Carlos Cruz

Carlo Cruz is a portfolio engagement director at Toyota Ventures, responsible for supporting startups and assisting with the development of programs that add value to the portfolio.

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Prior to joining Toyota Ventures, Carlo led the Future Factory team at Toyota Motor North America’s (TMNA) TILT Lab, an internal maker space that identifies key strategic problems and evaluates emerging technologies in manufacturing. He originally joined TMNA production engineering in 2012 as a paint shop engineer working across various manufacturing centers. Carlo’s responsibilities included construction project management and multiple collaborations with early-stage startups and large enterprises to advance the development of future factories.

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Carlo received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Cincinnati, where he was also a Darwin T. Turner diversity scholar.