After working for Hewlett-Packard Japan, joined Microsoft Japan in 2014.

In charge of promoting collaboration with distributors and OEM manufacturers mainly at the IoT Device Headquarters.

Since April 2019, he has been in charge of Azure Sphere, and is working on reforming business models using Azure Sphere for domestic partners and end users.

Shinji Hayashi is a Solution Specialist of Mixed Reality Global Sales organization at Microsoft. Shinji is responsible for the sales of the Mixed Reality products & services in Japan. Previously at Microsoft, Shinji spent 6 years for Windows OS development, and 10 years for business development and device portfolio strategy with global device business partners across PC, tablet, phone, VR and IoT.

Master of Engineering, Nagoya University. Joined Hitachi Software Engineering (currently Hitachi Solutions) since 2000. From 2018 onward, he worked on sales promotion of products for field service operations such as "field business information sharing system" after developing core system of communication carrier companies and web system for distribution industry.In 2019, he exhibited at the Hanover Messe in Germany, the world's largest industrial trade fair. Currently, promoting the first implementation project of “IoT Service Hub”.

In 1986, he joined Hanshin Engineering Co. (predecessor of ITEC HANKYU HANSHIN CO.,LTD.) After about 10 years of maintenance work for building management systems, he moved to the design department for building management systems. Responsible for the design and construction of central monitoring systems and group management systems, he has been in his current position since 2015.