Saori Shibata is a marketing and business development professional with a diverse background in strategic planning and research. Currently serving as Director of Marketing and Business Development at STS Innovation, Inc., Saori previously worked as a Strategic Planner at Dentsu and held a position as a Research Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. Early experience includes an internship at Harveyroad Japan. Saori obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Design from Keio University and pursued further education at UCLA Extension from 2016 to 2018.