Naoki Kato is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in technical instruction and training within the information technology sector. Currently serving as a Senior Technical Instructor at Snowflake since September 2021, Kato has previously held positions as a Technical Trainer at Amazon Web Services from September 2019 to September 2021, and various roles at Oracle Japan from July 2007 to September 2019, including Senior Principal Instructor and Principal Consultant. Earlier in their career, Kato worked at Yahoo! JAPAN as a Manager and Engineer of the Database Administration Team, and held multiple technical support and engineering roles at Oracle Japan from 1996 to 2004. Kato holds a Master's degree in Information Systems from the University of Electro-Communications and a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from the same institution.