Kazutake Asahi
President & CEO / Ph.D. (Engineering)
AI Adoption & CoachingFlood-Flow, Inundation & Bed-Evolution AnalysisFlood, Inundation & Bed-Evolution Model DevelopmentSystem Development
Strengths
- Expert in both river numerical analysis (bedforms and resistance, bed evolution, flooding) and web/system development
- Has worked on iRIC since 2010, designing, building and running everything from the software to the websites, membership, payments and workshops
- Brings both research and business perspectives (learned business development at Recruit), and develops alongside AI every day
Track record
- Designed and developed iRIC versions 2–4 (v4 released in 2023)
- Development and operation of the iRIC solvers Nays2DH and Nays2DFlood
- Designed and built the iRIC web platform (iRIC ID with 20,000+ users, events, Academy)
- Developed a river disaster & environmental information-sharing system (since FY2017)
- Chair, Numerical Analysis Support Tools WG, JSCE (2022–)
- iRIC instructor (Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau, international course in Lyon, PWRI ICHARM and others)
- Adjunct lecturer: Waseda University (2016–2023), Meijo University (2015–2018), Hiroshima University (2025–)
Background
Graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University. After Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Recruit and the Hokkaido River Foundation, founded RiverLink in 2014 and earned his Ph.D. the same year. Also Representative Director of iRIC-UC.