Akira Yoshiyama is a Principal Software Engineer at NEC with over two decades of Linux and open-source experience, having contributed to GNU libc internationalization and helped build the Japanese Debian installer in the project's early days. He has a long NEC tenure progressing from staff to principal roles and was named an OpenStack Ambassador, reflecting deep involvement in cloud and OSS communities. Trained with a master's in intelligent information engineering from Kobe University, he blends academic rigor with practical systems troubleshooting and development. Known for low-level Linux expertise and internationalization work, he quietly shapes infrastructure reliability and developer tooling across large-scale enterprise projects.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
修士, 理学部情報知能専攻, 修士, 理学部情報知能専攻 at 神戸大学
Master's degree, Department of Intelligent Information Engineering, Graduate School of Science, Master's degree, Department of Intelligent Information Engineering, Graduate School of Science at Kobe University
Contributions:3 PRs, 70 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 2 months
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Akira_ Yoshiyama - Principal Software Engineer at NEC Corporation