Leif Mortenson - President & CEO
- 1972: Born in California, USA
- 1990: Walker, Richer & Quinn, Inc. (Seattle, WA, USA)
- 1995: Graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, The University of Washington. (Seattle, WA, USA)
- 1995: Yakitori Chef, Hazuremon (Fukuoka, Japan)
- 1996: Itochu Techno-Science Corporation (CTC) (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2002: Qualitech, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2004: Incorporated Tanuki Software, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2009: Obtained Permanent Japanese Residency
Leif has over 22 years of experience in the software industry, 16 of
which have been in Japan. Prior to founding Tanuki Software, Leif
worked as a System Engineer for 4 years at Itouchu Techo-Science (CTC), and
then at QualiTech, Inc. Both
provided the chance to work inside a wide variety of Japanese companies,
including several of the largest manufacturing companies in Japan, and
allowed him to gain invaluable insight into Japanese management, design,
and business practices.
Leif has a long history of involvement in the open source community. He was an active developer for several years on the Apache Avalon and Excalibur projects, as well as making the Java Service Wrapper available starting in 2001.
He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in Electrical Engineering, while working full time in Quality Assurance for a local Software company, Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc.