Dr. Miyamoto is a world-leading expert in disaster resiliency, response and reconstruction. He provides expert engineering and policy consultation to the World Bank, USAID, UN agencies, governments and private sector. He is a California Seismic Safety Commissioner, and a Global CEO, Humanitarian Coordinator, and Structural Engineer of Miyamoto International.
Dr. Miyamoto holds advanced degrees from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and California State University, where he has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumni. His team won the Engineering News-Record’s “Best Global Project” award unprecedent five times and the U.S. Presidential “E” award. Major news organizations — such as CNN, CBS, ABC, Al Jazeera, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, The Times of London, and Rolling Stone have profiled him. He was also featured in the “Designing for Disaster” exhibit at the National Building Museum.