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Ansan-City, Gyeonggi-Do, Kr

Ansan-City, Gyeonggi-Do, Kr

As General Manager for EU Product Marketing & Technical Support, I am dedicated to fostering innovation, optimizing customer satisfaction, and streamlining operational excellence. My multifaceted role involves working closely with sales teams to not only meet customer demands but also uncover and address their underlying challenges, ultimately delivering superior solutions.Key Achievements and Responsibilities:Customer-Centric Solutions: I excel in engaging customers to grasp their specific requirements and, through collaborative discussions, identify innovative solutions that surpass their initial requests. This approach has led to the initiation of several high-impact projects, cumulatively valued at over $3 million. Notable projects include the development of a UV curing module and a multi-color LED engine, complete with heatsink and optics, for a prestigious horticultural project at a Champions League team's football stadium.Operational Efficiency: In addition to customer-focused endeavors, I lead initiatives to streamline our internal operations. I spearhead a project aimed at reducing the proposal turnaround time as well as slashing the time-to-mass production. These efforts are geared towards enhancing agility and ensuring we stay at the forefront of market demands.My dedication to aligning customer needs with exceptional solutions and optimizing internal processes has played an instrumental role in driving Seoul semiconductor's success in Module business, maintaining our position as industry leaders, and driving sustainable growth.

Sittard, Limburg, Nl

One of my key responsibilities as Chief Technology Officer is to hold full accountability for developing and delivering the first-time-right and complete products within time frame by managing product creation process. My role revolves around serving as head of research, development, and product management.A few of noteworthy contributions in this tenure include:• Significantly improved number of new products by four times within year; headed top-performing team.• Contributed in the success of organizational growth; turned around non-functioning team into top-performing team which resulted in generating 1.6M€ revenue from new products.• Steered migration to teams/SharePoint as well as migration to EXACT globe (ERP system) for NL and CN office.

Sittard, Limburg, Nl

I achieved shared vision and objectives by devising and implementing product roadmap. I carried out in-depth business case analysis of product proposals. I held full accountability for translating customer insights into product requirements.A noteworthy contribution in this tenure include:• Saved company from loss by promptly determining complicated issues within.

In this role, I uncovered and captured business opportunities for product development especially based on LED market analysis, and benchmark of solutions from competition. I conceptualized and rolled-out (technical) product roadmap covering medium- and long-term platforms and managed development projects. I worked as architect of the Lumileds LUXEON Go Standard LED Headlighting Modules. I transformed halogen and xenon team into LED headlamp team. I served as Architect of the Philips Ultinon Pro9000 aftermarket LED headlamp bulbs. I oversaw integral concept creation and technical/architectural contact within automotive organization.A few of noteworthy contributions in this tenure include:• Acted as technical lead of highly-skilled team.• Formulated training material and organized training sessions for 100 engineers across Aachen, Germany, Shanghai, and Jiaxing China.• Instrumental in bringing together different aspects and building blocks of product and coming up with new device architectures.• Clearly defined product improvements which resulted in nine invention disclosures of which eight filed.• Designed LED based headlighting solutions for the Automotive market.

I managed 100+ new lighting applications; built models and algorithms to create L2 modules meeting specifications. I identified and resolved root causes via evaluation of huge production datasets to drive production improvement. I served as manager of international software development team to lead new started L2 SMT business.A few of noteworthy contributions in this tenure include:• Credited for raising funding to roll-out oberon algorithm (link below) in mass production SMT lines.• Abated inventories by making demonstrators of in-spec end products and combining non/slow-moving materials in close collaboration with supply chain, sales and marketing, and operations teams.• Augmented material utilization, yields, machine speed, and product performance by programming software tools and machine interfaces.• Decreased color and intensity variation by factor of 50; invented Oberon algorithm which combined LEDs.• Earned award for outstanding success due to custom L2 business launch of $4.6M shipped in Q4 2014.

During this role, I spearheaded top-performing team consisted of six system engineers to manage design-in of LUXEON Rebel LED into the Apple Cinema Display (24 inch). I determined root cause of major color variation and rolled-out fix two months before mass production release of the Apple Cinema Display (24 inch).A few of noteworthy contributions in this tenure include:• Created first of kind 46” edge-lit backlight prototype within six weeks after starting this role.• Developed LED light source for the iMac all-in-one computers (21.5 and 27 inches) and three Cinema Display monitor models (24 and 27 inches).• Spearheaded program at Lumileds using in-depth understanding of both technical and business requirements.• Planned and designed manufacturable solution to satisfy specifications of display customers.

Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Nl

• Project leader on Ignition of Xenon headlamps• Project leader on shaped electrodes for Xenon headlamps.• Development engineer on VHF operation of HID lamps.

Amsterdam, Science Park 104, Nl

PHD on interfaces in soft x-ray multilayer mirrors

PhD research performed on interfaces in soft x-ray multilayer mirrors• Developing an analysis technique for multilayer optics based on a combination of CuK reflectometry and cross sectional TEM.• Developing a method to improve the layer stochiometry of nanometer thin films (patented).• Supervision of 8 students and temporary employees. • Automation of the coating facility at two institutes. • Developing a database for experimental data and sample tracking.

Phd, Physics

Master, Applied Physics