Kiwako Sakamoto
Freelancer Sabbatical
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolKiwako Sakamoto is a data scientist with 12 years of experience applying big data and responsible data practices to public-sector and international development projects. She has led institutional partnerships and risk advisory for data products at large organizations like the World Bank and served in leadership and advisory roles at Mozilla, Signal Technology Foundation, and data.org. Comfortable bridging research and operational delivery, she combines technical acumen in data engineering and modeling with a strong sense for how projects succeed or fail in complex institutional settings. Often working at the intersection of technology, policy, and culture, she has collaborated with artists and participated in hacker communities since 2014, bringing creative instincts to technical problems. Currently on sabbatical and not seeking commercial roles, she continues to consult and pursue interdisciplinary exploration from Tokyo.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Economics, cum laude, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Economics, cum laude at University of Oregon
Github Skills (33)
ado9
stata9
satellite-images8
earth7
satellite7
noaa6
corona6
python5
displays5
machine-learning4
api3
bank3
java2
finance2
data-collection2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
pythagoraswitch/pythagoraswitch.github.io
Apr 2015 - Aug 2019
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
koenji-bangaichi/koenji-bangaichi.github.io
Aug 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:11 PRs, 76 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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