Chikara Nakama

Business Development Executive
Splunk Services Japan G.K

Chikara Nakama is Business Development Executive at Splunk Japan. Chikara is focusing on supporting government and companies through data analysis and utilization and contributing to the digitalization of Japan. He is also a reserve major in the Ground Self-Defense Force.

Prior to joining Splunk, he worked as a government employee in the Cabinet Cyber Security Center, the Ground Self-Defense Force, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, where he was involved in strategy and planning related to IT technology and cyber security, system development, and human resource development. Also, in the private sector, as the Chief Security Officer of Cisco Japan, Chikara was engaged in work to ensure the consistency of security with products, services, and supply chains.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Master of Science in Information Engineering from the National Defense Academy, and has interests in statistics, data science, machine learning, cyber security, cloud, and human resource development.