Shoma Nishikawa
Principal at FTV Capital
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShoma Nishikawa is a Principal and technical manager in New York City with 11 years of experience building innovative digital and physical products that blend creative design with robust engineering. Born in Tokyo and raised in Manhattan, he combines an international perspective with an Ivy League education from Brown and a lifelong passion for programming that began at age 10. He has led cross-disciplinary teams at agencies and in-house technology groups—shaping data, internal platforms, and experiential products at firms like Code and Theory and FTV Capital. A hands-on programmer at heart, Shoma moves fluidly between prototyping novel interactive experiences and scaling pragmatic internal systems. He is particularly skilled at translating experimental technology into polished client-facing work and operational tooling, with a portfolio that showcases both web and real-world installations. Based in NYC, he is known for bringing together designers, engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver memorable, technically sound experiences.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The Dalton SchoolBrown University
Japanese, English
Github Skills (64)
instagram10
selenium10
script10
localhost9
clarifai9
python9
jsforce9
salesforce-api9
salesforce9
api8
automation8
chrome8
scaffolding8
nodejs7
solidity7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
shomanishikawa/dotfiles
Apr 2016 - Oct 2019
vim, zsh, git, homebrew, nvm, nginx, neovim - my whole world
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 3 years 6 months
nginxvimtmuxneovimasdf
shomanishikawa/react-webpack-boilerplate
Dec 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:17 commits, 15 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
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