Tak Yokoo
CEO, Jozen Power LLC
President, The Global Engineers Initiative
Founder and Advisor, Japan Hydrogen Forum
Advisory Council, Stanford I ENERGY Hydrogen Initiative
Biography:
Takehito Yokoo is an engineer, clean energy innovator, and cross-cultural leader with more than
forty years of experience advancing sustainable technology and global collaboration.
As CEO of Jozen Power LLC, he leads initiatives in renewable energy and decarbonization. In
addition, as president of the Global Engineers Initiative, he cultivates engineers with a global
perspective, blending Japanese precision and American innovation to help build a business
community that contributes meaningfully to the world.
Before founding Jozen Power and the Global Engineers Initiative, Yokoo spent more than three
decades at Toyota Motor North America R&D, where he served as powertrain chief engineer
and senior executive engineer of advanced fuel cell. He led Toyota’s hybrid, battery-electric,
and hydrogen fuel cell programs and launched the world’s first OEM hydrogen fuel cell heavy-
duty truck demonstration at the Port of Los Angeles in 2017.
In 2021, he co-founded the Japan Hydrogen Forum (JH2F) in collaboration with the Japan
External Trade Organization and the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles, promoting
cooperation between Japan and the United States on hydrogen business and decarbonization.
He continues to serve as an advisor to the forum.
In 2025, Yokoo was awarded the Consul General’s Commendation by the Consulate-General of
Japan in Los Angeles in recognition of his efforts to promote the Japan–U.S. hydrogen
business.
Yokoo is also a member of the Advisory Council of Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for
Energy, part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
He holds a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from Hosei University in Tokyo. Now in
the next chapter of his career, Yokoo is dedicated to sharing the lessons of cross-cultural
collaboration he learned as a global engineer. Through his leadership and training initiatives, he
helps professionals and organizations build bridges between innovation, culture, and purpose.
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