Toma Itagaki
Founder at South Park Commons
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolToma Itagaki is a founder and neurotech-focused engineer with 14 years of technical and research experience blending neuroscience, electrical engineering, and software. He has led teams and startups (including Lifestack by DeMind) while conducting research at Columbia and the University of Washington, supported by an NSF GRFP during his PhD work. Toma builds end-to-end neurotechnology projects—ranging from EEG labs and fMRI analyses to automated video labeling for brain-controlled prosthetics—using tools like Python, DeepLabCut, and open-source neuroimaging libraries. A storyteller as well as engineer, he hosted Neurotech Daily and wrote interviews that bridge cutting-edge R&D with broader public engagement. Based in New York and active in founder communities like South Park Commons, he’s driven by a long-standing curiosity about scaling human cognition and practical neurotechnologies that let people better understand their own brains.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Tesla STEM High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Neuroscience, Bachelor of Science - BS Neuroscience at University of Washington - College of Arts & SciencesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD (Dropped Out) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Dropped Out) Computer Science at Columbia UniversityIncomplete Electrical Engineering, Incomplete Electrical Engineering at University of Washington College of Engineering
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Github Skills (44)
testing10
maven-plugin10
functional-testing10
java10
plugin10
soap10
soapui10
maven10
soap-client10
integration-testing10
integrate9
cross-platform9
gulp-plugin9
gulp9
npm-install9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
redfish4ktc/soapui
Feb 2013 - Jul 2013
soapUI is a free and open source cross-platform Functional Testing solution.
Contributions:49 commits, 2 branches in 5 months
functional-testingtestingsoapuicross-platform
redfish4ktc/maven-soapui-extension-plugin
Mar 2012 - Aug 2021
This plugin adds new features and bug fixes SmartBear plugins: soapui-pro-maven-plugin and soapui-maven-plugin.
Contributions:577 commits, 8 PRs, 13 pushes in 9 years 6 months
maven-pluginmavenfixessoapui-pronew-features
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