Meet the Team Behind Yazaki Innovations

Manish Mehta was named Chief Executive Officer and President of Yazaki Innovations, Inc. March of 2026. With 30+ years of Industry experience and an executive leader at Yazaki North America for 25 years , Manish has a proven track record of leading business transformation and global business management, including as a founding member of the Yazaki Innovations Board of Directors. In his role, he provides executive leadership, strategic planning and direction, and operations oversight.

David Scheffler, Vice President, Emerging Automotive Group, Yazaki Innovations, Inc., joined Yazaki in 1994 as a wiring and electrical systems engineer and progressed to become the Head of Engineering at Yazaki Europe and Yazaki North America. Upon joining Yazaki Innovations, he relocated to Plano, Texas and now oversees all Yazaki business with newer automotive manufacturers and he helps to innovate design and manufacturing solutions with startups and other innovative companies.

Casey is a 29-year Yazaki veteran. He has continuously been at the frontier of Yazaki’s business development activities having lead incubation efforts and created new business opportunities across Japan, Europe, Southeast Asia, and the United States. He is a seasoned leader of people, program manager and process creator that is well versed in the deep-rooted challenges in a very competitive automotive industry, but also have experience in the energy and construction sectors breaking through the conservative markets with a premium quality and high-priced commodity.

He holds an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of International Business Administration from Reitaku University, Kashiwa Chiba Japan.

Casey is a huge enthusiast of tennis and wine and the marriage of the two distinct aspect of competitive sport nature of tennis and artistic craftmanship and culture of wine.

Xuong Duong was born in Vietnam and raised in Canton, Michigan. In the first 13 years he worked at the Yazaki North American Headquarters. Currently, Xuong resides in Chandler, Arizona. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan in 2002. He furthered his education with a Master of Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University in 2006. Xuong’s career at Yazaki started in the Nissan group as a Systems Engineer, and he has held positions of increasing responsibility with the GM and Toyota business units before joining Yazaki Innovations, Inc. and being named Head of the Business Development Group.