Takayuki Odawara

Takayuki, also known as "Oda," joined Synspective in 2021 as a geospatial business development expert in Japan and international markets. He assumed his current General Manager of Business position in October 2022.

Takayuki’s career spans 30 years with a focus on the geospatial data and analytics industry including Earth observation and remote sensing, location-based services, connected cars, and intelligent transportation systems. After taking on Sony's consumer electronics sales and marketing role in the North African market, Takayuki served in a series of business growth roles including sales and marketing manager at NAVTEQ (now HERE Technologies), Corporate VP and APAC head at DigitalGlobe (now Maxar Technologies) and INRIX, and country manager roles at leading geospatial start-ups.