Investment Director
CurrentI work on multi-stage investments as a member of the Samsung Catalyst Fund ($500M evergreen fund) which is part of the Samsung Electronic's Chief Strategy Officer's Organization (now CSO - formally SSIC) on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley. I've worked on many areas over time: • Enterprise infrastructure (re: SaaS with a core-tech twist)• Auto-tech / Mobility • Digital health, IoT, Consumer Electronics• The "new data economy" • Robotics and Automation• Next-gen compute, networking and storage architecturesSamsung Strategy & Innovation Center (SSIC) Overview:• SSIC includes a global network of innovators, technologists, investors, and makers with offices in Silicon Valley, Paris, Tel Aviv and Seoul• Launched: 2013 by the President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics who resides in Silicon Valley, not in Korea• Mission: Incubate and build world-class capabilities for existing and new businesses• Our approach: We develop and accelerate groundbreaking technologies by collaborating with entrepreneurs and partners, and by VC investing in startups through our corporate VC funds (Samsung Catalyst Fund for early stage, Samsung Ventures for later stage)• Article on SSIC launch: http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/04/samsung-strategy-and-innovation-center/• Website: www.samsung.com/us/ssic/
