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Susumu Furukawa
Professor, Graduate School of Media Design Studies, Keio University.
Mr. Furukawa was born in Tokyo in 1954. He studied at the Faculty of Human Studies, Wako University, but left to join Ascii Media Works Inc. in 1979 to build their publishing and software development business. He served as director for four years prior to retirement in 1986.
In 1986, Mr. Furukawa established Japan Microsoft Corporation. He has served in numerous positions at Microsoft Japan, including President in 1991, CEO and Director of Far Eastern Development Department for Microsoft USA, Vice President, and in 2004, as the Chief Technical Officer. In June 2005, he resigned from Microsoft. He joined the Graduate School of Media Design Studies, Keio University in April 2008.
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