Connehito Appoints Tetsuteru Nozawa as CTO

Connehito Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Shinichiro Sugii; hereinafter "Connehito") announces that Tetsuteru Nozawa has been newly appointed as CTO (Chief Technology Officer), effective April 2026. ■ Background of the Appointment Under the vision of "Towards a society where your vision of a family can continue to be realized," Connehito has been facing the many voices and data regarding pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, and solving problems through businesses such as the community app for mothers, "Mamari." On the other hand, with the rapid spread of generative AI, the way support is provided for individual worries and needs is changing drastically. To adapt to this era, it is necessary to further evolve the value of the data Connehito has collected so far. This change of CTO is part of an effort to accelerate this initiative. Under the new CTO, who has expertise in machine learning and data utilization, we will implement product development utilizing AI and data, evolve our internal operations and decision-making processes, and promote business and organizational development premised on AI. ■ Comments from the new CTO, Tetsuteru Nozawa Since joining Connehito, I have been facing the challenge of how to structure the vast amount of "voices" gathered in "Mamari" and connect them to providing value to users and support for companies. With the evolution of generative AI, I feel that the value of the data we have accumulated, such as the "real worries and backgrounds of families," has increased more than ever. I would like to not merely accumulate the earnest voices of each individual, which cannot be captured by general information alone, as mere data, but to transform them into value through the power of technology and ultimately return them to the users. Moving forward as CTO, I will focus on evolving Connehito into an "AI Native" organization. Rather than introducing AI simply as a means to streamline operations, we will review our business workflows, decision-making, and the very nature of our organization, promoting business operations and organizational development premised on AI. [Biography] Majored in Informatics at the University of Yamanashi. After graduation, he joined an SIer and engaged in the development and implementation of ERP packages for the manufacturing industry for about 5 years. He joined Connehito Inc. as a machine learning engineer in March 2019, where he worked on introducing content moderation and recommendation systems for the "Mamari" app, replacing the search system, and building a company-wide data infrastructure. Subsequently, after serving as an engineering manager and product manager, he was appointed CTO in April 2026. ■ About Connehito Inc. A company that supports decision-making in family life events through the power of IT. We operate "Mamari" and conduct public-private partnership businesses that return the voices of Mamari users to society. Going forward, we aim to provide services that aid family choices in an even more diverse range of life events. https://connehito.com/ - Business overview: Development and operation of the community app/information site for mothers "Mamari," childcare DX business for local governments, and support for improving environments related to families in local governments and companies. - Location: MISTO Tsukiji 7F, 2-11-10 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo ■ About Mamari "Mamari" is a community brand that, under the brand statement "Together with your present and future," aims to be an entity that walks alongside you, standing close to your worries and happiness from the first step in fertility treatment, pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare, to the future beyond, so that you never feel alone. In addition to the community app for mothers, we operate an information site and SNS such as Instagram, LINE, and Facebook. Used by 1 in 3 mothers (*1), approximately 1.1 million posts and 4 million searches (*2) are made within the app monthly. iOS: http://apple.co/2jjuY9f Android: http://bit.ly/2xt1lsz https://mamari.jp (*1) Calculated from the number of users who set their expected delivery date within 2023 on "Mamari" and the number of births from the "Vital Statistics" announced by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. (*2) As of December 2025