Strategy that never met the field
withers on the desk.

Field First

Yutaro Kubo

Yutaro KUBO

Founder, KAIKA

Public water infrastructure, robotics fulfillment for the world's largest e-commerce platform, and a full business-model transformation as an executive officer — fifteen years on the front lines of making and delivering, grounded in mechanical engineering.

Holder of a UK MBA and the MIT supply chain credential, still studying at a US business school today. Fluent in both languages of business: the feel of the floor and the numbers of management.

Strengths

  • Structural thinking that starts on the floor
  • End-to-end design, from making to delivering
  • Systems that let numbers drive decisions
  • Businesses built to actually run
Trade name
KAIKA
Location
Yokohama, Japan
Established
2023
0yrs
Hands-on practice, from public infrastructure to management
0sites
In-house processing centers planned and launched from zero
0people
An operations organization hired, designed, and built from zero
0IP
Patents and design registrations as an inventor
Skills

Expertise

01

Engineering

Equipment and plant design grounded in mechanical engineering, robotics deployment, technical standardization

02

Project management

Large programs from plan to completion — bundling workstreams and moving the whole

03

Supply chain management

Balancing supply and demand, designing logistics networks, optimizing inventory — reworking the entire flow

04

Operational systems

Workflow improvement, KPI design, quality systems, and structures where improvement continues on its own

05

Applied AI

Generative AI and ML in real operations: automation design, floor-level adoption, from small pilots to production

Career

Career

Now Then
Now
NOW

Global financial group — business design

Designing new businesses across social infrastructure — logistics, mobility, water. Driver-centric services built on vehicle data and non-medical PHR, launching a logistics consortium, and infrastructure PMI support: cross-industry models that fuse supply chain design with finance and data.

New business Logistics Mobility Infrastructure
Executive years

Japan's largest flower subscription service

As executive officer, led the full transition from a ~200-florist consignment network to in-house production and logistics. Built eight sites and a ~100-person organization from zero, tripling quality scores and lifting gross margin by 15pt. Two patents granted; the business won the Japan Startup Grand Prize, Minister of Agriculture Award.

Supply chain redesign Logistics network Patents
Executive years

Primary-industry startup group

Executive officer overseeing corporate management and PMO, concurrently representative director of two group companies. Drove licensing, financial redesign, and multiple new ventures — group revenue +49% and operating profit +23% during tenure.

Corporate management PMO New ventures
Engineering years

World's largest e-commerce platform

Completed two launches of Japan's largest robotics fulfillment centers (hundreds of millions of dollars each). Worked with the US global engineering team to re-engineer overseas equipment standards for Japanese codes and site conditions.

Robotics Warehouse automation Equipment delivery
Engineering years

Major infrastructure engineering company

Managed multiple public water-infrastructure projects as PM. Authored technical standards, advanced processes with CFD, and joined the national breakthrough-technology program (B-DASH). Awarded for construction excellence.

Plant engineering プロジェクトマネジメント Public infrastructure
Honors

Honors

2022

Japan Startup Grand Prize — Minister of Agriculture Award

Awarded to the business for supply chain reform and surplus-produce utilization

2024

Annual Seller Award, world's largest e-commerce platform

Selected as a business embodying innovation

2016

Public sewerage works — Excellence in Construction Award

Recognized for quality and construction management on public infrastructure

Credentials

Credentials

Education

MBA (UK) Master of Business Administration
MIT MicroMasters Supply Chain Management

AI & Digital

MIT Sloan Executive Certificate in Digital Business
MIT Sloan AI Sprints Generative AI Business / Algorithmic Business Thinking
Anthropic Claude Code in Action

Professional Certifications

PMP Project Management Professional
CMI Level 7 Strategic Management & Leadership
AFP Affiliated Financial Planner

Executive Programs

Oxford Saïd Sustainability Programme

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