Summary
Ry Van Veluwen is a Tokyo-based Product Lead with 11 years of experience shaping e-commerce and fintech products across startups and large platforms, currently leading product at ZAIKO. He combines lean, modern product management practices with a strong appreciation for design and community-building—he coordinates Product Tank Tokyo and is active in local product meetups. His background spans product roles at Paidy, Rakuten, The Plant, and Neto eCommerce, giving him deep expertise in customer-focused roadmap delivery and merchant-facing systems. Known for blending pragmatic decision-making with a designer’s attention to detail, he also brings a creative eye from photography and writing, and a knack for uncovering Tokyo’s best underground spots.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
English, Japanese