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
CI/CD (DevOps) of this site

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Automated asset generation scripts powered by Puppeteer:

  • generate-resume-pdf.js: Executes during the build job to render the HTML resume as a PDF, keeping public document downloads synchronized with source updates.
  • generate-lighthouse-score-img.js: Executes during the lighthouse job to capture audit score badges dynamically for every release.

🔒 Security (DevSecOps):

  • Betterleaks secret scanner as a pre-commit hook to block credential leaks before pushing to GitHub.
  • Renovate bot for automated dependency monitoring and pull request updates.
  • Syft to generate a CycloneDX Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) during the build job. This site's latest SBOM is available here.
  • Grype to perform vulnerability scanning against the SBOM and block builds with high-severity CVEs during the build job.
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LCP Large Contentful Paint
TBT Total Blocking Time
CLS Cumulative Layout Shift
SI Speed Index

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
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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, driving impact and sustaining 30%+ YoY growth in recipient organizations for 3 consecutive years.
  • 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 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