• Establishing and leading the Japan branch (R&D, community management, business development, sales, etc.); grew the team to 15 people (Nov 2023)• Leading teams building generative image models, video models, vision-language models, LLMs, a multimodal AI assistant (https://stability.ai/stable-assistant) etc., some reflecting Japanese language and culture, including the best-performing open Japanese LLM (as of Nov 2023); dabbled in fine-tuning of 3D generative models• Successfully applied to receive the GOOD DESIGN AWARD - Best 100 for Stable Diffusion XL• Executed on marketing campaigns with Honda (Japan Mobility Show) and Asahi Beer using our AI models (https://ja.stability.ai/blog/japan-mobility-show-2023stable-image-api)• Exercising thought leadership on GenAI, including numerous appearances in TV, news, and keynote speeches at major events

Investing in and advising various startups; most are related to GenAI and/or Web3, and most are Japan-related.

• Led machine learning initiatives to improve matching of jobseekers to jobs

• managed data scientists across multiple teams• led and co-implemented novel deep learning-based approach to recommendation

Provide strategic and technical advice for the growth of MTIC, a startup focused on scalably connecting foreigners to jobs in Japan.

• Use analytics to support the growth of SmartNews (achieved 10M MAU in 2018 with growth accelerated to high double-digits; became the biggest media app made by a Japanese startup)• Built the data science team from scratch (convinced management, defined team vision and responsibilities, wrote job descriptions and tests, then hired and trained a diverse group of data scientists covering product, content, marketing, and ad sales)• Built end-to-end machine learning pipeline to automatically predict user lifetime value using various AWS components including SageMaker• Revamped and redefined the most fundamental and official company-wide KPIs to use as goals, then led the necessary data engineering to implement and surface these KPIs• Modeled potential impact on KPIs of product ideas, contributing to the green-lighting of at least 1 very major product launch• Drove big improvements in the company's databases by creating and leading the Data Tables Task Force• Trained engineers on the use of Airflow (data workflow/pipeline tool) and promoted its use internally • Coded and packaged various productivity tools for analytics and data engineering using mostly Python and bash scripts

Mentor tech startups as part of the Google for Startups Accelerator program (previously known as Launchpad Accelerator).

• Leveraged data science tools (R, Python, SQL, Spark) for analysis and reporting to inform game design and marketing decisions • Worked directly in dev teams for Clash Royale and Clash of Clans (which accounted for most of the 100M+ global DAU) • Advised company leadership on global market prioritization, talent allocation, and the approach to game operation• Applied machine learning to predict churn (including feature engineering)• Built automated analysis and visualization tool for in-game event metrics; deployed across multiple games• Estimated ROI of online and offline ads using statistical tools• Deployed batch jobs to servers on AWS (EC2, EMR, etc.)

• APAC scope• Analyze revenue and other metrics for Google Play (apps/games, video, music, books) and Android• Model ROI for new first-of-a-kind initiatives (incl. marketing) to drive Play revenue and Android sales share• Model revenue and profitability of Chrome browser distribution deals and Search traffic referral deals • Develop competitive strategies in the mobile space• Served as advisor/judge in Google-sponsored startup pitch event

Analyzed revenue (mainly advertising revenue) and other metrics in order to present reports and strategic recommendations to senior executives for tracking and exploiting revenue opportunities. Contributed to global thought leadership on data analyses and driving mobile ad metrics.

Case: high-level strategy for telecom company

• Established and managed a world equities proprietary trading company, focusing on Canadian, American, and Japanese stock markets.• Purchased, setup, and maintained IT equipment and software for 22 workstations.• Recruited/trained over 30 employees. Created presentations to introduce financial concepts and held regular 1-on-1 meetings.• Analyzed historical trade performance and new trade ideas. Conducted historical backtesting of trade strategies using excel and software packages such as Trade Ideas and Ninjatrader.• Operationally profitable since the second month of trading with stably increasing profits since.• Fulfilled government requirements for establishing and maintaining a Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise.• Successfully sold the firm to a competitor

• Traded Japanese credit default swaps, corporate/government bonds, and interest rate swaps. • Priced advanced instruments, e.g. amortized credit default swaps, and synthetic CDOs.• Constructed and optimized excel spreadsheets using databases and tools from Bloomberg, Reuters, Markit, and various internal software packages. • Analyzed financial statements of Japanese companies to estimate probability of default.• Coordinated hiring and function of IT staff. Delegated development tasks to IT team members.• Parsed complex legal documents in English and Japanese to find potential risks.• Spent 2 months each in Hong Kong and London.

8-week rotation internship in Equities, including Research, Sales, and Trading