Ikko Funamizu
Language Lead Language Quality Manager at TransPerfect
Tokyo, Japan
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Top SchoolIkko Funamizu is a language and localization leader based in Tokyo with over 20 years’ experience specializing in English-to-Japanese translation, review, quality management and localization project delivery. Currently Language Lead / Language Quality Manager for AWS at TransPerfect, he has led and scaled production teams up to 60 people while driving KPI, cost and process improvements across global accounts. He combines hands-on linguist experience as a lead translator with eight years of people and organizational management, implementing CAT tool workflows (Trados) and ISO-ready processes. An avid open-source contributor and developer on GitHub, he brings a meticulous eye for code quality—often improving readability and maintainability across major projects like curl, Python, TypeScript and Deno by correcting documentation and code issues. Comfortable operating in fast-paced, cross-cultural environments, he routinely communicates in English with international stakeholders and translates that feedback into operational change. Outside work he balances technical curiosity with creative interests—evident in an active AI-driven developer profile and a taste for guitar, cats and travel.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, Bachelor of Arts, English Literature at Meiji Gakuin University
Japanese, English
Github Skills (200)
programming-language10
python10
clientside10
ui-components10
compiler-development10
testing10
windows10
databases10
grafana10
c1110
c1710
javas10
gradio10
cplus10
code-cleanup10
Programming languages (38)
Github contributions (5)
openai/openai-cookbook
Mar 2023 - Mar 2024
Examples and guides for using the OpenAI API
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:11 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Ikko primarily contributed by fixing typos and grammatical errors within the repository's documentation, examples, and code comments. Their work corrected instances of incorrect spellings in various files, including notebooks and source code files, enhancing the overall readability and accuracy of the documentation. The user's edits spanned multiple files and directories, improving the quality of the repository's educational resources and code examples. These changes likely improve clarity for users exploring the OpenAI API and related techniques.
openai-apiopenaichatgptgpt-4
processing/p5.js
Aug 2021 - May 2022
p5.js is a client-side JS platform that empowers artists, designers, students, and anyone to learn to code and express themselves creatively on the web. It is based on the core principles of Processing. Looking for p5.js 2.0? http://beta.p5js.org
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 5 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Ikko primarily contributed to the project by correcting typos within the codebase. They fixed spelling errors in multiple files including image.js, vertex.js, dom.js, and p5.RendererGL.Immediate.js. These changes involved correcting common typos, suggesting a focus on code quality and attention to detail within the JavaScript-based p5.js library. The changes made subtle improvements to the project's overall code consistency.
jsp5jsjavascriptgraphicsart
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