Apr 2024 – Dec 2024 · 8 mos

• 1. Stable Assistant
• Content generation/editing AI assistant service
• https://stability.ai/stable-assistant
• 2. DreamStudio
• AI Content creation platform
• https://dreamstudio.ai/

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Kyoto, Japan · Remote

• AI Character Product Developer (Solo Project)
• https://amiai.space/
• https://medium.com/@hirokinakamura614/building-an-empathetic-character-ai-app-solo-with-generative-ai-9bfaf8d268a6
• AI Agent/GenAI Development Consulting (HRTech, Fintec, AI Startup)
• Product Deisign, Product Management
• Prompt Engineering
• Community management for effective use

Jun 2021 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• 1. Chararu (Product Manager)
• Chararu is new social network service by AI characters, in which a users can create their own characters and can enjoy their growth and social activities (networking, conversation, content creation).
• This product is aiming to provide new communities for users with AI character's alternative social network.
• https://www.chararu.jp/ (launched on Japan and Indonesia)
• Usage report
• https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000051.000070041.html
• 2. Virtual Human Product (Product Manager)
• Rinna Virtual Human product is a video creation tool with AI avatar that is made from real human. It make the video creation process more effcient and effective
• 3. Coordiru (Product Manager)
• Coordiru is a character solution for workplace aiming to enhance organizational network by connecting people and knowledge.
• https://rinna.co.jp/coordiru
• 4. PM Team Management (People Manager)
• https://min.news/en/tech/aff73391cce266ac3380460f2c64638e.html

Apr 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

• 1. In charge of AI Product Planning, as representative of AI Planning dept. (Conversational AI, Speech Recognition, Synthetic Voice, NLP, eKYC, OCR, etc)
• Product Management, Product Planning, UX Planning, Device Planning
• Quality Management, Data Management, Operation Planning, Consumer Marketing
• 2. Product Manager of Conversational AI (AI Call Center Service)
• a) Automate the inquiry respondent for baggage pick-up (Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.)
• https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000002662.000001594.html
• b) Care Service for COVID-19 to support health check for returnee (MHLW Project)
• https://linecorp.com/ja/pr/news/ja/2020/3185
• c) Care Service for COVID-19, AI inquiry desk for local government Nakatsu-city, Kanagawa-pref., other cities
• https://linecorp.com/ja/pr/news/ja/2020/3189
• https://linecorp.com/ja/pr/news/ja/2021/3619
• d) Restaurant Reservation service (Ebisol)
• https://linecorp.com/ja/pr/news/ja/2020/3440
• 3. Product Planning of services using Massive Language Model
• https://linecorp.com/ja/pr/news/ja/2020/3508

Sep 2019 – Apr 2020 · 7 mos

• In charge of AI/Voice Assistant Clova Planning, as representative of Clova Planning dept.
• Service Planning, UX Planning, Device Planning, Operation Planning, Consumer Marketing

Dec 2018 – Aug 2019 · 8 mos

• In charge of AI/Voice assistant product planning and development

May 2018 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Product Concept Planning, Spec Planning, HW/SW Overall Project Management, in charge of the development of Smart Display, Voice Assistant Service in Car
• a) Car navigation service with fully integrated voice assistant service, collaboration with TOYOTA
• https://ascii.jp/elem/000/001/926/1926406/
• https://robotstart.info/2020/02/19/car-voice-iid.html
• b) Smart Display Model "LINE Clova Desk" was launched at March/2019
• https://www.businessinsider.jp/post-187088
• https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1903/19/news046.html

Mar 2017 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Project Leader of Voice Assistant Service for Amazon Alexa / Google Assistant
• Overall Strategy Planning, Project Leading (planning, development)
• https://about.yahoo.co.jp/pr/release/2017/11/08a/
• 50 members involved

Oct 2015 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Service Manager of IoT Platform Business
• Manage overall product/business
• ~ Planning Business Strategy, Product Roadmap, Promotion
• ~ Target management, Business development, etc
• Outcome
• ~ Launching platform business (myThings Platform)
• ~ Acquisition of dozen partners
• ~ Strategy planning in Yahoo other than myThings Platform
• ~~ https://mythings-developers.yahoo.co.jp
• ~~ https://about.yahoo.co.jp/pr/release/2017/04/25a/
• Role：Service Manager ( in charge of overall product/business )
• Members involved ：30

Jan 2015 – Sep 2015 · 8 mos

• Producer of IoT Platform Business
• Business Development (Home appliance maker, IoT vendor)
• Planning mid-team strategy and roadmap
• Outcome
• ~ Launching new IoT Service (myThings)
• ~~ https://mythings.yahoo.co.jp/
• ~~ https://about.yahoo.co.jp/pr/release/2015/07/27a/
• Role：Producer
• Members involved ：10

Jan 2012 – Apr 2015 · 3 yrs 3 mos

• Web Service Project Manager, Team Manager
• Develop mobile web site for existing movie-show media service (Yahoo! Eiga)
• Develop mobile app for checking movie-show schedule
• Develop new educational service for Android from scratch
• (Using lock screen, user can unlock by answering to the question on lock screen)

Apr 2008 – Dec 2011 · 3 yrs 8 mos

• Lead Engineer
• Lead Engineer for web framework
• (is used to develop for almost all of business core system of the parent company)
• Java, Oracle, PL/SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Tomcat
• Opened as OSS
• https://ja.osdn.net/projects/opengion/

Apr 2004 – Mar 2008 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• Project Manager/System Engineer
• Replaced core factory-line-management system (Kanban system)
• based on Java /Servlet architecture)
• Programmer of core systems
• (production management, order management, human resource management)
• Java, Oracle, PL/SQL