Summary
Takayuki Otsuka is a seasoned business development leader with 11+ years guiding international startups into Japan and a two-decade-plus career spanning product marketing, carrier sales, and partner ecosystems at Nokia, Microsoft, and Apple. As Director at Geodesic Capital he has facilitated strategic market entry and long-term partnerships for companies including Databricks, Figma, UiPath and Uber, combining deep local market insight with global tech networks. He also founds and leads initiatives (SIP) and serves in leadership for Japan’s music technology association, reflecting a rare blend of corporate GTM experience and civic STEAM advocacy. Academically anchored by an MBA from Waseda and ongoing PhD work at Tokyo Tech, he brings both strategic rigor and technical curiosity to cross-sector innovation projects.
11 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D Candidate, Ph.D Candidate at 東京工業大学
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Chiba Institute of Technology
MBA, MBA at Waseda University
Visiting research student for BE thesis, Visiting research student for BE thesis at 東京大学
Japanese, English