About VETA
VETA Staff
Led by Professionals at the forefront of social science
CEO
Taketo Hara
原 健人
B.A., School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University; M.A. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University. Previously worked at a global IT consulting firm as a data scientist, responsible for developing, deploying, and building infrastructure for decision-support AI applications and BI tools.
CSO (Chief Science Officer)
Teppei Yamamoto
山本 鉄平
Lead author of papers developing conjoint analysis methods based on causal inference and empirically demonstrating their advantages over existing survey methods. Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through 2024. B.A., College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo; Ph.D. in Politics, Princeton University (2011). Currently, Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University.
CKO (Chief Knowledge Officer)
Airo Hino
日野 愛郎
A leading political scientist of his generation and Japan’s foremost authority on Vote Match voter-advice application (VAA) research and its practical implementation. B.A., School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University; M.A., Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda University; Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Essex (2006). Currently, Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University.
CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
Robert Fahey
ロバート・ファーヒ
Born in Ireland; moved to the UK in 2000 to work as a media and technology specialist for both major media corporations and startups. Earned a bachelor’s degree from SOAS, University of London, then received a scholarship from MEXT to study at Waseda University’s Graduate School of Political Science, obtaining a master’s degree and a doctorate (2021). Served as a lecturer at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study until March 2025. While working as a researcher, developed software for social media data analysis and large-scale online surveys. His work at VETA combines software development experience with knowledge of social science methodology.
Engineer
Ken Kato
加藤 賢
He holds a BASc in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto, where he conducted research on political text analysis using natural language processing and large language models (LLMs). Building on this work, he founded and continues to operate KOKKAIDOC, an AI-powered platform that analyzes and visualizes the proceedings of the National Diet of Japan.After graduating, he worked as a data scientist at the Digital Agency of Japan, contributing to the development of AI products for the public sector. He is currently at VETA, where he leads research and development of decision-support products that leverage survey data and value-estimation technologies.
Customer Success
Ryohei Shimoda
下田 遼平
B.A. in Economics, Waseda University; M.A. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University. During his studies, he specialized in game theory, with a research focus on voting systems and collective decision-making. After graduation, he worked at a research and advisory firm, where he was involved in market research and consulting in the fields of AI and data analytics. Currently at VETA, responsible for business development to drive the commercial application of VETA’s technologies.