Hiroki Makiguchi
Chief Technology Officer
Focus
Project Management (Sales & Development) in Bioinformatics, Chemoinformatics, Data Science, System Development, Web Service Development, and Bioinformatics
Biography
Hiroki Makiguchi has 20 years of extensive experience in the Dry area of the bioscience industry.
After joining Mitsui Knowledge Industry in 2002, he has supported a wide range of research in terms of bioinformatics with many laboratories from the national universities, independent research and development corporations, pharmaceutical companies, and the R&D departments of food, chemical, and equipment manufacturers throughout Japan. He has co-authored and published widely on the methods developed and systems implemented as a result of these research efforts.
From 2017, he oversaw and expanded the business performance of the company's bioscience division, including cancer genome clinical sequencing and mass spectrometer software development. Later, while working on the development of new businesses, he explored the possibility of an AI drug discovery business with a focus on computational drug discovery, and conducted PoC studies in collaboration with Mitsui & Co. This lead to the establishment of Xeureka.
Seconded to Xeureka from December 2021.
Interests
Appreciation of art, music, movies, videos, and other creative works, reading, walking