Yoshihito Takashima

Yoshihito Takashima has a wealth of experience in the technology industry. Yoshihito is currently serving as the Vice President of Software and Corporate Officer at TIER IV since May 2022. Prior to this role, they worked at Amazon from 2019 to 2022, where they held multiple positions including Software Development Manager, Senior Software Engineer, and Software Engineer 2. At Amazon, they managed a team of 11 and was responsible for features related to Amazon Points and promotions for the Japan market. Yoshihito also drove design decisions and investigations for the Amazon Luna cloud gaming infrastructure team.

Before their time at Amazon, Yoshihito worked at Microsoft for over a decade. Yoshihito held various roles including Senior Software Engineer, where they worked on data models and rendering services for a content management and hosting service. Yoshihito also developed power management APIs and infrastructure for the Windows Shell and worked on projects such as Skype for Business and the Education Connector service.

Throughout their career, Yoshihito has demonstrated expertise in software development, design, and debugging activities. Yoshihito has a strong background in both backend and frontend development and has contributed to the success of several high-profile projects in the technology industry.

Yoshihito Takashima completed their Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering, Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2005. Yoshihito then pursued a Master of Science in Engineering degree in Computer Information Science at the same university from 2005 to 2006. Prior to their undergraduate studies, they attended Yokohama National University from 2000 to 2002, where they studied Computer Engineering. Additionally, in 2001, they briefly attended UC Irvine, where they focused on Computer Science and Mathematics.