About
English Profile
Kohei Yamamoto is an Enablement Lead (commonly Outbound PM), a function within OpenAI HQ Global Team, responsible for AI enablement in the Japan market since 2025. He joined Microsoft as a new graduate in 2021, where he served in various roles, including engineer, evangelist, and architect X, reporting directly to an executive officer and driving cutting-edge initiatives for flagship projects. Concurrently, he was an external research fellow at the National University of Singapore, focusing on spatiotemporal intelligence (Quantitative Human Dynamics). As a Ph.D. student at The University of Tokyo, he researches Cognitive Informatics (Qualitative Human Dynamics). During his studies in the past, he also gained experience as a student fellow at institutions including IBM Research, and he continues to publish papers in IEEE and international journals.
Japanese Profile
2025 年より OpenAI 本社グローバル機能の一員として日本支社および市場の技術推進をリード。2021 年に Microsoft へ新卒入社し、エンジニア、エバンジェリスト、役員直下の特殊アーキテクトを経験して先進的案件を重点支援。その傍ら、シンガポール国立大学で時空間知能 (Quantitative Human Dynamics) の研究フェローを兼職。また、博士課程では認知情報学 (Qualitative Human Dynamics) の研究に従事。学生時代には IBM Research などで学生研究員などを経験し、現在も IEEE や国際学術誌にて論文を出版。
Hashtags
Outbound PM (Enablement), Cloud Architecture, Cognitive Informatics, Quantitative Human Dynamics (Spatiotemporal Intelligence), Qualitative Human Dynamics (Trust in AI)
Experience
Executive Summary
Outbound PM (Go-To-Market): Enablement Lead, a function within OpenAI HQ Global Team (GTM), responsible for AI enablement in the Japan market driving product, customer, and partner enablement. Details Non-Public.
Cloud Architecture / Evangelism: Advanced Architect X at Microsoft with a track record in AI-driven application innovation. Led 50+ PoCs and flagship projects for key global customers, resulting in approximately +200% Azure Cloud usage growth in FY23. Evangelised Gen AI and architecture in 100+ sessions industry-wide, while serving concurrently as evangelist.
Research (Quantitative & Qualitative Human Dynamics): Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (with Tsinghua University) in quantitative human dynamics (spatiotemporal intelligence), and Ph.D. student in Cognitive Informatics (qualitative human dynamics, trust in AI) at The University of Tokyo. Published 10+ peer-reviewed papers, integrating academic insights with AI application at Microsoft, NUS, and IBM Research.
OpenAI
- 2025 - Present:Enablement Lead (commonly Outbound PM)
Microsoft
- 2024 - 2025:Architect X
- 2023 - 2025:Evangelist (Dual Role)
- 2021 - 2024:Solutions Engineer (New Graduation Hire)
National University of Singapore
- 2021 - 2025:Research Fellow (Dual Work)
- 2021 - 2021:Research Assistant