Makoto Koike
シニアマネージャー at Sony Intellectual Property Services Corporation
Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolMakoto Koike is a senior manager and strategic leader within Sony’s IP Incubation & Investment organization, with over a decade of experience incubating and commercializing technologies spanning cybersecurity, blockchain, IoT service layers, MaaS and novel materials like Triporous. He has held cross-disciplinary roles from corporate strategy and business development to hands-on IP work in consumer electronics (NFC/FeliCa, application processors, optical disc standards) and international postings in China, Singapore and India. Known as a tinkerer on GitHub, he blends technical curiosity with deal-making and ecosystem-building, frequently bridging R&D, standards, and commercialization. His background in electronic engineering and bioelectronics (Master’s, Tohoku University) underpins a pattern of translating deep technical knowledge into new business ventures and strategic partnerships.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s degree of electronic engineering, Bioelectronics, Master’s degree of electronic engineering, Bioelectronics at 東北大学Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
makoike/SparkFun_AS7265x_Python_Lib
Apr 2020 - Mar 2025
An Python library for the trifecta of spectral sensors covering 18 discrete wavelengths from NIR to UV.
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
workpiles/cicrops
Sep 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:14 commits, 2 pushes in 10 months
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