Toru Awashima is an experienced professional with over two decades of expertise in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. Awashima holds a Dr.Eng degree in Computer Science, Graph Theory, Design Automation, and Computational Geometry from Waseda University, and an MBA degree in Strategy, Marketing, and Team Building from Aoyama Gakuin University. Awashima has worked on various R&D projects, including layout design and verification algorithm, automatic placement and routing optimization, and design rule checking.

As a Project General Manager at Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Awashima is currently working on open innovation, marketing, and new business models development. Awashima's goal is to open new business fields and models based on advanced technology to make engineers happy by providing them opportunities for creating shared value for both company and society. Awashima specializes in EDA technology, computer architecture, algorithm design, R&D project management, technology-based marketing, application and system specification, collaboration with academia, and sales presentation.

Awashima has worked with different companies, including Renesas Electronics, NEC, and Joy of work promotion association. With his extensive experience, Awashima has applied a novel computing architecture called "dynamically reconfigurable platform" and its design flow to various industrial products such as professional video cam coders, digital still cameras, and real-time encoder unit for digital TV broadcasting.

In summary, Toru Awashima is an expert in EDA technology, computer architecture, and algorithm design, with extensive experience in R&D project management and technology-based marketing. He is passionate about creating new business fields and models based on advanced technology and providing opportunities for engineers to create shared value for both the company and society.