Summary
Shotaro Suzuki is an experienced DevRel and cloud AI strategist who currently leads AI & Data integration and evangelism at FPT Japan while advising Japan’s National Printing Bureau on digital and information security strategy. With a 13-year tenure as a Microsoft Technical Evangelist and senior roles across Dell, Accenture, Elastic, VMware and Broadcom, he blends deep developer-facing technical storytelling (.NET, C#, Azure, multi-cloud) with hands-on solution architecture and pre-sales execution. He has driven government digital transformation as an executive advisor to the Cabinet Secretariat and Digital Agency, uniquely bridging public-sector policy and commercial cloud adoption. A longtime educator and organizer—vice chair of the AI-Driven Development Consortium and host of related study groups—he combines certifications (MCT, Google Cloud partner certifications) with pragmatic partnerships, including strategic AI GPU collaborations with NVIDIA. Less obvious is his dual rhythm of high-level policy influence and grassroots developer outreach, enabling him to translate national-scale requirements into adoptable developer solutions.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
LL.B, Law, LL.B, Law at Sophia University