Atsushi Takayama

After studying physics at universities in the UK and Canada, Atsushi joined Pixiv Inc. in 2012 where, as a server-side engineer, he worked as a team lead and was responsible for the launch of new projects. He was later Pixiv's CTO between December 2016 and December 2019, during which time he spearheaded the development of the company's engineer evaluation system.