Utsumi 玄
Director - Sales And Business Development - Asia Pacific at Almata
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolUtsumi 玄 is a seasoned technology and business development leader with over 20 years connecting innovative companies across finance, cyber security, travel, quantum computing, smart buildings and Web3 in the Asia Pacific region. Currently directing APAC sales for smartTrade while leading and advising multiple startups (including founding roles at AsiaYo and SilkRoaD) he blends deep technical roots from a Carnegie Mellon CS degree with commercial acumen. He has repeatedly launched 0→1 market entries in Japan—bringing FIX protocol trading tech, virtual data rooms, and cloud-adjacent data centers to local institutions—and scales partnerships with tier‑1 clients. Known for pursuing opportunities driven by curiosity and human chemistry rather than sector labels, he prefers deals born of inspiration and remarkable encounters. Fluent in both startup scrappiness and enterprise sales cycles, he operates at the intersection of product strategy, technical integration and trusted relationships. A Tokyo-based connector, he quietly amplifies impact by pairing niche technical offerings with pragmatic go-to-market execution.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, French
Github Skills (6)
oanda9
rest-api-documentation7
api-documentation6
api6
rest-api6
rest6
Github contributions (1)
oanda/apidocs
May 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:10 commits, 1 push in 8 months
apiapi-documentationrest-api-documentationoandarest
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