Amane Suzuki

Data & Machine Learning

Career Summary

I studied chemoinformatics, an interdisciplinary field combining chemistry and machine learning, at the University of Tokyo and its graduate school. I joined DeNA in 2019 and worked on recommendation systems for a live streaming platform and on a fuel scheduling project for power plants. I joined CADDi in March 2022 and, within AI Lab, developed a recommendation system for suppliers and an internal similar-drawing search engine. I later led the development of MOCAD, CADDi's proprietary data structure that incorporates manufacturing knowledge, as a product manager. I currently work on developing and promoting the use of data infrastructure in CADDi Drawer's Data Management Team and is also a Kaggle Master.

Why I Joined

A colleague from my previous company was working at CADDi and introduced me to the company, which led me to start working with CADDi as a contractor. At that time there were not many people working with data, and I thought that as an early member of AI Lab I would be able to take on a broad range of responsibilities while expanding my technical range around my core expertise, so I decided to join. What impressed me after joining was how deeply rooted the culture of looking at data already was. At inspection sites, dashboards were displayed on large monitors, and in day-to-day work people across the company were measuring KPIs and thinking about improvements based on numbers. At the same time, I felt that the tools had not yet caught up with that culture of data usage, and I came to see strengthening that area as an important challenge.

Role at CADDi

After joining CADDi, I worked as a data scientist and machine learning engineer, developing a supplier recommendation system and an internal search engine for similar drawings. As the number of machine learning engineers grew, I shifted into an MLOps engineer role with a stronger focus on delivery, where I built machine learning API infrastructure and data pipelines. After launching the Data Management team and leading product management for the data platform, I am now working to improve development productivity across the Tech organization by redefining the development process.