Yusuke Nakayama

Yusuke Nakayama has a diverse and extensive work experience in the technology and transportation industries. Yusuke currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at eve autonomy, a startup that provides autonomous transportation services using self-driving electric vehicles. In this role, Yusuke established the startup as a board member and directed the product development of an IoT system that included autonomous driving vehicles in collaboration with a Japanese OEM. Yusuke is responsible for planning and executing the company's overall operations.

Before joining eve autonomy, Yusuke worked at Tier IV, Inc as a Project Manager. Here, they directed three projects related to autonomous driving cars and mobile robots based on open-source software. Yusuke also managed relationships with various players, including Yamaha Motor, Shimizu (an architectural corporation), and Japan Taxi.

Prior to that, Yusuke was a Group Manager at DeNA, where they managed collaboration projects with Nissan Motor Corporation for providing ride-hailing services using Lv2+ self-driving cars. Yusuke directed a highly complex microservice architecture system powered by Amazon Web Service and Google Cloud Platform, which connected directly into an autonomous driving management system. Yusuke led a cross-functional team that included test drivers and transport operators and conducted a 30-day proof-of-concept project on public roads in Minatomirai, Yokohama, Japan.

Furthermore, Yusuke has also worked at NTT DOCOMO, Inc. as a Senior Product Manager and Project Manager. In these roles, they directed the product management of various healthcare and RPA-related services, supported agile-oriented development projects, managed cross-border software development teams, and built development organizations for Android smartphone application platforms in collaboration with major tech companies. Yusuke also established test laboratories in China and developed quality control processes and application APIs for mobile application developers.

Overall, Yusuke Nakayama's work experience showcases their expertise in autonomous transportation, project management, product development, and cross-functional team leadership.

Yusuke Nakayama pursued their Master's degree in Information Science and Technology from Hokkaido University, completing their education from 2002 to 2008.