CAREER

2002.1-present:
Executive VP & CTO, R&D Center, Digital Media Network Business,
Samsung Electronics Co., Seoul, Korea

1999.12-2002.1:
President, Samsung Information System America, San Jose, California
Sr. VP and General Manager, Storage System Division,
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea.

1998-1999:
Sr. Vice President,
Corporate R&D Center, Samsung Electronics, Seoul, Korea

1996-1998:
Sr. Vice President,
Worldwide Operations, AST Computer, Irvine, California

1994-1996:
Vice President and General Manager, Computer Division,
Samsung Electronics Co.,Seoul, Korea.

1990-1994:
Executive Director, R&D and Manufacturing
Multimedia Division, Samsung Electronics Co., Seoul, Korea.

1986-1990:
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of California, Irvine, California
(Joint Appointment with Information and Computer Science Department)
One of the two founding faculty members of Computer Engineering Program

1976-1981:
Engineering Manager, Computer Systems Department,
Industrial Equipment Division, Samsung Electronics Co., Seoul, Korea.

EDUCATION

Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering-Systems, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, California, 1985.
Thesis: Synthesis of High-Speed Digital Systems.

MS
Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science,
Seoul, Korea, 1978.
Thesis: Microprocessor Based Control of a Six-Pulse Bridged Cycloconverter

BS
Electronics Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1976