Innovative Space Carrier Inc. (Kojiro Hatada CEO, Minato-ku, Tokyo), which aims to realize a transportation system that enables space travel, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, who has held a number of important positions, including Vice President of Nissan Motor Company, overseeing the group's research and development organization until 2022, as an advisor.
Innovative Space Carrier Inc. is a start-up company that aims to realize a transportation system that enables space travel to realize its vision of "a world where people and cargo can be delivered every day.
Mr. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi has worked in Nissan's R&D department for 38 years, from 1984 to 2022, including 8 years as EVP of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Motors Alliance from 2014-2022, and as the Chief Executive Officer of Nissan and Renault Motors R&D departments in Japan, France, and around the world. He retired as Vice President of Nissan in March 2022.
He has comprehensive engineering experience in the automotive industry, and in particular, he has a strong track record of creating strategies and driving the development of next-generation technologies that will drive major changes in the automotive industry in the future. He has in-depth knowledge and future vision of these technologies and the new value they will create.
In considering our business strategy, we have decided that it would be very beneficial to evolve our business strategy by receiving his advice based on his wealth of experience, and have asked him to become our advisor. We will formulate our business strategy based on his advice and aim to promptly realize a future space transportation system.
■Comments from Representative Hatada
We are very encouraged to have Mr. Yamaguchi, who has led R&D strategies in the automotive industry, as our advisor. During our preliminary meeting, we were drawn in by his friendly personality and deep insight, and our discussion went well beyond the scheduled time. We will take his advice into consideration and evolve our business strategy based on the knowledge of Japan's world-class automotive industry in order to realize an innovative future space transportation system.
■ Comment from Mr. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Space has great dreams and a future. I am very happy to be a member of Innovative Space Carrier Inc., which has a vision to open up that future by maximizing the use of technologies available in Japan. Although the end product is different, I look forward to accelerating and realizing the challenges of the future of the space business together with the members of Innovative Space Carrier Inc., utilizing my experience and knowledge from the automotive industry, where we have many similarities in technology, engineering methods, and manufacturing methods.
■ Biography of Mr. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
From 1984/4 to 2022/3, he held the following positions in the Research and Development Division of Nissan Motor Co.
Alliance Executive Vice President, All Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Motors Development and Chairman, Alliance Engineering Board : 2014/4-2022/3
Corporate Vice President, Alliance Platform & Component Strategy : 2012/4-2014/3
Corporate Vice President, INFINITI Product Development 2011/4-2012/3
Corporate Vice President, NISSAN Product Development: 2009/4-2011/3
Corporate Vice President, R&D Strategy & Performance : 2008/4-2009/3
President, Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
Director, Manager or Engineer: 1984/4-2004/3
From 4/2014 to 3/2022, he also holds a position in the R&D department of Renault S.A. (France).
Alliance Executive Vice President, All Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Motors Development and Chairman, Alliance Engineering Board : 2014/4-2022/3
■ Academic background
B.S., Kyoto University, M.S., Mechanical Engineering : 1978/4-1984/3
■ Press Release
January 19, 2023 Innovative Space Carrier Inc. appointed Former Vice President of Nissan Motor Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi as Advisor
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