Kenta Kaneda
Design Strategist New Business Development
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolKenta Kaneda is a bilingual design strategist and new business development specialist based in Tokyo, blending design thinking with pragmatic execution to drive growth. Over 13 years in the field, he has steered overseas expansion, branding, and DX initiatives for major Japanese firms, including DeNA and SHOWROOM, and currently leads growth-oriented projects at his design strategy firm withly. He excels at turning customer insights into innovative business models and sustainable revenue streams across industries—from cosmetics and housing to real estate, packaging, and healthcare. An active open-source contributor, he refactors the textlint plugin into TypeScript, demonstrating strong software literacy alongside design leadership. His education includes a marketing degree from the University of Florida and a purposeful, though brief, stint as a Parsons special student in Strategic Design and Management. He also pursues personal art projects, blending design strategy with creative practice to stay curious and ethically attuned in a rapidly changing world.
14 years of coding experience
Master's degree (Dropped), Strategic Design and Management, Master's degree (Dropped), Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design - The New SchoolBachelor's degree, Marketing, Bachelor's degree, Marketing at University of Florida
English, Japanese
Github Skills (13)
plugin-development10
linter10
typescript10
typescript310
javascript10
typescripts10
javascripts10
lint10
typescript210
typescript-types10
testing9
markdown-it9
markdown9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
textlint/textlint
Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
The pluggable natural language linter for text and markdown.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 4 PRs, 19 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Kenta primarily focused on refactoring and converting the `textlint-plugin-text` plugin to TypeScript. This involved modifying core files, including the `TextProcessor` and `index.ts` files. Furthermore, the user updated the test files and fixed module exports, ensuring proper functionality and integration of the plugin. There were also several revert commits indicating iteration and refinement of the initial changes.
nlptextlintlinterlintjavascript
Kesin11/github_actions_otel_trace
Feb 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 60 PRs, 72 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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