Carlos Kaduoka is passionate about airports and technology with a focus on IT’s impact on operations, processes and behavior. He believes digital transformation creates incredible opportunities that can be seen in passenger behavior, terminal design and the new digital concept of operations.
With over 25 years of experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams around the globe, Carlos has a strong track record and wide-ranging expertise across complex multi-stakeholder relationship management, benchmarking performance using customer and competitor insight, significant capital investment programs in airport technology deployment, and digital transformation and technology strategy. Having lived and worked in South America, Asia and Europe, Carlos embraces multi-cultural approaches to tackling global aviation challenges.
He holds memberships in prestigious aviation organizations, such as a Fellow at the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Senior Member at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and ACI's International Airport Professional (IAP) accreditation. Academic qualifications, including a PhD in Airport Economies and Technology and an MSc in Airport Benchmarking back up his experience. His passion for aviation technology has fueled over a decade of lecturing on airport management systems and aviation technology at leading universities in the United Kingdom.