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Empowering startups to enhance their product and sales strategies for the global market while fostering customer acquisition and building strategic partnerships.

Building AI applications

Developed and managed projects/partnerships in healthcare, mobility, and AI.• Led an AI-powered healthcare platform project for a weight management/fitness provider. • Invested in AI startups and managed a startup incubation program.

Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Kr

Led Samsung Kids product team and managed product strategy, product roadmap, product P&L and product release/optimization.• Managed and released a new tablet device (T-290 model) for kids service. • Launched the new subscription-based kids content service product. • Managed promotions (app store, website, and social media) and day-to-day product operation with performance metrics as well as customer feedback.• Led to release Samsung Kids on mobile Quick Panel, resulting in subs increase by 30%.

Ridgefield Park, Nj, Us

Collaborated with device product teams and external partners to design and launch the various apps for Samsung devices (S series, Note series, tablets, wearable, Virtual Reality, Smart TV).• Led strategic partnerships for the “Made for Samsung” program to develop differentiated and innovative cross-platform product experiences that provide premium content and services for Samsung’s mobile, tablet, wearables, VR/AR, IoT, Smart TV and AI. • Designed and released a new cloud-based personalized content product with unique user experience on mobile device lock screen (‘M4S Screen’), and got user rating of 4.5 in Galaxy Store.• Worked together with M4S partners including CNN, The Weather Channel, Age of Learning and others, resulting in 20M+ new app downloads and device preloads, including TWC’s home screen widget preloads on mobile.• Developed device partnerships to establish vertical partner ecosystems in Smartphone, Tablets, Wearable, VR (Virtual Reality), Healthcare and Smart TV, getting 70+ apps launched.

Built the company from ground up to provide a new smartphone messaging service over IP. Developed solid foundation on mobile app business development and delivered growth.• Designed and steered the creation and launch of an Android based group messaging product (‘SmartDonut’).• Contracted and delivered Android app projects (photo album, social contacts; $200K).• Contracted and delivered a Smart TV Service Delivery Platform consulting project (LG Electronics; 2011)

Seattle, Wa, Us

Oversaw the Global Personalization Product Team and managed the business of global products & partnerships (PRDs, business cases, product P&L, version control, product release and product partnerships) from new customers to strategic product designs.• Designed and developed new music products - ‘Multimedia RingBackTones’ over SIP/RTP, ‘Multi-tenant music’ as Software-as-a-Service.• Designed and developed a full-scale music and video delivery platform with integrated content ingestion, management, production, merchandising and billing/settlement.• Delivered Music/RBT to new customers – Vodafone Germany, Vodafone Spain and SoftBank- and drove revenue growth by 20%.

Led the Strategic T/F to analyze the market dynamics and develop a new music business strategy in collaboration with cross-functional teams. • Reported the ‘New Music Business Strategy’ to the CEO with market analysis and business strategy to position in the growing global music market.

Designed, implemented and delivered new products for global market and owned product lifecycle, product roadmap and product release. Developed business opportunities with mobile operators about RBT/Music products in Asia, Europe and US. • A full-track music service product (‘WiderMusic™ Service Platform’), and delivered to Verizon Wireless (‘V-CAST Music’) in 2005. • The world’s first RingBackTones Product on GSM network. Delivered to 10 customers in 7 countries (3 UK, Excelkom, Telkomsel, Telkom Flexi, Bharti AirTel, Globe, M1, S-Telecom, T-Mobile USA and VZW) during 2002-2005. • A new mobile content management product (‘AirWISE™ CSM’), selected as Orange ‘Obox’ service platform in Israel (2002).• An innovative mobile messaging product with mobile avatar chat through WEB, WAP and iSMS. Delivered to SK Telecom (2001-2002) and APBW (2004).• Other Project Managements – Mobile avatar chat through web, mobile and iSMS (2004), APBW Taiwan project (2002), Nokia NG Browser (2002), SKT MMS project (2002)• Global partnerships - Alcatel (Reseller Agreement; 2002), PDSi (OEM agreement;2003), HP Global (Reseller Agreement;2004), SUN Microsystems (OEM Agreement & JMA;2004).

Jung-Gu, Seoul, Kr

• Designed and released n-TOP (formal service brand of NATE/JUNE) service portal project.• Developed content & services (video, music, messaging, games, news, stock quote, location-based service) with teammates and partners.• Designed and released ‘Wireless Internet Gateway’ product as a SK Telecom’s mobile portal platform• Designed and released of the WAP G/W, WAP Push and WAP Browser.• Designed and released the Proxy G/W with image compression algorithm and data access program ('Jubsok') for high-speed Internet browsing on mobile network.• Led and implemented the company-first online learning product ('Virtual Learning Service').

Master'S Degree, Software Management

Bs, Electronic Engineering