About Us

Leadership Team

Leadership Team

The People At Ptmind
The People At Ptmind

CEO Message

CEO Message

Co-Creating with Technology to Shape the Next Era

Co-Creating with Technology to Shape the Next Era

Co-Creating with Technology to Shape the Next Era

At Ptmind, we believe the greatest innovation happens when people and machines work together. The leap from 0 to 1 begins with human imagination and passion.

Scaling from 1 to 100 depends on the power of technology. Breakthroughs beyond that are driven by creativity and the courage to challenge limits. As technology continues to evolve, our focus goes beyond building tools. We aim to empower people to make better decisions and take meaningful action.

Guided by the philosophy of "Think Global, Act Local," we bring together the strengths of Japan and China to build a truly borderless team. Our products—Ptengine, VIVAIA, and Kocoro.ai—are the result of trust, diversity, and cross-border collaboration.

Looking ahead, we will continue pushing forward to build a society where everyone can harness both data and human insight to create value.

Founder & CEO, Ptmind Group

Founder & CEO, Ptmind Group

Robin Zheng

Robin Zheng

Robin Zheng

Leadership Team

Leadership Team

Robin Zheng

Founder & CEO, Ptmind Group

Founder & CEO, Ptmind Group

Founder & CEO, Ptmind Group

Born in Fujian, China, Robin founded Ptmind in 2010 and has served as CEO since then, overseeing the company’s overall strategy and operations. Today, he leads the development of new businesses with a focus on generative AI, with Kocoro.ai at the center of Ptmind’s next phase of innovation.

Leevis Xue

Co-founder & COO, Ptmind Group

Leevis holds a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Tokushima. After working as an IT engineer in several companies, he became a co-founder of Ptmind and was involved in building the early Ptengine product. He currently serves as COO, responsible for overall company operations.

Leo Li

Senior Vice President, Ptmind Group

Leo graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University and previously worked at Baidu, Microsoft, and Alibaba, where he focused on product and business development. He later founded a live-commerce business in Japan that was acquired by ByteDance for 3.5 billion JPY two years later, before joining Ptmind, where he now leads the Ptengine global business.

Ohuchi Ryota

Executive Officer,

Head of Japan Business

After working in insurance, digital advertising, and TV commercial measurement, Ryota joined Ptmind. Ryota now serves as Executive Officer and Head of Japan Business, leading Ptengine business growth in Japan.

Wayland Zhang

Chief Scientist

Wayland graduated from the University of Toronto and studied under Geoffrey Hinton, the 2023 Nobel laureate widely known as the “Godfather of AI.” He worked alongside early members of OpenAI and later held roles at Alibaba and companies in Silicon Valley before founding multiple startups.

Chief Advisor

Chief Advisor

Takeshi Hanai

Takeshi Hanai

Chief Advisor

Chief Advisor

External Director, ASICS Corporation
External Corporate Auditor, LIFULL Co., Ltd.
External Director, Maruzen Co., Ltd.
External Director, Nippon Seisen Co., Ltd.
External Director, TATSUTA Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and Chairman, Huajian Co., Ltd.
Former Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Rakuten Group
Former Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Asia & Oceania, Mizuho Bank
Former Chief Representative for China, Mizuho Bank

External Director, ASICS Corporation
External Corporate Auditor, LIFULL Co., Ltd.
External Director, Maruzen Co., Ltd.
External Director, Nippon Seisen Co., Ltd.
External Director, TATSUTA Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and Chairman, Huajian Co., Ltd.
Former Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Rakuten Group
Former Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Asia & Oceania, Mizuho Bank
Former Chief Representative for China, Mizuho Bank

External Director, ASICS Corporation
External Corporate Auditor, LIFULL Co., Ltd.
External Director, Maruzen Co., Ltd.
External Director, Nippon Seisen Co., Ltd.
External Director, TATSUTA Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and Chairman, Huajian Co., Ltd.
Former Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Rakuten Group
Former Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Asia & Oceania, Mizuho Bank
Former Chief Representative for China, Mizuho Bank

Nakayama Kenji

Kenji Nakayama

Advisor

Former Deputy General Manager, Legal Department, The Industrial Bank of Japan (now Mizuho Bank)

Former Executive Officer and General Manager, General Affairs Department, Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Former Corporate Auditor, KH Chemical Co., Ltd. (now KH Neochem Co., Ltd.)

Former Deputy General Manager, Legal Department, The Industrial Bank of Japan (now Mizuho Bank)

Former Executive Officer and General Manager, General Affairs Department, Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Former Corporate Auditor, KH Chemical Co., Ltd. (now KH Neochem Co., Ltd.)

Other
Members

Other
Members