Makoto has over 30 years of experience in corporate sales in Japan’s IT industry, and has been involving in the fast-growing cybersecurity industry since 2010. At Symantec Japan, Makoto worked as a Senior Sales Manager for financial and public sectors, then was in charge of its corporate sales teams (excluding telecom area) as a Managing Director. Later, at Dell Technologies Japan, he managed its sales force covering various products such as AI security solutions for endpoint. In November 2020, he was appointed as a Country Manager at Darktrace, where he oversees its Tokyo and Osaka offices.