Korea & Company Appoints Digital Innovation Expert Kim Seong-jin as Executive Director

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] Korea & Company, the holding company of Hankook Tire & Technology, announced on the 3rd that it has recruited Executive Director Kim Sung-jin as Chief Digital Officer (CDO) to accelerate digital transformation, including establishing digital innovation and information and communication technology (ICT) strategies in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Executive Director Kim is an expert with 25 years of experience in the digital and IT sectors. He will lead Korea & Company's Digital Strategy Office, spearheading the group's digital transformation and establishing innovative models based on advanced digital technologies. Additionally, he plans to serve as the control tower in IT fields, including building data processes and analytics systems within the group, managing IT-related information processing, and integrating software systems.

He has worked at Samsung Group, SAP, and GE, and served as Head of Digital Innovation at Hyundai Elevator, overseeing digital and IT innovation. Recently, he was Director of Manufacturing Industry for Google Cloud Asia-Pacific (APAC).

In particular, during his time at Hyundai Elevator, he led the establishment of company-wide digital innovation strategies, including the introduction of new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud innovation, and improvements in work methods. He also oversaw industrial digital platform and IoT business development at GE. Furthermore, he executed numerous smart factory projects aimed at manufacturing innovation.

Based on his accumulated expertise in the digital field, Executive Director Kim will devote his efforts to realizing digital-based innovation by integrating AI, big data, and information and communication technologies across Korea & Company Group’s areas from production to distribution, sales, and services.

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