Kimo has been in manufacturing for around 30 years. He started with Toyota Motor Manufacturing in 1990, working in the Production Control area. His career took him through Mercedes Benz, USI, during the construction of their first plant in the U.S.A. and The Boeing Company and Delphi, creating and establishing Operating Systems that are based in the Toyota Production System. For the past 15 years he has been a resource to various companies to establish and improve existing Operating Systems.