Summary
Toshiyuki Ando is a hands-on senior manager with 25 years bridging engineering, management and global operations to drive manufacturing business transformations. He has led turnarounds and complex restructurings across Nissan, Tier-1 suppliers and PwC—reintegrating multinational teams by converting Japan-specific decision rituals into a common, logical language that aligns with global HQ. Equally comfortable on the shop floor and in the boardroom, he pairs an engineering background and MBA to translate strategy into operational detail and decisive resource moves that recover stalled projects. Notable strengths include orchestrating cross-border production relocations under divergent labor and tax regimes and recovering tens of millions in development costs through technical negotiation. Based in Osaka, he is known for breaking organizational silos with pragmatic, execution-first leadership that wins stakeholder consensus and delivers measurable financial and operational recovery.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Ashridge Business School
Bachelor, Energy System Engineering, Bachelor, Energy System Engineering at Osaka Prefecture University
Chinese, Japanese