Naoki Ohsugi is a Deputy Manager of an R&D team at NTT DATA, currently responsible for building strategy, planning, administration, and facilitation of NTT DATA's innovation activities, based on the partnership with academic institutions, including the MIT Media Lab.
His career started as a postdoctoral researcher in the Software Engineering field regarding statistical cost estimation and quality assurance for the Japanese companies Toshiba, Sony, Hitachi, and NTT DATA.
He then joined NTT DATA, an IT service company, and has been working for 15+ years as a data analyst, a project manager, business development, and strategy & administration of the innovation activities.
He is currently working with the Media Lab and the relevant startups on the below topics: