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Ryo Tsutsumi

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CEO at Calbee America
📍 Pleasanton, California, United States

Ryo Tsutsumi is the CEO of Calbee America and an Executive Officer at its parent company, Calbee Inc. , responsible for the Europe and Americas region. With over 20 years of experience in consumer packaged goods, he has held leadership roles at PepsiCo and Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Tsutsumi is a graduate of Keio University.

Having spent his younger years growing up in Southern California, Mr. Tsutsumi has a bi-cultural background. He relocated from Japan to California for his current CEO role and is married with two grown children.

To lead Calbees North American expansion, he moved from Japan to California, drawing on his personal experience growing up in the region.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Pleasanton, California, United States
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US Market Expansion
He was appointed CEO to develop Calbee's footprint in the mainstream US salty snacks category, aiming to make it a major snack company by 2030.
Plant-Based Foods
A key part of his stated strategy is advancing Calbee's plant-based product development, building on the success of the Harvest Snaps brand.
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Career

Work history

1-2022
CEO
Calbee America
7-2020
Executive Officer, Oversea Company
Calbee Inc (2229)
10-2014 - 2-2022
General Manager, Japan
PepsiCo
1-2013 - 10-2014
CD (Sales) Director
Johnson & Johnson
12-2010 - 1-2011
Asia Pacific Regional Franchise (marketing)
Johnson & Johnson
In the press

Media appearances

Calbee America Inc. Announces Chief Executive Officer. Featured in PR Newswire
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Education
1991 - 1995
bachelor
Keio University
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