(If you are looking for a brief bio/introduction to be used for conferences, publications, etc, please look here)
I have been working as an engineer/programmer since 2000, hacking in Perl, C, and (lately) Go for most of that time. I now live in Tokyo, Japan, but have lived in Portugal, Brasil, and US for about half of my life. Previously I worked at NetApp where I worked on testing NetCache and NetApp Filers. In 2004 I expatriated to Japan, and joined Livedoor Inc, where I worked on anything including search engines, credit card transaction systems, and many web applications.
I briefly wrote Java for Lehman Brothers, then worked as a freelancer with Brazil Inc. for a while. Then I started my own company where I built various systems, while also acquiring a lot of business experience (many of which are favorite beer-time stories)
In 2009 I became the main organizer for YAPC::Asia Tokyo, which is the largest YAPC in the world with more than 1100 attendees. In 2013, I declared my retirement as the organizer. During this time I established Japan Perl Association where I have been working as the Head Director. I have also been editor to the article series Perl Hackers Hub on WEB+DB PRESS since 2011.
In 2010 I re-joined Livedoor Inc, which has since been acquired by LINE, where I have been working on authentication systems, credit card transaction systems (again), livedoorBlog (Japan's largest blogging service), STF (a distributed object storage).
In 2011 I received the White Camel Award
Since 2013, I have been exploring the world of Go, working on projects like jwx amd peco
Since 2014, I have been part of the Perl Foundation Grants Committee Member, but have since resigned.
In 2015, I briefly worked Peatix, then joined HDE, Inc, and organized YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2015, gathering 2130 people at Tokyo Bigsight.
Since 2016, I have been working on builderscon, which is an effort aimed at polyglot and polytech topics, with focus on distributed conference organization/execution and sustainability of the supporting communities
Since 2010, I have been an editor/advisor to serial installments of Per Hacker's Hub on WEB+DB PRESS, which features guest writers for every episode. Beginning 2017, I now have serial installments of technical articles about Go as well on the same magazine. For the Jun 2017 issue, I wrote a 30 page article about Kubernetes. In 2023 the magazine has stopped publication, but I was involved in both serial installments during the entire time since their beginnings.
Since 2023, I have been contributing articles on 3D pritning on gihyo.jp. I print interesting shapes and mechanical components, and use Autodesk Fusion. I also write Add-Ins for Fusion to aid my design.
During 2019-2024, I worked for Mercari Inc.
I worked for a startup after that, but boy that didn't work out.
check out my my blog, my Github account, and my Twitter account
Name | Role |
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builderscon tokyo 2019 | Organizer |
builderscon tokyo 2018 | Organizer |
builderscon tokyo 2017 | Organizer |
builderscon tokyo 2016 | Organizer |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2015 | Organizer |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2014 | Foreign Relations / Accounting |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2013 | Organizer |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2012 | Organizer |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2011 | Organizer |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2010 | Organizer |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2009 | Organizer |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2008 | Staff |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2007 | Staff |
YAPC::Asia Tokyo 2006 | Staff |