Summary
Kenichiro Fukushima is a civic-minded tech entrepreneur and engineer with over a decade of experience building smartphone apps, enterprise systems, and voice/language research from development through operations. As Co-Founder and CEO of a Kanazawa-based app studio and founder of Code for Kanazawa, he blends product invention with civic tech to tackle local public-sector and healthcare challenges using open data. His background as an IT architect and mid-size office systems administrator gives him practical end-to-end skills across servers, networks, and project management, while he also teaches IT and design thinking at multiple institutions. Notably, he moved from corporate R&D in speech and language processing into founding regionally impactful ventures, demonstrating a rare mix of academic training (JAIST) and grassroots community leadership.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Computer Science, Information Technology, Master of Computer Science, Information Technology at 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学 / Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology at 富山大学 / University of Toyama