Kenji Negi is a bilingual Japanese-American account executive with 8–10 years of commercial experience driving adtech monetization and channel partnerships across Japan and APAC. He currently leads media sales and DSP/SSP partner activation for Microsoft Advertising while also serving as a Japan culture and D&I lead, blending technical platform knowledge with people-first leadership. Previously he was the first local commercial hire for Xandr in Japan and managed large publisher portfolios at OpenX, giving him rare end-to-end perspective across buy-side and sell-side programmatic ecosystems. His background at Rakuten and HubSpot honed his skills in advertiser growth, cross-border e-commerce, and channel development, with measurable success scaling merchant ad spend and new-market leads. Comfortable navigating Japanese and international business contexts, he combines client-facing sales craft with product-aware technical fluency (interested in JS and C#), making him effective at translating platform capabilities into revenue. An early-career researcher and cross-cultural mentor, he often bridges teams and markets to create strategic opportunities beyond standard account management.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Chicago Futabakai Hoshuko (Saturday School)
BA Economics and International Studies, BA Economics and International Studies at DePaul University
Study Abroad International Relations and International Economics, Study Abroad International Relations and International Economics at Ritsumeikan University
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