Summary
Shimpei Matsuura is a spatial data and web GIS leader with 13 years of hands-on experience building location-based Web APIs, IoT integrations, and real-time GIS systems using both open source and proprietary stacks. Currently directing the Spatial Data Solutions Department at GO Drive Inc., he blends deep backend skills (Python, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Elasticsearch) with production middleware and GIS tooling expertise (GeoServer, GDAL, ArcGIS Enterprise). His career spans telecom, autonomous driving, and product specialist roles at SoftBank, SB Drive, and Esri Japan, showing an ability to translate complex geospatial requirements into scalable, operational services. A longtime contributor to Japan’s OSGeo community and an engineer comfortable across Linux/Windows, Shimpei brings institutional knowledge of enterprise geodatabases, streaming GeoEvent workflows, and high-availability deployments. Notably, he combines environmental engineering training from Tokyo Tech and Keio with pragmatic system design—bridging domain science and production GIS at scale.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Environmental Studies, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Environmental Studies at Tokyo Institute of Technology
Bachelor's degree, Environmental Studies, Bachelor's degree, Environmental Studies at Keio University