Satoshi Kanemura is President of FOR-A America, a position he’s held since April 1, 2021. Kanemura was previously the Vice President of Professional Products and Solutions for Sony Electronics. In his role at FOR-A, he’s led the company’s growth into new and existing markets, such as remote and live event production, corporate AV and houses of worship. He’s also been at the helm of the company’s position as a leader in broadcasters’ SDI to IP transition with the development of software-defined solutions that offer seamless migration for all flavors of IP and support SMPTE ST 2110 and ST 2022 standards.

During his 35-year career at Sony, Kanemura was instrumental in the development of several business initiatives, including the world’s first 1080/60P live production system, 4K/8K and cloud-based production solutions, as well as Sony’s deep expansion into digital cinematography. While at Sony, he collaborated with director George Lucas on the first fully digital feature series, Star Wars: Episode II & III and with director James Cameron on the fully 3D digital feature series, Avatar and Avatar 2 & 3. Mr. Kanemura was also head of Sony’s Digital Motion Picture Center. He led Sony’s U.S. efforts into xR virtual reality production, immersive education solutions, and AI-based edge computing technology.