Tomoaki Kurata

Tomoaki Kurata serves as the Head of Sales for Squid AI in Japan since February 2025, following a role as Senior Account Executive at Plume Design, Inc. from January 2024 to February 2025. Prior experience includes serving as Regional Director at Zscaler, where zero trust solutions were delivered to major accounts in Japan, and extended tenure at Google from May 2012 to June 2022 in various sales roles, focusing on the public sector, healthcare, and geo business initiatives. Earlier positions include Sales Manager at 国際航業（株） and contributions as Co-Founder of SILIC Inc., with a background in web marketing and retail consulting, alongside a degree from Nihon University from 1995 to 1998.