Masaki Hogari

Masaki Hogari is a Principal Application Engineer at Renesas Electronics and a member of the Algorithm Firmware Technology (AFT) team. He has extensive experience with lithium-ion battery technologies, and battery-management-system (BMS) solutions. His technical expertise includes battery-management algorithms for state-of-charge estimation, battery health diagnostics, impedance-based analysis, battery safety, and battery swelling detection.

His efforts have contributed to the adoption of lithium-ion battery technologies across a wide range of industrial applications, including power tools and e-bikes, and has led the development and commercialization of fuel-gauge IC solutions for several battery systems. He currently specializes in battery characterization and algorithm development and has a strong track record of driving innovation through patented technologies and enabling successful battery system deployments, which includes education and training across the globe.