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Mazda Motor Corporation
Integrated Control System Development Division,
General Research Manager
Takamasa Suetomi
Takamasa Suetomi joined Mazda Motor Corporation in 1987. He engaged in research on driving simulators, advanced safety vehicles (ASV/AHS), and ergonomic design at the Technical Research Center. In 2003, as a senior researcher at the Technical Research Center, he oversaw research on digital human and electric drive systems; in 2012, at the Electric Drive System Development Office, he developed the Demio(Mazda 2) EV for mass production; and from 2015, at the Integrated Control System Development Division, he was in charge of control model development technology. Outside the company, he was Chairman of the Vehicle Performance Division (2008-2010), Chairman of the Active Safety Division of the same (2011-2014) of the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Director of Membership and Public Relations of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (2012-2013), and Director of General Affairs of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2018-2019).