Kerry Greer is Edanz Group President and Japan Director. He is the founder of Edanz Editing and Liwen Bianji. Mr Greer has 15 years of experience working with non-native authors to have their manuscripts published in high impact factor journals, and has edited over 8000 manuscripts authored by Japanese scientists. Mr Greer is one of the leading innovators in Japan's editing industry. In 1995 he transformed editing services in Japan by reducing the then one week standard service to just three days, and by eliminating the "Japan Premium" fees then charged by Japan based editing companies. Under Mr Greer's leadership, Edanz Editing was also the first language services company in Japan to use the internet as a communications tool to provide online services to the academic community. Mr Greer is CEO of the Edanz Group and oversees the day-to-day management of the Fukuoka, Japan, office.