Aug 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

• Alpaca is a US-headquartered, self-clearing broker-dealer and a global leader in brokerage infrastructure APIs providing access to Stocks, ETFs, Options, Fixed Income, Crypto, and more, serving hundreds of financial services and fintech companies and millions of customers globally.
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• Alpaca raised over USD320 million backed by top-tier investors globally, including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Unbound, SBI Group, Elefund, and Y Combinator.
• Securities are offered by Alpaca Securities LLC, and Cryptocurrency services are offered by Alpaca Crypto LLC (https://alpaca.markets ).

Feb 2013 – Aug 2017 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

• We started Ikkyo in Kobe, and back then, Ikkyo started out as a software solution provider to the customers in the entertainment and internet industries. We built deep-learning AI technology for image recognition and capital markets, and worked with a number of top financial institutions globally.

Aug 2012 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Chicago Area

• Along with my friends, we started software development shop. We provided big-data solution to customers in the industry of pharmaceuticals, entertainment, and logistics in the US.

Aug 2010 – Feb 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Greater Chicago Area

• After leaving Nomura, I decided to become a full-time day trader.

Sep 2008 – Jul 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos · Tokyo, Japan

• I moved to Nomura with the team after Nomura acquired Lehman's Asian and European business operation after the "Lehman-shock."
• At Nomura, I was responsible for business development in index linked products in Japan, and distribution and syndication of US/Euro securitised products in Asia. I was also responsible for meeting with hedge funds to screen and due-diligence them if we can market to the Japanese investors to raise funds. I also worked heavily on the risk weight solution for major Japanese financial institutions by using complex credit derivatives.

Apr 2005 – Sep 2008 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Tokyo, Japan

• At Securitized Product team, I led the Lehman’s Asian syndication effort of securitized products while working closely with New York and London desks. There, we distributed USD6.5BN of securitized products to the institutional investors in Asia and was a key member of the global team, when Lehman Brothers was awarded Securitization House of the Year in 2006 by International Financing Review. I provided intensive knowledge and experience on the US/Euro securitized products, and provided consultation to the Japanese financial institutions how to make analysis of the US consumer credit risk utilizing IntexDesktop, and also consulted a major trading corporation that wanted to implement ABX index trading capability.
• I also led the firm’s Asian expansion of the insurance linked securities as well as catastrophe bonds, and traded the primary and secondary issuance. I also consulted major Japanese casualty insurance company to diversify their casualty risk portfolio with catastrophe bonds. I also took a part in structuring and marketing highly complex credit derivative products such as SIV (Structured Investment Vehicle) and SRC (Security Repo Conduit) which are backed by both corporate and consumer credit risk. I also did securitization of esoteric risk including but not limited by lease receivables of aircraft and cars.
• I also became an expert with the mortgage credit risk, and created many business opportunities around Home Equity Loan ABS and Non-Agency RMBS. I was involved with the business development of Real Estate funds from Japan, United States, European and Indian, where it involved knowledge around BIS regulation and risk-weight for major Japanese banks.

Jan 2004 – Dec 2004 · 11 mos · Tokyo, Japan

• During my one-year internship, I was one of the founding members at Lehman Japan's Investment Management and Fixed Income Pension Fund businesses. I played a business development role exploring opportunities mainly with pension funds’ alternative investment portfolio. My main role is to understand the complex alternative investment products including Hedge Funds, Fund of Funds, CDO Equity Funds and Private Equity Funds from the US and Europe, then to make Japanese sales pitch materials to market to the potential pension fund investors. I was also heavily involved in running Lehman Japan's annual investor conference.