Oki Sugiyama

Building useful technology across product, software, and research.

I'm a Computer Science and Mathematics student in Purdue University's John Martinson Honors College and an Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation scholar. I work across AI product management, software engineering, and AI/robotics research.

Most recently, I served as an AI Product Management Intern at Indeed, where I led research with jobseekers, employers, and internal stakeholders, drove a data-informed product pivot, and helped deliver a B2B AI hiring prototype recognized as the most promising product.

I also work as a contract software engineer at Rudel and conduct LLM and robotics research in Purdue's CAMP and CORAL Labs. I completed facial-expression-recognition research with the National Institute of Informatics in March 2026 and help organize LaunchPad at Purdue.

Previously, I built a C++/Unreal Engine simulation tool for NASA Johnson Space Center with Barrios Technology and worked on regional revitalization strategy through SoftBank's August 2025 TURE-TECH program. Seven months later, I returned to Imabari on March 22, 2026, to present the follow-up “Inubari” proposal.

I work bilingually in English and Japanese and enjoy combining research, engineering, and product judgment to build reliable, human-centered technology.