Summary
Koji Hatanaka is a seasoned enterprise solutions architect with 8 years of focused experience and a 20+ year technology career spanning embedded software, cloud, and startup leadership. Currently a Sr. Enterprise Solutions Architect for Alexa at Amazon in Chiyoda, Japan, he blends hands-on engineering insights from early roles at Microsoft with field-facing product integration experience from Gyrfalcon’s edge AI and cloud consulting at HPE. He founded and led a mobile SaaS startup for construction firms, giving him practical product and go-to-market experience alongside technical depth. Koji’s background includes designing global text-input features and East Asian localization for Microsoft products, reflecting a strong grasp of internationalization and user-facing systems. He holds an MBA and technical degrees from Japanese institutions, positioning him to bridge technical strategy and business outcomes. Notably, he moves comfortably between chip-to-cloud integration and enterprise cloud-native architectures, making him effective at translating complex technical capabilities into deployable customer solutions.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Sciense, Computer Sciense at 神戸大学
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at 同志社大学
Associate degree of Electricity, Electricity, Associate degree of Electricity, Electricity at Kobe City College of Technology
Japanese, English, Chinese