Tsuyoshi Hirayama graduated from Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, and has an MBA in Finance from the Graduate School of Business Administration, Waseda University. After working for GMO Internet, CyberAgent, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nomura Research Institute, Amazon Web Services, and IBM, he launched a cloud business, Red Hat partner business, and Data AI business. Through this he became a thought leader in client engineering, promoting fintech and digital transformation to major financial and insurance companies, and joint development with venture companies. He also focuses on sustainability solutions and new service planning for the metaverse and Web3. He is the author of "Blockchain Innovation Technology - Application Development with Hyperledger Fabric" and many others. He is also a university lecturer and Hyperledger Japan Chapter Lead Member.