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About me
I am Hayato Waki, a product manager and an engineer from Japan. I have
experience in managing projects and developing products with agility.
I founded multiple companies previously.
Engineering
85%
Project Management
80%
Business Development
60%
Click
here
to see my passion for Neurotech.🔥
Experiences
Education
B.S. Computer Science
at Univeristy of Tsukuba
at Univeristy of Tsukuba
Tsukuba/Japan, Apr 2017 - Mar 2022
Conducted a research project in BCI.
Founded a volunteer group for international students.
Founded a volunteer group for international students.
B.S. Computer Science
at San Francisco State University
at San Francisco State University
SanFrancisco/U.S., Aug 2019 - May 2020
Exchange program.
A member of Japanese Students Association.
A member of Japanese Students Association.
Work
2018
Tokyo/Japan, Aug 2018
・Research on potential needs in the agriculture industry and build a new business idea in a team.
・Pitch our idea.
Tokyo/Japan, Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
・Build an automated mail system connected with Google spreadsheet by using GAS.
・Build an automated marketing analytics tool for finding potential customers.
2019
Tokyo/Japan, Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
・Develop web applications agilely using Vue.js and Laravel in a team.
・Execute as a test engineer along with app requirements.
Tokyo/Japan, Aug 2019
・Research on technologies and communities which Microsoft has.
・Create a business idea(Education service) from the perspective of the company vision and monetization.
・Execute prototyping design of the service by Figma.
San Francisco/U.S., Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
・Build the deployment environment for DevOps by connecting with Github and AWS.
・Develop the websites using PHP with backend system by Zapier.
・Create original tools for office system improvement by using Node.js with APIs.
2020
Tsukuba/Japan, Jul 2019 - Oct 2020
・Direct software design and specs, including web, mobile, and desktop-native applications.
・Define specs with user feedback, and execute prototyping design, and develop applications.
・Acquire 1.5K MAU for the COVID-19 app and 30 early-adaptors / teams for multiple apps with business strategies.
・Host the engineering community in the university with 50 + developers.
Tokyo/Japan, Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
・Improve features and fix bugs in the app using Ruby on Rails
2021
San Francisco/U.S., Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
・Develop and execute all development systems such as infrastructure, database architecture, front/ back-end, and analytics.
・Analyze data and user behaviors, and get 20 % more app-open counts per retaining user by implementing features.
・Success with fund-raising $300K for pre-seed, and also with getting 100 supporters by crowd-funding.
2022
Tokyo/Japan, July 2021 - April 2022
・Create specifications of multiple products in the AI agent project.
・Operate development for apps and algorithms.
2023
Remote, May 2021 - Present
・Direct the team and manage tasks.
・Interview founders and researchers who stand the frontier in neurotech space.
・Write articles(interviews, trends).
・Research the market in the space and create original reports
Denmark, November 2021 - November 2023
Frontend engineer for the 'Predict' app.
・Implement new features.
・Write e2e/integration test code.
Skills
General
Leadership, Time management, Entrepreneurship, Communication,
Problem-solving, Fluent-English/Japanese
Frontend
Vue.js/Nuxt.js, React.js/Next.js, Flutter, Typescript. HTML5/CSS3,
React Native
Backend
Node.js, Nest.js, Express.js, Ruby on Rails,
DataScience
Python, Matlab, R
Infrastructure
AWS(EC2, Codedeploy, Lambda,etc), GCP(Firebase)
Others
Java, C++(Arduino), C(Operating System), Git, Docker, Adobe XD,
illustrator, Cypress, Jest
Recent Works
Projects
Develop
Neurotech
Events/Communities
BCI research project (University)
An individual research project of Emotional BCI in the univeristy. Clarified relationship between P300 and emotions.
"Here" (Startup)
We(Here Labs,Inc) launched 'Here', a voice/video communication app for couples.
"Funbrella" (University)
A team project at Univ of Tsukuba. We developed `Funbrella`,the umbrella that projects a screen of your smartphone, and also launched the game using with 'Funbrella'
"GatorTrader" (University)
A team project at SFSU. We developed 'GatorTrader',C2C EC site for SFSU students.
"paroli" (Startup)
We(Feedal,Inc) launched 'paroli', a remote-work communication tool with voice messages and real-time voice meetings.
"vs.corona" (Startup)
We(Feedal,Inc) launched 'vs.corona', a curation website gathering COVID-19 news from reliable resouces such as governments.
"Feedal" (Startup)
We(Feedal,Inc) launched 'Feedal', a news-sharing platform for engineers.
Microsoft Business contest (Internship)
Our team got 3rd place with a educative product 'Microsoft Canvas'.
Contact me on
wakkihaya@gmail.com
wakkihaya@gmail.com