About
Gaku Ueda is co-founder and CEO of MODE, Inc., a company focused on helping businesses collect data from the physical world. Prior to MODE, he spent about ten years as an engineering lead at Google and Twitter.
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Experience
- MODE, Inc.Co-founder & CEOcurrent2014 — presentSan Mateo, CA
- TwitterDirector of Engineering, Pro Users & International2011 — 2013San Francisco
- GoogleSoftware engineer → Tech Lead/Manager → Engineering Manager2003 — 2011Mountain View HQ
- Yahoo!Technical Yahoo! (Sr. Software Engineer)2001 — 2003Sunnyvale CA HQ
- eGroups JapanSoftware Engineer1999 — 2001
Skills & more
Product Engineering3Mobile2Scalability15Large Scale Systems8Personalization4Mobile Devices29Internationalization13Japanese market2Software Engineering9Globalization5Start-ups12iOS development1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gaku Ueda?
- Gaku Ueda is co-founder and CEO of MODE, Inc., a company focused on helping businesses collect data from the physical world. Prior to MODE, he spent about ten years as an engineering lead at Google and Twitter.
- Where does Gaku Ueda work?
- Gaku Ueda is Founder of Mode.
- What companies did Gaku Ueda found?
- Gaku Ueda founded Mode.
- Where did Gaku Ueda go to school?
- Gaku Ueda studied at Waseda University (MS, Computer Science); Waseda University (BS, Computer Science).
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