Bio

Mr. Shimaoka joined Polaris in August 2016. Prior to Polaris, he worked at Akindo Sushiro where he was engaged in new business development and oversaw the spin-off of the division into a separate company. Prior to Akindo Sushiro, he worked at Dream Incubator and was engaged in strategy development mainly for manufacturing companies, demonstration experiments for public-private partnerships and hands-on support for a pre-IPO company. Mr. Shimaoka received a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Kyoto, and a M.S. in Engineering from the Graduate School of the University of Kyoto.