Eisuke “SK” Tsuyuzaki has served as the Managing Director of Panasonic Hollywood Lab and concurrently as Vice President of Panasonic R&D Company of America since February 2005. Both the Hollywood Lab and Panasonic R&D Company of America are units of Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal U.S. subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC). In these positions Mr. Tsuyuzaki oversees operations of the Hollywood Lab, leads the company’s Blu-ray Disc authoring and replication task forces, directs Panasonic’s Blu-ray Disc format promotion in North America and acts as a liaison for Matsushita Electric with the Hollywood creative and entertainment production communities. Prior to joining Panasonic, Mr. Tsuyuzaki served in leadership positions within the corporate strategy and business development functions of Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Columbia-Tristar Motion Pictures. Mr. Tsuyuzaki holds a bachelors degree in Economics from Sophia University in Tokyo and certificates from UCLA in Film, Television, Video & New Media as well as marketing and management of entertainment products. He attended Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Business School, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business. Mr. Tsuyuzaki received his earlier education in the U.K., and is proud to have earned seven “O” Level certificates from the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Exam Board. Mr. Tsuyuzaki is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers as well as Finance & Accounting Managers in Entertainment.