Summary
Kengo Sato is a Senior HR and talent acquisition leader based in Tokyo with about a decade of experience recruiting and managing technical teams across adtech, AI, and robotics sectors. He began in ad network operations and marketing at CyberAgent, then specialized in hiring researchers and engineers in NLP, ML, CG, HCI and CV, later scaling recruitment functions at ExaWizards where he built systems, budgets, and small engineering tools in Python/GAS. Recently he has held multiple senior HR roles and founded Tarakte, demonstrating entrepreneurial drive alongside hands-on recruiting. Known for recruiting through deep technical reading of papers and direct outreach, he has a track record of hiring large numbers of high-caliber engineers and designers. His background in psychology and brief data-science internship give him an analytical, human-centered approach to sourcing technical talent. Despite limited public GitHub activity, he maintains a small open-source interest (RapidCopy/shotlist) that hints at continued developer curiosity.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
学士, PSYCHOLOGY, 学士, PSYCHOLOGY at 筑波大学
Japanese, Chinese