At Seven-Eleven Japan, Izuru Nishimura led pioneering initiatives such as the industry-first inbound system planning, the disaster response system “SevenVIEW”, the real-time data platform “Seven Central”, the industry’s first full cloud migration of store systems “Next-Generation Store System”, and the development of a proprietary AI utilization platform “Seven-Eleven AI Library.” Notably, the “Seven Central” project received high acclaim and won the 1st Google Customer Award in 2021, which recognized excellence across global retail sectors. Prior to joining Seven & i Holdings, Nishimura accumulated over 20 years of extensive experience within a major corporate group, spanning diverse industries such as trading, finance, and real estate. His achievements include building enterprise systems, sales planning, promoting cloud business in the energy sector, and coordinating large-scale system integrations for merged companies—demonstrating a strong track record across a wide range of IT domains.