Kyoto, Japan
• Creative Technical Director — Experiential Systems • 12+ years in creative technology & experiential design • Led experiential projects for Google, Netflix, The Met, Spotify Hey 👋 I'm a creative technical director designing and building award-winning experiential systems. My work treats technology as a storytelling medium: using emerging technologies and distributed full-stack architecture to craft digital interactive experiences that resonate with people. I've led teams delivering projects for clients such as Google, Netflix, Spotify, HBO, The Met, MTV, Coca-Cola, and more, bridging engineering with design, production and client teams. A lifelong learner, I have expertise in systems architecture, experiential design, web/game development, technical project management, and audio production. Across production cycles, I build and standardise the technical infrastructure and workflows that development teams rely on to deliver their best work. Both strategic and hands-on, I set the technical vision on project work, build the internal systems (from event-driven UI engines, design and animation systems to multiplayer backend runtimes and compiler pipelines), and lead technical production from concept through delivery. Let’s build something memorable together.
- Leading R&D initiatives through prototyping and experiential design to transform our marketing surfaces into interactive product experiences - Delivering and leading technical work on high-visibility marketing pages as part of cross-disciplinary teams: Homepage, Universe, Galaxy. - Evolving technical tooling for various Design Engineering teams - Running technical and creative workshops and mentoring peers - Representing GitHub at industry conferences as a speaker (Figma Config in San Francisco).
- Technical hands-on direction of interactive campaigns: experimental websites (including video games), IoT devices. Leadership throughout the pitch, discovery, production, QA, and post-mortem phases. - Bridged the technical, creative and production teams, managed the technical side of client relations. - Authored and maintained the internal web department framework, including its audio engine. - Ran technical and creative workshops. Mentoring. Clients: Google, Netflix, Spotify, HBO, The Met, MTV, Coca-Cola, and many more
- Complete overhaul of the legacy e-commerce website towards a modern technical stack. - Lead developer on interactive marketing microsites. - Design system technical architect, tech direction for UI and animation tooling. - Ran technical workshops. Mentoring.