Samuel Chang

CEO

Los Altos, California, United States27 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led HP's $10B consumer PC business.
Pioneered webOS platform with significant market impact.
Expert in M&A and corporate strategy.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Consumer Electronics and Technology with a strong focus on Product Management and Business Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate DevelopmentSalesProduct DevelopmentEngineeringMarketingStrategic Planning

Other Skills

Consumer ElectronicsProduct MarketingFinancial AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsDigital MediaStrategyGo-to-market StrategyAccount ManagementWirelessManagementMobile DevicesCompetitive AnalysisUser ExperienceMobile ApplicationsBusiness Strategy

About

Samuel is an executive with experience in technology and consumer. Throughout his career, he has managed businesses of varying sizes, from start-ups to $10B+ revenue, at the intersection of technology, digital media, smart devices. He is a division president running HP's global consumer PC business from Palo Alto, CA. Before HP, he worked at leading technology companies including LG and Intel in sales, product, and technology roles. He began his career as an engineer, holding degrees from Georgia Tech and Carnegie Mellon (engineering and MBA). Samuel has several patents in the field of image processing, and data structure.

Experience

27 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Hp

Division President of Consumer PC and Solutions /SVP

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site

Division President responsible for ~$10B HP's consumer PC business and solutions worldwide.
Updated and launched new product brand (Omni) across all line ups including AI PCs.

Product ManagementConsumer ElectronicsProduct MarketingFinancial AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsDigital Media+24

Lg electronics

3 roles

SVP LG electronics US / Corporate LG HQ

Jan 2015 – Jan 2023 · 8 yrs

Led global teams driving platform business across Smart Appliance, Smart TV including ad/content/data/service/e-commerce including ThinQ (Better Together) Strategy and service. Led Corporate venture team/fund in Silicon Valley

Product ManagementConsumer ElectronicsBusiness DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsDigital Media

Senior Vice President/Division Head LGE US

Promoted

Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 · 4 yrs

I led webOS platform and managed a team of engineers, designers, product managers, and marketing across worldwide including acquisition of Palm/webOS from HP in 2013. I also run content partnership and created advertising /data business for North America. webOS TV has shipped more than 220 million to date and content/ad business beyond HW is running ~$1B/yr.

Product ManagementBusiness DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsDigital Media

General Manager, Smart TV and HQ M&A

Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 · 3 yrs

Led Smart TV Team at its inception and drove corporate level portfolio strategy and M&A including joint venture in mobile phone, TV, appliance and strategic venture investments in US and Israel.

Mergers & AcquisitionsBusiness DevelopmentCorporate StrategyCorporate Development

Plex, inc

Board Observer

Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 · 2 yrs

Led series A round & drove its first commercial contract, and subsequent follow on rounds by Kleiner Perkins.

Business DevelopmentSalesProduct Management

Nxp semiconductors

Division Director

Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 · 1 yr · San Diego, CA

I started and lead a team that drove industry's first ARM based CE based SoC and MPEG4 codec for IPTV. Also developed and integrated first consumer grade browser based platform (MiniMo; Mini-Mozilla). Got acquired for $100M+ to NXP

Product DevelopmentEngineeringTechnology Management

Intel corporation

3 roles

Product Management and Marketing for Centrino/Pentium Processor

Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 · 2 yrs

• Drove executive engagement and customer marketing at SVP/EVP level and design wins at HP, Acer, Samsung with $1B+ revenue.

Product ManagementMarketingBusiness Development

Head of Strategy & Business Development for Digital Home Group

Promoted

Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 · 2 yrs

Drove business development focused in TV /CE / STB with OEMs (e.g. Sony, Toshiba, Samsung) and Service Providers globally. (e.g. AT&T, Deutsch Telecom, BT, China Mobile)
Drove strategic planning & product roadmap for Application Processors for consumer electronics

Business DevelopmentStrategic PlanningProduct Management