Francisco Soares
Special Advisor at Shibuya City
Kawasaki, Japan
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Top SchoolFrancisco Soares is a seasoned software engineer and founder with 16 years of experience helping Japanese enterprises adopt and scale AI, currently serving as Special Advisor to Shibuya City and Head of Client Solutions and AI Innovation at Ichizoku. As founder and CEO of Furious Green, a Google Cloud Partner, he designs and delivers hands-on AI/ML training and implementation for clients like Adidas Japan, Kyodo PR, and Trial Holdings, translating research-grade NLP expertise from his NAIST master's into practical corporate adoption. He has led engineering organizations of 40+ people, supported 50+ enterprise accounts, and built products end-to-end across Google, CyberAgent, Cookpad, and multiple startups. A community builder as well as a technologist, he founded Tokyo Startup Lunchclub (1,500+ members) and helps integrate founders into local ecosystems in Tokyo and Shibuya. Comfortable from low-level systems to cloud ML stacks, he blends product strategy, engineering leadership, and hands-on development—plus a penchant for salsa dancing and community-led learning that keeps his approach pragmatic and human-centered.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MEng, Natural Language Processing, MEng, Natural Language Processing at Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Ceará
English, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese
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Github Skills (54)
cli10
chatgpt9
deploying9
python9
machine-learning9
command-line9
android9
golang9
sonnet9
go9
deep-learning9
arraylist9
openai9
database9
anthropic9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
learnalgorithms/datastructures
Apr 2012 - Mar 2021
Contributions:2 reviews, 17 commits, 4 PRs in 9 years
dallarosa/plist2ota
Oct 2012 - May 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 1 push in 7 years 8 months
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