Hal Amano Email & Phone Number

Tokyo, Jp

Tokyo, Japan

As the Manager of Growth Platform Frontend Web and Mobile Client teams at Mercari, Inc. and Merpay, I manage a team of nine (9) engineers across two teams, with the goal of maximizing team performance. I do this by improving processes and maintain an environment of psychological safety. My teams are responsible for creating and maintaining tools and standards that accelerate growth, which enhances customer engagement and business growth. In addition to my managerial duties, I also collaborate with cross-functional teams as an incident management administrator. In this role, I ensure the smooth operation of services and minimize downtime.

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

As an experienced software development manager, I led diverse teams of software engineers, building strong relationships with stakeholders, and successfully delivering features for the Rakuten Kobo Mobile Reading App. My expertise includes managing budgets and process improvements, ensuring comprehensive system designs, and setting up and maintaining development team pipelines. Moreover, I facilitated hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and career development for my team members.

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Built new features and maintained the Kobo Android Reading application for Japan. Worked as team lead from January 2017.

Developed and maintained the Kobo Desktop Application (cross-platform application built using Qt, running on Windows, MacOS, and Linux) and on-device application software for Kobo's E-ink ebook readers.

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

- Developed Windows desktop software using Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)- Designed and developed graphical user interfaces for mobile EPD (electrophoretic display) devices running Linux using Qt- Developed prototypes for and presented new product proposals to customers- Developed firmware components and Windows drivers for laser printers running VxWorks and Embedded Linux

- IPMI specialist for all locally-developed server blades.- Developed system management firmware using C for ATCA, μTCA, CPCI, and custom-built server blades built primarily for the telecommunications industry.- Developed test code in IPMI firmware and scripts in Linux for hardware verification.- Led a group of software engineers in developing software (IPMI, BIOS, Linux BSP) for a VPX server blade.- Maintained legacy server blades running VxWorks.- Set up and administered the firmware group’s version control system.- Created web interfaces for Emerson System Management Software using Adobe/Apache Flex

- Designed and developed firmware components, designed the web and physical user interface for a Zigbee-based home automation network.- Created operating system drivers and other components for embedded systems using C in Linux and systems without an operating system (bare metal).- Led a team and developed test software for a Wifi driver porting project the Marvell 8686 module.- Created firmware for communication with electric meters using the Device Language Message Specification (DLMS) protocol.- Worked as a test engineer for a smart camera and electronic whiteboard product