Automotive manufacturing
10 Honda engineering leaders
Takanori Isono, Executive Chief Engineer Head of SoC development at Honda, is one of ten Honda engineering leaders listed here, alongside people who hold division director, chief engineer and director of engineering roles at the company. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Honda from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anbarasu C.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Systems and Software Engineering · Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
Anbarasu C. has been Director of Systems and Software Engineering at Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. since September 2025, with a headline naming vehicle management systems, avionics and fly-by-wire and flight control programs. Anbarasu C. was also Program Chief Engineer- A220 at Collins Aerospace (2024 to 2025) and Sr Principal Technical Program Manager - ARJ21 there (2019 to 2024).
Cordell Bosma
LinkedInExperience: Director Chief Engineer - Interior Cabin Development · Honda R&D Americas, LLC
Cordell Bosma has been Director Chief Engineer - Interior Cabin Development at Honda R&D Americas, LLC since April 2024. At Honda R&D Americas, Cordell Bosma was also Senior Manager Chief Engineer - Interior Cabin Development (2022 to 2024), Manager Principal Engineer - Interior & SRS Design (2014 to 2022) and Senior Design Engineer & Group Leader - Interior Design (2011 to 2014).
J Marc Palmer
LinkedInExperience: Chief Engineer Interior Performance Division Director · Honda R&D Americas, LLC
J Marc Palmer has been Chief Engineer Interior Performance Division Director at Honda R&D Americas, LLC since April 2018, and the profile describes directing four departments with more than 100 associates. At Honda R&D Americas, J Marc Palmer was also Chief Engineer Interior Development Senior Manager (2015 to 2018) and Principal Engineer Assistant Large Project Leader (ALPL), Honda & Acura (2012 to 2015).
Jason Bilotta
LinkedInExperience: Division Director/Chief Engineer--Chassis Systems and Vehicle Performance · Honda R&D Americas, LLC
Jason Bilotta holds the Division Director/Chief Engineer--Chassis Systems and Vehicle Performance role at Honda R&D Americas, LLC, listed from 1994 to the present, and the headline names it as division lead for the Chassis Development and Vehicle Performance Division at Honda Development and Manufacturing of America. Jason Bilotta was also Assistant Large Project Leader for the 2017 Acura NSX (2011 to 2017).
Matthew Gionta
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
Matthew Gionta has been Director of Engineering at Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. since September 2021, and the profile says Matthew Gionta leads the aircraft-level development of the eVTOL aircraft. Matthew Gionta was previously VP Aircraft Development at Aerion Supersonic (2019 to 2020), CTO VP Engineering at ICON Aircraft (2007 to 2018) and VP Engineering at Scaled Composites, LLC (1994 to 2007).
Michael Binfet
LinkedInExperience: Department Director of Commercial Quality Product Engineering · Honda Development and Mfg of America
Michael Binfet has been Department Director of Commercial Quality Product Engineering at Honda Development and Mfg of America since October 2025. At Honda, Michael Binfet was also Director of Manufacturing & CBU Confirmation Department, NA Quality Division (2023 to 2025), Associate Chief Advisor, Vehicle Quality (2021 to 2024) and Chief Engineer, Exterior Design Department/Frame Division Quality Lead at Honda R&D Americas, LLC (1994 to 2021).
Mike Bulugaris
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering Development · Honda Development and Manufacturing of America
Mike Bulugaris has been Director of Engineering Development at Honda Development and Manufacturing of America, with the role listed from June 1996 to the present, and the profile names it as Production Engineering Division Leader in the Engineering and Technical department. Mike Bulugaris is based in the Columbus, Ohio area, and the listing shows this single Honda role.
Munetsugu Kaneko
LinkedInExperience: Director · Honda R&D Asia Pacific Co. Ltd.
Munetsugu Kaneko has been Director at Honda R&D Asia Pacific Co. Ltd. since April 2025 and was Large Project Leader (Chief Engineer, Head of New Model Development) at Honda Motor Co. Ltd. from 2023 to 2025. At Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Munetsugu Kaneko was also Chief Engineer, Head of Aerodynamics for both Production Cars and Racing Cars (2015 to 2018).
Pero Subašić
LinkedInExperience: Director of Systems Engineering · Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
Pero Subašić has been Director of Systems Engineering at Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. since January 2021, based in San Jose. Pero Subašić was previously Vice President, Cloud Computing and Big Data; AI Agents at DOCOMO Innovations, Inc. (2012 to 2019), Senior Director R&D at Advertising.com (2007 to 2012) and Principal Yahoo! at Yahoo (2005 to 2006).
Takanori Isono
LinkedInExperience: Executive Chief Engineer Head of SoC development · Honda
Takanori Isono has been Executive Chief Engineer Head of SoC development at Honda since April 2026, at director level in the listing, and has also held a Senior Chief Engineer role at Honda since October 2024. Takanori Isono was previously Director (2019 to 2024) and Senior Manager (2015 to 2024) at Socionext Inc. and Manager at Panasonic (2011 to 2015).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's area, such as vehicle interior or chassis development, production engineering, quality engineering or research programs, to the decision you are working on. Check which Honda organization and region their role sits in, since research, development and manufacturing teams see different parts of a vehicle program.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you organize an engineering team across development, testing and handover to production?
- 02What do you look at to decide whether a new design or technology is ready for a production program?
- 03How do you balance cost, performance and schedule when engineering requirements conflict?
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