Kenya is an international professional with experience in start-ups & scale-ups, lithium-ion battery engineering, and new product development. He is Japanese and has a degree in Engineering Physics & Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada.
He is currently working at EIT InnoEnergy as EBA250 Project & Innovation manager with a mission to onshore a sustainable and resilience battery value chain in Europe. Prior to InnoEnergy, Kenya worked at Northvolt, in Sweden, for nearly 6 years as an engineer and product lead, designing and developing battery cells, modules, and systems for various applications.