Satoshi Kawasaki

US Citizen • Japanese & Chinese speaker

Satoshi Kawasaki

A self-taught coder who went on to study rocket science, bringing 8+ years of expertise in enterprise software and client-facing roles.

based in San Francisco (Duboce Triangle)

🧑🏻‍💻 My portfolio

My other code and projects: Github

💁🏻‍♂️ My talks

Selected 9 times as a featured speaker for technical sessions across Splunk annual user conferences.

🗣️ "Splunking the 2018 Mid-Term Election"
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🗣️ "Get those spreadsheets into Splunk"
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🗣️ "Speed Up Your Searches!"
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🗣️ "Splunking refugees with help from NetHope and Cisco"
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🗣️ "Splunking the 2016 Presidential Election"
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🗣️ "Splunking to Fight Human Trafficking"
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🗣️ "Speed Up Your Searches!"
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🗣️ "Enhancing Dashboards with JavaScript!"
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🗣️ "I Want that Cool Viz in Splunk!"
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📃 My resume

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Satoshi Kawasaki

[email protected] • 404-333-2310 • San Francisco, CA 94114
hobbes3.com • linkedin.com/in/hobbes3 • github.com/hobbes3
US Citizen • Japanese & Chinese speaker

Summary

A self-taught coder who went on to study rocket science, bringing 8+ years of expertise in enterprise software and client-facing roles. Seeking an individual contributor role to leverage technical depth and direct client engagement in solving complex enterprise problems.

Skills

Languages: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, SQL, Bash / Zsh, Vim

Infrastructure: Linux, AWS, Docker, DevOps / DevSecOps, System Engineering

AI & Engineering: Full-Stack Web, Machine Learning, LLM, Prompt Engineering

Experiences

Family Leave 2021-2026 | Tokyo and Shanghai

Full-time caretaker to my father

  • Maintained technical currency through hands-on development in DevSecOps and Generative AI, building CI/CD security pipelines, containerized microservices, and RAG architectures with local LLMs and vector databases.
Splunk 2013-2020 | San Francisco
  • Selected 9 times as a featured speaker for technical sessions across Splunk annual user conferences.

Senior Engineering Manager

  • Managed engineering execution for Splunk for Good, scaling impact and sustained 30%+ YoY growth for 3 consecutive years in recipients.
  • Led cross-functional teams to ensure high adoption rates and technical delivery across global social impact organizations.

Technical Lead

  • Served as the global technical lead for Splunk for Good, the social impact initiatives, partnering with nonprofit, academic, and government agencies to architect and implement tailored data analytics solutions.
  • Helped design and launch the $100M Splunk Pledge, a 10-year global initiative delivering software, training, and technical support to social impact organizations.

Professional Services Consultant

  • Advised enterprise customers on custom analytics, complex dashboard design, and advanced data visualizations using full-stack web development skills.
  • Achieved 100% billable utilization during the final 12 months, driven by direct client re-engagements and repeat requests.
CA Technologies 2011-2013 | Atlanta

Associate Services Consultant

  • Specialized in cloud deployment and enterprise process automation utilizing CA AppLogic and CA IT Process Automation Manager.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology 2007-2011 | Atlanta

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering