Takao Chiba is an Android engineer with 11 years of experience building consumer and in-vehicle apps across startups and large companies, currently at Mitsui Sumitomo Card in Tokyo. He authored the popular Kotpref Android library and has a strong track record designing app architecture, driving MVVM and CI improvements, and leading projects at companies like Cookpad and Mercari. His open-source contributions include UX-focused improvements to DroidKaigi’s official conference app, highlighting a practical attention to UI interactions and navigation. With a Master’s in Information Science from Hokkaido University, he combines academic rigor with hands-on delivery, and his portfolio and talks reflect a habit of sharing engineering learnings beyond day-to-day work.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Information Science and Technology, Complex network, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Information Science and Technology, Complex network at 北海道大学
The Official Conference App for DroidKaigi 2017 Tokyo
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:21 commits, 10 PRs, 26 comments in 23 days
Contributions summary:Takao primarily focused on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the Android application. Their work included adding page finishing capabilities to the session detail view, which involved modifying the `OverScrollLayout` and `SessionDetailFragment` to implement the dismiss behavior. The user also made minor code improvements, such as refactoring language handling and correcting a typo. These changes centered on improving the application's navigation and UI interactions.
Contributions:42 commits, 1 PR, 28 pushes in 5 years 2 months
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