Dallas Telecom Lab is 'the hot seat' as Chung steers mobile advances
From its position as an also-ran less than five years ago, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has zoomed up the market rankings to become one of today's top wireless-handset and infrastructure companies. In the eyes of many, that rise started with aesthetics: clamshell phones that were half the bulk of the candy bar bricks of the day; engaging graphics that outshone basic indicator lights and displays; and appealing audio twists that were the forerunner of today's ring tones.
But there's more to Samsung's wireless success than good looks. Behind it all are designers, engineers and innovators like Yong Woo Chung, who have combined aesthetics with cutting-edge electronic engineering to maximize both form and function.
Increasingly, that engineering innovation has come from Samsung's Dallas Telecom Laboratory. As president of R&D since 2001, Chung has transformed DTL from a support house for teams back in South Korea into a leading light in new ideas and technologies.
A graduate of Sogang University in Korea with a BSEE (1977), Chung has been guided by mentors such as Ki Tae Lee, president of Samsung Electronics' Telecommunications Network Business. While at DTL, he has become somewhat of a mentor himself.
Jeff Reed, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech, said that Chung "has a broad knowledge and has a very good handle on the future of wireless."
That insight will be needed as Chung leads Samsung into its next phase of development, pulling together the company's vast portfolio of intellectual property, which spans memory, displays, manufacturing and chip design. "He's in the hot seat," said Reed.
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