Takuma “Thomas” Otsuka has 30 years of experience in aerospace sector. He started his career with ANA (All Nippon Airways) in 1988 as an aircraft mechanic and learned a wide range of knowledge about aircraft maintenance. After achieving Aircraft Engineering Certificate from Japanese government, he was transferred to Spares Department in 1997 and started to build his professional expertise in spare parts planning including strategic purchasing, repair-warranty management, PBH program implementation, inventory reduction, various contract negotiations and PMA/DER cost-saving promotion. Following his overseas assignment in Los Angeles (2002- 2007), he achieved B787 initial parts provisioning project to support its momentous EIS phase as a launch airline customer. He has been seconded to MRO Japan since 2015, which is ANA Holdings’ joint venture business, to start up new MRO operation in Japan focusing on aircraft maintenance. He has a Bachelor’s Degree of Engineering from Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.