Arka Roy

Current

• Digital Content Consultant (Self-employed)

Past

• Partner at iNiS Corporation
• Vice president at Vivarium
• Lead engineer at Openbook9003 inc

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Education

• University of Waterloo
• Glebe Collegiate

Recommended

2 people have recommended Arka

Connections

72 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Arka Roy’s Summary

Lengthy and varied experience in digital content development in Japan.

Projects have included games on a variety of platforms, web, music, human-machine interface and robotics.

Primary niche is the direction of software projects involving teams in both Japan and abroad.

Arka Roy’s Specialties:

Product / solution planning, system design, management of development and testing.

Extensive domain knowledge and experience in various application areas.

Fluent in spoken and written Japanese, and intimate with Japanese business and cultural norms.

Arka Roy’s Experience

• Digital Content Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  November 2003 — Present (4 years 9 months)

  Digital content planning and development.
  
  Particularly experienced interested in assignments involving the bridging of teams in Japan and abroad.

• Partner

  iNiS Corporation

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  June 2000 — November 2003 (3 years 6 months)

  Company direction, technical direction and product development.

• Vice president

  Vivarium

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  June 1998 — June 2000 (2 years 1 month)

  Company direction, technical direction and product development.

• Lead engineer

  Openbook9003 inc

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  November 1991 — June 1998 (6 years 8 months)

  Software engineering and engineering management.

Arka Roy’s Education

• University of Waterloo

  BMath, Mathematics, September 1984 — April 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Writing/reporting for school newpaper "The Imprint"

• Glebe Collegiate

  1979 — 1984

Additional Information

Arka Roy’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Arka Roy’s Interests:

technology, media, society/culture, travel, diving

Arka Roy’s Groups:

Tokyo2Point0, TLUG, Tokyo PC Users Group, Pink Cow Conspiracy, CodeJ

•    TLUG ( Tokyo Linux Users Group ) member
•    Expats in Japan member

Arka Roy’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch