliers. Realized and adviced imports with governmental permissions for them. Conducted studies on Mexican industries for Japanese governmental Organization, JETRO Mexico.

Participate in the Global Digital Camera Business Development Project for US camera maker. Especially supported to gather information about the storage media de facto standardization process in Japan. Coordinate the meeting with directors of the several Japanese Digital camera makers and specialized industrial organizations and MIT researchers.