Taku Watanabe
VP & Head Of US Operations
Tokyo, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTaku Watanabe is a materials informatics and computational chemistry leader with 11 years of R&D and management experience, currently serving as VP & Head of US Operations while leading global customer success initiatives. He combines a PhD in Materials Science and a US postdoc with hands-on modeling and experimental work on all-solid-state batteries, driving technology transfer to pilot-scale manufacturing. Taku has managed cross-disciplinary teams of ~15 engineers, authored 40+ peer-reviewed papers, and bridges scientific research with business development through partnerships, marketing, and strategic recruitment. Fluent in Japanese and English, he is also a proficient programmer (Python, C++) who applies machine learning tools to accelerate materials discovery. Notably, his background spans both industrial R&D at Samsung and ENEOS and startup-scale productization at Matlantis and Preferred Computational Chemistry, reflecting a rare blend of deep technical expertise and operational leadership.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Engineering Physics, BE, Engineering Physics at Stevens Institute of TechnologyPhD, Materials Science, PhD, Materials Science at University of Florida
Github Skills (47)
yt-dlp10
vercel10
python10
static-site-generator10
windows10
youtube-dl10
nextjs10
browser10
audio10
server-rendering10
react-framework10
ssg10
command-line10
compiler10
nvm10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
takueof/next.js
Sep 2024 - Apr 2026
The React Framework
Contributions:73 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
takueof/.emacs.d
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
taku_eof's GNU Emacs configuration files.
Contributions:319 commits, 1 PR, 541 pushes in 4 years 1 month
emacsgnu
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