Summary
Ken Akutsu is a Principal with 11 years of hands-on experience leading IT transformation and application implementation projects across finance (including core banking and credit card), retail, and manufacturing. He combines strong project and PMO leadership with deep domain knowledge in finance and accounting—backed by USCPA exam passes and certifications in Oracle, Microsoft, Cisco, and IT engineering. Ken has driven large-scale Oracle Fusion Cloud and lending system rollouts, acted as the bridge between business stakeholders and offshore delivery teams, and repeatedly led BPR and BI initiatives that align IT strategy with commercial goals. Fluent in English and native Japanese, he regularly operates at the intersection of global vendors and Japanese clients, accelerating market entry and localization efforts. A practical technologist from early Solaris/Java and BI work to contemporary cloud implementations, he brings rare continuity from low-level system builds to strategic IT governance.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Laws, Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Laws at Chuo University
Finance Accounting, Achieved 24 accounting credits, Finance Accounting, Achieved 24 accounting credits at Bradley University
Japanese, English