Hwasu Lee Email & Phone Number

S. Korea & San Diego, Ca

Oversees a global team of 20 people located in South Korea, California, and Colorado, spearheading business development of navigated neurosurgical robot business. Leads multi-functional teams of sales & marketing, customer support, UX, and product management in the department both in S. Korea and in the U.S. Marketed and sold Koh Young navigated neurosurgical robot to the top major hospitals in S. Korea and orchestrated its global business development: applied for 510(k) pre-market submission to the FDA (currently under review), and built a market entry strategy for APAC countries.

S. Korea & San Jose, Ca

Initiated ‘search and evaluate’ tasks for identifying new business opportunities that can utilize internal core competences. Consolidated results of analysis and subject matter expert opinion and made recommendations to the CEO every year. Promoted open innovation approaches to the tech focused management for incubating new business ideas. Strengthened business planning function in the company and consulted acquisition opportunities, new product concepts, and partnership proposals during internal due diligence.

Suwon, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea

Led strategic partnerships with top global universities and professors in key technology areas: AI, battery technologies, semiconductor materials, etc.Managed partnerships with global tech companies in the U.S, Europe, and Japan. Successfully executed 100+ academic or business technology collaboration contracts and deals per Year.

San Jose, California, United States

Led a team of tech-scouters in San Jose and Boston to research up-to-date industrial and academic trends in emerging technology fields and find potential collaboration partners in North America.Expanded research collaboration more than 3x with Universities in the U.S. Sourced startup investment deals in the U.S in the field of battery and display technologies for the corporate early stage investment fund.Successfully negotiated strategic partnership deals with top science and engineering Universities in the U.S.

South Korea

Developed operational strategy and proposed top management with annual ppl and budget plan for Samsung Global R&D Centers in San Jose (U.S), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Yokohama (Japan), and Bangalore (India).

South Korea

Developed improved processes and systems for technology collaboration project management.Perform structural analysis and design optimization in a micro-mirror array chip development project for display application.

Mba, Entrepreneurship, Finance

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering