Daiji Hirata
Representative Director And CEO CTO
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolDaiji Hirata is a seasoned technology executive and engineer with 15 years+ of experience building web services and designing communications protocols, now serving as Representative Director and CEO/CTO of Six Apart. He has blended hands-on engineering—ranging from wireless LAN protocol work at NTT to large-scale web platforms—with strategic leadership across startups and public companies in Japan and the US. A generalist by trade, he has launched new businesses, led corporate technology strategy, and steered boards through growth stages, including venture investment and PR-focused firms. His long tenure at Six Apart, through roles from CTO to CEO, reflects deep product and localization expertise in blogging platforms such as Movable Type. Equally comfortable in code and the boardroom, he brings an uncommon combination of protocol-level technical depth and experience in investor relations and corporate communications.
15 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Electrical Engineering, Master, Electrical Engineering at Osaka University Graduate SchoolBachelor, Electrical Enginnering, Bachelor, Electrical Enginnering at Osaka University
Github Skills (20)
movable10
validation8
mvc-framework7
cakephp7
rapid-development7
php7
rest-api7
rapid6
mvc6
nette6
form-builder6
keep-alive5
grav-plugin5
orm5
psr-75
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
movabletype/mt-plugin-facebook-instantarticle
Apr 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
news2u/cakephp-social-sign-in
May 2012 - May 2012
Contributions:4 commits in 1 day
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