Soo In Cho

President, Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Korea

Display Renaissance and New OLED Lifestyle

• Education
  – Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1979
  – Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering
  – Ajou University, graduate school of business administration, 2001
  – MBA in International Business

• Experience
  – Feb. 1979. Joined Samsung Electronics
  – Jan. 1997. Vice President, Head of DRAM Design Team in Memory Div.
  – Jan. 2000. Head of DRAM Technology & Product Development 2 Dept.
      in Memory Div.
  – Jan. 2003. Head of DRAM Technology & Product Dept. of Memory Div.
      in Semiconductor Business
  – Jan. 2007. Head of Memory Manufacturing Operation Center
      of Memory Div. in Semiconductor Business
  – Jul. 2007. General Manager of Memory Div. in Semiconductor Business
  – Dec. 2009. President, General Manager of Memory Div.
      in Semiconductor Business
  – Dec. 2010. President, CEO of Samsung Mobile Display
  – Jul. 2012. President of Samsung Display

• Development and Patent
  – Jul. 1986. 1M DRAM Development
  – Oct. 1989. 16M DRAM Development
  – Aug. 1994. 256M DRAM Development
  – Semiconductor memory device (US PATENT 5889719)
  – Wafer burn-in test circuit and method for testing a semiconductor memory
      device (US PATENT 6026038) etc.
      Total 18 items were patented.

• Research Activities
  – VLSI circuit, ISSCC(International Solid-State Circuits Conference) etc.
      Total 33 world scholarly monographs registered.

• Honors and Award
  – 1986. Samsung Technology Award (1M DRAM Development)
  – 1989. Samsung Technology Award
      (0.6µm Level Submicron Manufacture Technology Development)
  – 1992. Ministerial citation about commemorate the 20 billion dollar trade
  – 1994. Samsung Technology Award (256M DRAM Development)

‘Smart Society’where ‘Homo Mobilians’ are interconnected beyond the limit of time and space is evolving in even smarter way backed by such network technologies as cloud, LTE and D2D. Amid the change, the display that has emerged as the core component of smart devices is enjoying a new Renaissance. In particular, ‘OLED’, the‘Dream Display’, will create happier and richer life styles at the forefront of the Display Renaissanceintroducing new and highly advanced future products such as flexible and transparent displays.