Dr. Motoyuki Arai

Founder & CEO
PhD in Engineering

Moto founded Synspective in February 2018. As the CEO, he leads Synspective’s mission, overall strategy, and operations. Moto began his career working at the Tokyo office of a US-based consulting firm for 5 years. He supported more than 15 global companies in designing new business and technology strategies to enhance corporate governance and build the internal controls necessary to run global companies. Moto received his PhD in Technology Management for Innovation from the University of Tokyo. His research focused on the construction of energy systems to promote economic growth in developing countries. Moto then implemented his knowledge of business development to lead projects in areas such as energy, water and sanitation, agriculture, and recycling in Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, Kenya, Tanzania, and disaster-stricken areas in Japan.

Toshihiro Obata

Board Director
General Manager of Satellite System Development Department No.1

Toshihiro joined Synspective in April 2019 as a member of the Board of Directors and the General Manager of Satellite System Development-No.1. Toshihiro oversees the development, manufacturing, and operations of Synspective's small SAR satellites. Prior to joining Synspective, Toshihiro worked at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for more than 19 years, first leading the team working on attitude control subsystems for earth observation satellites, then as the manager of systems engineering for earth observation satellites. Toshihiro also worked for TerraSAR-X in Astrium (now Airbus DS) in Friedrichshafen, Germany as an exchange engineer in 2004. Toshihiro holds an MS in Engineering from the University of Tokyo. In 2016, he joined the University of Tokyo to work on the system design of small SAR satellites, which has since become the basis for Synspective's demonstration satellites.

Atsushi Shito

Board Director
General Manager of Corporate Administration Department

Atsushi joined Synspective in July 2018 as the General Manager of Corporate Administration. He manages accounting, finance, auditing, investor relations, and legal strategy and operation. He became a member of the Board of Directors in April 2021. Before joining Synspective, Atsushi worked for a number of audit corporations where he performed financial audits and provided support to achieve IPOs, J-SOX compliance, and financial due diligence. In addition, Atsushi was the co-founder and CFO of a startup where he raised more than 1.2 billion yen from venture capital firms, operational companies, and government organizations. He is a Certified Public Accountant.