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Funimation Hires New Chief Content Officer, Chief Product Officer
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Asa Suehira as chief content officer and Kaliel Roberts as chief product officer.
Suehira will oversee content investment, acquisition, and partnership across multiple areas including streaming, home entertainment, and licensing.
He worked as executive director of Aniplex of America office in 2005.
Roberts' role is newly created, and she will oversee the strategy and execution of all product and technology. She will also be in charge of experience.
Roberts previously worked as the senior vice president of product and technology at Discovery Communications. She started her tech career as a software engineer at CNET Networks.
Funimation hired four executives to its management team in November: Wenny Katzenstein as vice president of marketing strategy, TJ Walker as vice president of creative, Beth Kawasaki as executive director of brand management, and Anna Songco Adamian as vice president of licensing and merchandising.
Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. Decker is leading the venture under Funimation's name, and it is acquiring and distributing Japanese anime through the three component companies.
partnership to tly acquire anime licenses "over the next few years."
Funimation acquired a majority stake in North American distributor Funimation for US$143 million in 2017.
Source: Press release
