Koichi Akamatsu

Koichi Akamatsu has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. Koichi is currently working at Sony Interactive Entertainment as a Senior Software Manager since May 2018. Prior to that, they spent several years at Shopee, where they served as a Principal Engineer from July 2012 to December 2017. During their tenure at Shopee, they were responsible for building the recommendation system from scratch and collaborating with ML researchers and engineers on ML algorithms and architecture. Before joining Shopee, Koichi was an Expert Software Engineer at the same company from May 2007 to June 2012.

Before their time at Shopee, Koichi co-founded Tapi Data Solutions and served as the CTO from May 2004 to February 2007. In this role, they collected business requirements from clients, designed solution architecture, and led technical development.

Koichi began their career as a Software Developer at the National University of Singapore in April 2002. Their notable accomplishment during this time was developing the first prototype of a Firefox plugin that could translate between English and Chinese and recommend contextual meanings of phrases.

Overall, Koichi Akamatsu has a solid background in software engineering, ML algorithms, recommendation systems, and technical leadership.

Koichi Akamatsu holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore, although the specific duration of their education is unspecified.