Summary
Yoshikazu Kono is a senior expert with roughly 25 years of presales and consulting experience and over two decades of hands-on product development across mobile, automotive, railway, and factory automation systems. Based in Chiyoda, Japan, he blends deep systems engineering and safety expertise—covering ISO 26262, IEC 61508, DO-178C and related standards—with model-based and formal-method development using tools like Matlab/Simulink, SCADE, Rhapsody and SDL. As an experienced ISO 26262 auditor and holder of multiple functional-safety and cybersecurity certifications, he regularly advises on Automotive SPICE, machinery safety, and emerging cyber regulations such as UN-R155/156. His technical toolkit spans PLCs, C, Java, Tcl, PERL, SysML/UML and a broad set of requirements, verification and lifecycle tools (DOORS, Polarion, Logiscope, SCADE), enabling practical, auditable solutions for safety-critical systems. A subtle throughline in his career is combining presales acumen with deep engineering credibility—bridging customer requirements into certifiable product designs.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
情報処理科, 情報処理科 at 日本電子専門学校