Russell Willis

Russell has been involved in publishing for over 25 years, specializing in digital media. In 1993 he set up a multimedia development company in Japan which produced customized language-learning software for universities with Canon and published a large number of successful language learning software products, including Finding Out, a joint-venture with Macmillan described by Gendai Kyoiku Shinbun as the “best language learning software for children available”. Russell produced CD-ROMs and magazines for the British government and websites, podcasts and audio books with clients ranging from Tokyo University to the Nikkei Weekly to TIME magazine. He has been the president of the leading Tokyo-based web portal, eigoTown.com for 10 years, where he lead the development of the award-winning site and created products ranging from CD-ROMs to websites to podcasts to iPhone applications. He was also the president of Guinness World Records Japan in 2008/9.