Tak Yokoo
CEO, Jozen Power LLC
President, The Global Engineers Initiative
Founder and Advisor, Japan Hydrogen Forum
Advisory Council, Stanford I ENERGY Hydrogen Initiative
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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