About

Dai Sasaki is a highly skilled Principal Product Manager with over 20 years of relevant experience in the fields of product development, project management, and cross-functional team leadership. He is currently working at KINTO Corporation, where he is responsible for leading the product development team to promote platform and service concepts, planning, development, and continuous improvement. Dai has a great ability to manage global projects and cross-functional teams in a multi-cultural and language environment. He has extensive knowledge and experience in Agile Software Development (Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework), as well as technical expertise in WEB systems, Cloud, Network, Security, and Database. He is also well-versed in business analysis, including As-Is state analysis, To-Be state design, and requirements analysis/gathering. In addition to his technical skills, Dai has a deep understanding of various business domains, including manufacturing and retail. He has experience in demand/supply planning, procurement/inventory management, sales distribution, logistics, and finance. He is also knowledgeable about ERP, SCM, CRM, and BI. Before joining KINTO, Dai worked at SmartNews, Inc. as a Systems Consultant, and at Nissan as an Assistant Manager for Connected Vehicles and Mobility Services. At Nissan, he was responsible for creating a concept on products and solutions that should be developed as a Connected Car Platform and designing an overall architecture. He also conducted fit and gap analysis of customer needs, business challenges, and world trends to identify necessary functional and non-functional requirements, prioritize and formulate a product roadmap, and promote projects while forming consensus among stakeholders. Dai holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Rissho University. His tech stack includes product management, web development, software engineering, and infrastructure. Overall, Dai is a highly skilled and experienced product manager with a deep understanding of both technical and business domains.