Takumi Sakamoto

Takumi Sakamoto has a strong background in engineering and technology, with a focus on data-driven decision-making and digital marketing. Takumi is currently serving as the Director of Engineering at dotData, where they lead a team of over 60 engineers across multiple development sites. Prior to this, Takumi worked as a Senior Software Engineer at dotData, contributing to various projects and assuming roles such as technical product manager, technical support team manager, solution architect, product document writer, and platform software engineer. Takumi also achieved recognition for their work, including receiving the AWS APN Machine Learning Competency and being awarded Partner of the Year in 2019.

Before joining dotData, Takumi served as the VP of Engineering at Kaizen Platform, a crowd-sourcing platform in the digital marketing industry. In this role, they led the engineering team and oversaw product development, prioritizing engineering-related issues and supporting the team in achieving business outcomes. Takumi also held the position of Product Manager at Kaizen Platform, where they conducted market research, user interviews, and collaborated with various divisions to define product requirements and implement incremental feature releases.

Takumi's early experience includes working as a Site Reliability Engineer at SmartNews, a news discovery app with millions of global users. Takumi played a crucial role in addressing critical backend infrastructure challenges and improving scalability and stability.

Furthermore, Takumi worked as an Infrastructure Engineer at DeNA, a leading mobile social gaming service provider. Takumi played a vital role in ensuring optimal performance and stability for the company's services, including executing a large-scale data center migration project.

Overall, Takumi Sakamoto has a diverse work experience, showcasing their technical expertise, leadership skills, and ability to drive successful outcomes in various technology-driven companies.

Takumi Sakamoto pursued their education at Keio University, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Information and Computer Science from 2006 to 2010. Following this, they continued their education at Keio University and obtained a Master's degree in Computer Science from 2010 to 2012. Additionally, Takumi Sakamoto acquired two certifications from Amazon Web Services (AWS) - the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional in July 2019 and the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate in June 2019.