Masaru Kuramoto has over 25 years experience in developing and commercializing semiconductor lasers at NEC, SONY/Tohoku University (as a visiting associate professor), and Stanley Electric. He joined Stanley Electric in 2015 and started development of blue VCSELs in 2017. He received his BE/ME and Ph.D. degrees from Sophia University in 1992/1994 and 2004, respectively.