The Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit hired Grant Suzuki as chief of technology, Advanced Marine Systems, focused on leading and building-out Yamaha’s C.A.S.E. (Connectivity, Autonomous operations, Integrated Services, and Electrification) strategy. Under Suzuki’s leadership, Yamaha will develop solutions to advance the capability and performance of core product lines, improving the boater experience.
Suzuki reports to Ben Speciale, president of the Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit.
“Grant has an impressive track record of leveraging science and technology to find solutions for real-world problems,” said Speciale. “With over 20 years of experience in software and system architecture, his leadership will help propel Yamaha’s product development to the next level.”
Before joining Yamaha, Suzuki was the director of Sumitomo Corporation of America’s Automotive Group, where he and a team of engineers created the design, development and implementation of embedded systems and cloud solutions. His global career includes time working in Michigan and Germany.
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