Shiro Matsumoto

Data Science Consultant | Machine Learning Expert

I’m a seasoned data science consultant based in Washington, D.C. I bring over two decades of expertise in data analysis, data science, and machine learning. My background as a senior researcher at Mitsubishi Research Institute in Tokyo has equipped me with the skills to drive impactful projects across diverse domains.

Recent Achievements:

• Led ML-driven demand forecasting projects in the railroad and food distribution industries, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in increased sales and cost savings.
• Pioneered a deep learning and NLP-based model that predicted employability from applicant resumes, elevating the market share of a human resource company to become the industry leader in Japan.
• Streamlined operations at an international logistics container yard by building a DL and NLP model that predicts the removal time of imported goods, significantly reducing costs.
• Developed an innovative solution to extract critical information from high-resolution images of items stacked on pallets using edge devices and cloud servers, leading to substantial resource and cost savings.

Career

• Independent Consultant, Washington D.C. & Tokyo 2022-
• Senior Researcher, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Tokyo 2010-2022
• Researcher, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Tokyo 2002-2010
• Assistant Manager, Houseplus Housing Warranty Corporation (secondment) 1999-2002
• Junior Researcher, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Tokyo 1997-1999

Skills

• Programming
  • Python 10+ years
  • SQL 15+ years
  • R 15+ years
  • JavaScript 5+ years
  • Visual Basic, VBA 20+ years
  • SPSS, Fortran in the past
• Machine Learning
  • structured data (tabular)
  • unstructured data (image, natural language)
• Data visualization
  • R shiny
  • Power BI
  • Tableau, etc.
• Statistics, statistical hypothesis testing, multivariate analysis, statistical causal inference
• Cloud technology (mainly AWS, some Azure and GCP)
• ML engineering for production (MLOps), Microsoft Office
• Soft skills
  • Project Mangement and Communication with customers and vendors
  • Knowledge transfer as a in-house lecturer

Personality

• Persevere in the face of difficulties and setbacks
• Analyze complex information and problems, structure concepts
• Act and behave with integrity and honesty
• Proactive and energetic

Certificates

Some are written under my former family name, “Oinuma (老沼)”.

• “Deep Learning for ENGINEER” of Japan Deep Learning Association
• “TensorFlow Developer Certificate” of Google TensorFlow
• “Machine Learning Engineering for Production (MLOps)” Coursera
• “Software Design & Development Engineer” Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
• “Senior Systems Administrator” Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan

Patents

All patents are in Japan and were conceived as employee inventions. Some are written under my former family name, “Oinuma (老沼)”.

• Patent #6333431
• Patent #2020-119388
• Patent #2021-012613
• Patent #2021-114300

Languages

• English: Professional Proficiency
• Japanese: Native

Education

• Master of Science
  • Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics), Kyoto University (Completed)