Summary
Sutton Yamanashi is a seasoned technology leader and dual CTO/CISO with over two decades of full‑stack web development and 13+ years in senior engineering roles, known for turning complex business domains into user-focused SaaS and enterprise applications. He combines hands‑on expertise in Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, Go and Google Cloud with a track record of leading cross‑functional and offshore teams to deliver large single‑page apps and data‑driven platforms, including the fAST IP patent analytics product. Sutton has repeatedly bridged executive strategy and product execution—pitching major re‑engineering efforts, recruiting the right talent, and driving projects from concept to beta with stakeholders at IBM, Google and other Fortune clients. A pragmatic coach who completed Situational Leadership® training and management curricula, he emphasizes team empowerment, product vision, and engineering discipline such as unit testing and CI. Unusually, his background spans environmental science and competitive Taekwondo coaching, reflecting a data‑driven mindset and a disciplined, performance‑oriented approach to leadership.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Post-graduate studies in Chemical Engineering, Post-graduate studies in Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University
Japanese, Japanese at Kwansei Gakuin University
B.S.P.H. Environmental Science, B.S.P.H. Environmental Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Japanese, English