Yasuhiro Matsuo is a Section Chief (Data Utilization) at Policy Division, Planning and Coordination Bureau of Kobe City. He graduated from Ritsumeikan University, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Science and Engineering in 1997. He then joined a parts manufacturing company and was engaged in the development of high-frequency devices related to mobile phones for 12 years in Yokohama. He then joined City of Kobe as a clerical position in 2009 and have worked in various positions such as relocation tasks at the Central Citizens Hospital (3 years), general affairs at the Port and Harbor Bureau (3 years), and promotion of information technology at the Information Promotion Department (1 year). Then in the Business Reform Division (3 years), he promoted paperless initiatives and reviewed office layouts. This is his 6th year of duties as the Data Utilization Specialist at Policy Division, Planning and Coordination Bureau.