Erik Strauss to Lead Innovation at Sohonet as Chief Product Officer

Sohonet, the global leader in media collaboration solutions for the film and television industry, has announced the appointment of Erik Strauss as chief product officer. Erik brings extensive experience in driving transformative change within the media and entertainment industry.

"We are thrilled to welcome Erik Strauss to Sohonet,” said Sohonet CEO Chuck Parker, “His deep expertise and track record of driving innovation will be invaluable as we continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in media collaboration. Erik’s leadership will undoubtedly drive significant advancements within the company, further solidifying our position as a leader in media collaboration solutions."

In his previous roles at Netflix, Epic Games and Sony Imageworks, Erik’s visionary leadership and ability to scale innovative technologies made a lasting impact on content creation and production workflows. Erik led Netflix’s development of scalable media workflow tools and cloud-based animation technology, which significantly expanded the company’s global content creation capacity. As director of production for Unreal Engine, he played a key role in advancing Epic Games’ real-time graphics industry across various sectors.

Erik continues as chair of the Open Review Initiative at the Academy Software Foundation, and is leading efforts focused on standardisation and interoperability of playback and review technologies in the open-source software community. 

“Solving the workflow challenges of creative collaboration for film and television has been an evergreen focus of my career, and I am looking forward to being part of the incredibly talented Sohonet team,” said Erik. “I’m excited to partner with this group of innovators working together to strengthen the company's ability to empower creative professionals worldwide.”

Erik will be based in Los Angeles.