Hajime Hirose

Hajime Hirose has a diverse work experience spanning from 2008 to 2022. Hajime began their career in 2008 as the Vice President of Business Development, Managing Director of the UK office at VanceInfo. Hajime then went on to become the Senior Director of VanceInfo before joining Milog Inc. as the Chief Operating Officer in 2011. In 2012, they co-founded and became the CEO of BuzzElement, which was acquired in 2017. In 2017, they co-founded and became the CEO of Augmented Analytics Sdn. Bhd., which was also acquired in 2018. Hajime then joined Ptmind as the Senior Vice President, Head of Japan + APAC operations in 2017. In 2018, they became a Mentor at Google Launchpad Accelerators. From 2019 to 2022, they have held various roles such as CEO of Alphaus, Inc., Angel Investor at EQIQ K.K., and Startup Mentor at Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp.

Hajime Hirose attended Seattle University from 1996 to 1998. Hajime has obtained several certifications, including FOCP: FinOps Certified Practitioner from The Linux Foundation in April 2022, Using Python for Automation from LinkedIn in July 2020, Accounting Foundations: Budgeting from LinkedIn in July 2018, and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in September 2020.