Yasushi Okue
Country Manager Executive Officer at Buyandship
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolYasushi Okue is an experienced country manager and commercial leader with 14 years in IT and 11 years running country operations across e-commerce, online advertising and media. He has scaled teams up to 100 people, launched businesses from scratch (AOL, Jupiter) and driven repeatable revenue growth through strategic shifts from volume to quality. Recent wins include rapid customer acquisition for restaurant DX products, hiring senior talent from Amazon/Shopify/Delivery Hero, and leading sales PMI and unit-economics projects at Delivery Hero that materially improved ROI. He pairs operator instincts with a product-aware mindset, contributing hands-on to back-end engineering work in notable open-source projects such as LINE’s Python and Java SDKs and the Armeria microservice framework. Comfortable owning P&L and cross-functional integrations, he’s known for turning M&A complexity and operational friction into measurable commercial outcomes. Based in Chiyoda, Japan, he blends startup-speed execution with large-enterprise discipline to connect global marketplaces and local merchants.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
University of Oregon, School of LawBA, American Studies, BA, American Studies at University of Hawaii at Manoa
English, Japanese
Github Skills (17)
python10
apidoc10
testing10
http10
java10
javas10
rpc10
api10
sdk10
oauth10
grpc10
netty9
spring9
kotlin9
microservices-application9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
line/line-bot-sdk-python
Jun 2019 - Sep 2020
LINE Messaging API SDK for Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 13 reviews, 58 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Yasushi primarily focused on enhancing the LINE Messaging API SDK for Python. Their work included addressing deprecated features, such as modifying the text property of the Postback action, and fixing code examples. They also implemented OAuth support, adding the functionality for issuing and revoking channel access tokens. Furthermore, the user contributed to the library by integrating new components, like the ContentProvider field, and adding necessary tests.
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line/line-bot-sdk-java
Nov 2019 - Feb 2020
LINE Messaging API SDK for Java
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 15 PRs, 1 push in 3 months
Contributions summary:Yasushi primarily contributed to the Java SDK for the LINE Messaging API. Their work involved implementing support for new features related to Line Things Scenario Result Events, including the addition of new types and tests. They also made improvements to existing code, fixing checkstyle issues and refactoring code. These changes demonstrate a focus on extending the SDK's capabilities and ensuring its quality through testing and code style compliance.
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