As Head of Japan Business, Tatsuo leads the New Business and Growth team and is responsible for the growth of Moloco's DSP business in Japan.

Tatsuo joined Moloco in 2021 after ten years experience in several global advertising/marketing technology companies expanding in Japan. He took charge of Google AdMob business in Japan as Mobile Business Strategist for 4 years. After Google, he led the market entry and expansion of AppLovin and Smartly.io as the first local hire, growing their business from scratch and building the local team. Tatsuo was also one of the launching members of Lion Studios, the hyper-casual game publishing business under AppLovin, taking care of the business development with gaming development studios across the globe.

Tatsuo earned his BA in Economics from University of Tokyo in 2008. His first career out of college was in Corporate Planning Department at Rakuten, and he was part of the M&A and budget planning team.
In his spare time, Tatsuo enjoys unloading videos on his YouTube channel (Tatsuo Sakamoto's Startup Bar) and making angel investments in startup companies.