Before his appointment at Samsung Semiconductor, Hong, for the past twenty-five years, was responsible for managing strategic planning, sales and marketing activities at Memory, LCD and System LSI divisions in Seoul, Korea.
“In our leadership role as the most innovative component maker of mobile, consumer electronics and IT products, we will continue to work with our customers to develop high-performance, advanced-featured devices that are in big-volume demand in the marketplace,” said W. H. Hong, CEO, Samsung Semiconductor.
Most recently, Hong was senior vice president of Memory Marketing at Samsung Electronics in Seoul, Korea where he was responsible of developing global marketing strategy for the memory company. Before that, he served as president of Samsung Electronics Taiwan. Prior to that, he was in charge for sales and marketing at the LCD Business headquarters in Seoul, Korea. Earlier, he directed Memory Marketing at Samsung Semiconductor Europe GMBH.
