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@roytomi
AI Literacy and Adoption Consultant, Journalist and HR Specialist
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6.9/10
Assessed 11/30/2025
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Roy Tomizawa is the founder of Reinventing Asia, a consultancy dedicated to helping leaders, teams, and organizations thrive in the age of artificial intelligence.
Before launching Reinventing Asia, Roy led Executive Education at the Sasin School of Management in Bangkok, shaping programs for multinational corporations and government leaders across Southeast Asia.
He is a certified Hogan leadership assessment practitioner and has designed, delivered, and scaled leadership and organizational development programs for diverse, multi-generational workforces.
An early advocate for AI literacy and adoption, Roy helps organizations build the skills, systems, and mindsets needed to integrate AI into everyday work.
Roy is also an award-winning journalist and published author of three books, combining a lifelong love of storytelling with the ability to translate complex ideas into clear, actionable insights.
A native New Yorker, Roy is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School, has a B. A. in English playwriting from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology.
Roy is an avid learner, writer, and traveler. He shares insights on AI, leadership, and the future of work through his blog "Reinventing - Learning and Growing in the Age of AI", and public speaking engagements across Asia.
Generated 12/1/2025
Roy Tomizawa is a Tokyo-based AI literacy consultant with three years of hands-on experience helping leaders and organizations integrate AI into everyday work.
He builds sophisticated multi-tool workflows that compress research from hours to minutes, designs formal training curricula that transfer AI capabilities to others, and brings a journalist's verification instincts to every output—catching fabricated sources before they reach clients. His change management lens means he focuses on what actually drives adoption: skills, systems, and mindsets, not just tools.
These capabilities position him to solve the problem most organizations face: not whether to use AI, but how to make it stick across diverse, multi-generational teams.
From Stuyvesant to Penn playwriting to an MBA to three published books—Roy's full story explains why he teaches AI through storytelling.
Sasin School of Management · PermanentSasin School of Management Jan 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mosJan 2023 to Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand · On-siteBangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand · On-site I oversaw a team that developed and delivered enterprise learning, open courses and academic partner programs in order to expand powerful lifelong education opportunities for people in the Southeast Asian region.
MetLife Japan Apr 2016 - Dec 2022 · 6 yrs 9 mosApr 2016 to Dec 2022 · 6 yrs 9 mos Tokyo, Japan I oversaw a team responsible for leadership and organizational development at MetLife Japan, including such processes/functions as talent review, high potential development, performance management, firm-wide training, diversity and inclusion and employee engagement.
Nikko Asset Management GroupNikko Asset Management Group Jan 2014 - Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mosJan 2014 to Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos Tokyo, Japan I oversaw Talent Management and Organizational Development globally for Nikko Asset Management. In addition to my role as internal OD consultant, I designed and implemented performance management, career development and succession planning/talent review processes globally.
DBS Bank Jul 2011 - Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mosJul 2011 to Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos Singapore I oversaw Talent Management for Group DBS, as well as the performance management and employee engagement processes for the Group. I built and managed the high potential identification, talent review, and managing director promotion processes for the group, and led the effort to put performance management online for all employees.
MicrosoftMicrosoft
Jan 2006 - Jun 2011 · 5 yrs 6 mos
Tokyo and Seattle
I oversaw talent management, employee, leader and organizational development first for the Japan subsidiary, then the finance and operations groups in the Microsoft sales, marketing and services group.
Morgan Stanley Japan Nov 2004 - Jan 2006 · 1 yr 3 mos Tokyo, Japan I was an internal consultant in the areas of learning and organizational development in Morgan Stanley Japan. Based in Tokyo, this sub had about 1,200 full time employees when I was there.