Masahiro Suzuki
VP, Quant Analyst at Simulacra Inc.
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolMasahiro Suzuki is a VP-level quant analyst based in Tokyo with eight years of experience applying NLP and text-mining to finance. He progressed rapidly through quant roles at Amova Asset Management and earlier engineering positions at Nowcast and Nikko Asset Management, combining research-grade rigor with production engineering skills in Python. With a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo and concurrent research affiliations at Keio and Simulacra, he bridges academic NLP advances and deployable quant strategies. His work focuses on extracting actionable signals from unstructured data, translating language models into portfolio-relevant features. Less obvious: he has balanced industry deployments with academic visiting research roles, suggesting strong publication and collaboration instincts alongside product delivery.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of TokyoSenior High School at Komaba, University of TsukubaJunior High School at Komaba, University of TsukubaFaculty of Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology at Keio University
Github Skills (22)
transformers10
pytorch10
python10
electra10
machine-learning-models10
machine-learning10
inference10
multimodal10
llm10
audio10
deep-learning10
natural-language-processing10
bert10
gemma10
transformer10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
retarfi/jptranstokenizer
Aug 2022 - Mar 2023
Japanese Tokenizer for transformers library
Contributions:12 releases, 46 commits, 93 PRs in 6 months
tokenizernatural-language-processingnlptransformerjapanese
retarfi/economy-watchers-survey
May 2024 - May 2026
Auto uploader for Economy Watchers Survey data
Contributions:51 PRs, 101 pushes, 54 branches in 2 years
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