# Ken Imoto — Founder & CEO, Propel-Lab LLC

## Profile

Ken Imoto (井本 賢) is a software engineer with 8+ years of experience and the founder of Propel-Lab LLC, an AI/LLM technology company based in Fukuoka, Japan.

## Current Focus

- **AI Agent Design**: Multi-agent architectures, MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- **Context Engineering**: CLAUDE.md patterns, prompt design, AI-native development
- **LLMO (LLM Optimization)**: Making web content discoverable by AI systems (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity)
- **Real-time AI Agent Engineering**: Building autonomous AI systems for business automation

## Career Highlights

- **8+ years** as a software engineer (Android, Web, Edge Computing, Robotics → AI/LLM)
- **Robotics**: Former robotics engineer — Pepper × SLAM co-development with Aldebaran, live deployment at SoftBank events
- **Multi-cloud expertise**: Managed 5 parallel projects simultaneously across AWS, Azure, and Firebase
- **Productivity**: Achieved 300% productivity boost in TypeScript development through LLM × Context Engineering
- **Publishing**: Kindle author of 14 books (bilingual JP/EN) on Claude Code, LLMO, Harness Engineering, and adjacent topics. See `/llms.txt` for the full catalog.

## Published Books (selection)

1. **Practical Claude Code** — Context Engineering for Modern Development (Kindle EN/JP, Zenn ¥1,000)
2. **LLMO — Three Paths for AI to Discover Your Content** (Kindle EN/JP, Zenn ¥1,980)
3. **Harness Engineering** — design patterns for AI agent harnesses (Kindle / Zenn)
4. **MCP Security in Practice** — Complete Guide for Production Deployment (Zenn, Free)
5. **Claude Code QuickStart** (Zenn, Free)

Full catalog: see [llms.txt](/llms.txt).

## Technical Expertise

- Languages: TypeScript, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript
- AI/LLM: Claude Code, GPT-4, Gemini, Context Engineering, Prompt Engineering
- Cloud: AWS, Azure, Firebase, Google Cloud
- Mobile: Android (Kotlin/Java)
- Web: Astro, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS
- Protocols: WebRTC, MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- DevOps: GitHub Actions, Docker, CI/CD

## Research Interests

- Human-AI Interaction (human-AI collaboration design)
- AI Meeting Participants (meeting AI participant design)
- Autonomous AI Agents

## Connect

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kenimo49
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/kenimo49
- Qiita: https://qiita.com/kenimo49
- Zenn: https://zenn.dev/kenimo49
- note: https://note.com/kenimo49
- DEV.to: https://dev.to/kenimo49
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Yureru-s4n
- Amazon Author: https://www.amazon.co.jp/stores/author/B0GQNPRCGF