Ryuji Funayama

Ryuji Funayama has a diverse work experience spanning several companies in the automotive industry. Ryuji currently holds the position of Staff Engineer at Woven by Toyota, a role they have held since June 2021. Prior to this, they also served as a Staff Engineer at Toyota Research Institute Advanced Development from October 2018 to June 2020.

In their earlier career, Ryuji worked at Toyota Motor Corporation where they held the position of Project Manager in 2007 and Assistant Project Manager from 2001 to 2004. Ryuji also spent time at Toyota Motor Europe as a Senior Principal Engineer from 2004 to 2007.

Ryuji's career in the automotive industry began at Shadup Corporation in 1991, where they served as an Assistant Manager for a period of 10 years until 2001.

Overall, Ryuji Funayama has accumulated extensive experience and expertise in engineering and project management roles within the automotive industry, with a particular focus on Toyota-related companies.

Ryuji Funayama received their Bachelor of Economics degree from Waseda University in 1991. Ryuji studied in the Department of Politics and Economics during their time at the university. Later, from 1994 to 1996, they pursued a Master of Information Science degree at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology. Their focus of study at Nara was in the Department of Information Science, specifically in the field of Computer Vision.