Featured Profiles

• Alex AthanassiouUniversity of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business and Lauder Institute for International Affairs, Class of 2009 (MBA, MA) More

  Previous Experience Prior to working in GSG

  I spent 7 years as a management consultant for Oliver Wyman in Boston, MA. I advised senior executives of Fortune 500 manufacturing, transportation, and energy companies in the US, Canada, South Africa, the Middle East, and Germany. I also led project teams in variety of areas including commercial strategy, sales force effectiveness, operational improvement, and procurement.

  Areas of Interest

  Function – Strategy, Sales and Marketing, Operations; Industry – B2B Technology, Healthcare, Consumer Electronics

  Recent Project

  Worked with Samsung’s Visual Display business in the US to identify, prioritize, and commercialize new home display concepts

  Project Highlight

  Working with Samsung’s Health and Medical Equipment business to design their US go-to-market strategy, getting the President’s buy-in, and seeing it implemented several weeks later

  Words of Wisdom

  Take pride in your work, no matter the task. Take care of your team, and they will take care of you. Approach all things with humility and an open-mind.

• Jean-Philippe BahuaudLondon Business School, Class of 2011 More

  Previous Experience Prior to working in GSG

  During my 7 years at PSA Peugeot Citroën, my career spanned the technical, managerial and international business fields. Before doing my MBA in London, I was Executive Deputy Manager of Iran Operations and was in charge of the negotiations of industrial agreements with a partner in Iran. I've spent most of my time between Paris, Tehran, and our plants in France.

  Areas of Interest

  Industry – Automotive, Private Equity

  Recent Project

  Worked with Samsung SDI to design the corporate strategy of their affiliate company for xEV batteries.

  Project Highlight

  The first dinner with the project stakeholders. Everybody remembers it. Well, almost everybody.....

  Words of Wisdom

  Before finishing 1st, finish the race.

• Alex CaterUniversity of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Class of 2015 More

  Previous Experience Prior to working in GSG

  I spent 4 years working as a consultant to U.S. government agencies in Washington, DC with a focus on economic and business analysis. I crafted methodologies for cost mitigation and authored positions on the financial impact of proposed economic policies. I spent time during business school at Illuminate Ventures and IncubateNYC conducting due diligence and assisted with developing valuation for potential acquisitions.

  Areas of Interest

  Function – Strategy, Market Entry/Expansion, Operations
  Industry – Consumer Electronics, High Tech

  Recent Project

  Worked with Samsung Electronic Thailand to develop a mid-term growth strategy for mobile and consumer electronics products in Myanmar.

  Project Highlight

  Having the opportunity to travel to emerging countries such as India and Myanmar with my teammates to see firsthand how we can best serve the people around the world through our products and social initiatives.

  Words of Wisdom

  You don’t have to inherently change who you are – just be open-minded and show a willingness to learn about the culture and way of doing things from those around you.

• Jessica NeufeldChicago Booth, Class of 2015 More

  Previous Experience Prior to working in GSG

  As a strategy consultant at Accenture, I focused largely on innovation and business transformation programs for Fortune 500 clients. I have experience with enterprise transformation, disruptive innovation, product portfolio growth strategy, business analytics, strategic planning, governance and organization design, shared service implementation, and project management. Most of my experience was in oil and gas – ‘well to wheel’ is how I described it. My project experiences took me from the oil sands of Northern Alberta, to the thousands of wells being fracked in the Bakken shale play in North Dakota, to Houston and Louisiana where oil product was refined into gasoline and other chemicals, back up to Chicago where the product is distributed to provide the energy needed to support millions of peoples’ everyday lives.

  Areas of Interest

  Competitive strategy, sales, innovation management

  Recent Project

  Working with Samsung Electronics’ US subsidiary to grow TV revenue to meet aggressive 2020 targets

  Project Highlight

  A whirlwind trip to Europe for Samsung’s software business where we visited London, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam over 6 days and worked with the local sales team to pitch a fledgling mobile banking product. We met with over 15 companies ranging from “big 3“ UK banks to 10-person start-ups to take the temperature of the market, capture the voice of the customer, and qualify leads for the sales team to further pursue. We also squeezed in a conference where we got to try out the latest biometric (fingerprint, iris scan, voice recognition, etc.) technologies in the market and hear the perspectives of the most brilliant technologists in the field.

  Words of Wisdom

  Enjoy your MBA! Working is fun but sometimes I miss the late starts and other perks of student life.

• Clare HunterKellogg School of Management, Class of 2015 More

  Previous Experience Prior to working in GSG

  Prior to GSG, I worked at the United Nations Foundation, an affiliate of the UN focused on marketing, partnerships, and policy. As an early member of their internal strategy group, I helped build global campaigns and platforms related to global health, energy, and women. I also spent several years as a private sector consultant with PwC and worked closely with a home automation start-up, Autom8, while pursuing my MBA which fueled my interest to pursue a post-MBA career in technology with Samsung.

  Areas of Interest

  Function – Strategy and Organization, New Business Development, CSR; Industry – Mobile, Consumer Electronics

  Recent Project

  Working with the Myanmar branch office to develop growth strategies.

  Project Highlight

  This past winter I looked into innovative technologies for Samsung to consider. We spent a lot of time talking to futurists and leading tech experts to figure out what the world will look like in 2025. The experience was extremely insightful and exciting, and with the emergence of things like Pokémon Go, I find myself reflecting back on our team discussions again and again.

  Words of Wisdom

  GSG takes “drinking out of a fire hose” to a whole new level. You’re working with extremely diverse teams in foreign cities on products you may have never heard of before. Samsung provides a once in a lifetime experience to gain an exceptional skillset, make the most of it.

• Stephan DoldINSEAD, Class of ‘11D More

  Previous Experience Prior to working in GSG

  Prior to joining GSG, I spent 5+ years in IT consulting with Hewlett-Packard and Deloitte & Touche. I specialized in business intelligence consulting across manufacturing, retail and automotive clients throughout Europe and the US. We helped clients along the full process from design to implementation and finally testing and training.

  Areas of Interest

  Function – Corporate & Business strategy; Industry – Semiconductors & components

  Recent Project

  Worked with Samsung’s Thailand and Myanmar offices to define a Myanmar growth strategy for the Mobile, TV and Home Appliance segments 

  Project Highlight

  My team was asked to look into the ‘Office of the future’ and the impact on the IT infrastructure. We traveled around the world to meet with some of the most innovative designers, entertainment and media companies CTOs, construction companies and leading players in the IT industry to come up with our market assessment and recommendations for Samsung. It was a great learning experience to look into a really innovative topic and also a lot of fun.

  Words of Wisdom

  Treat every experience as a learning opportunity and always try to see the positive side of everything.

• Erick BarborColumbia Business School, Class of 2012 More

  Previous Experience Prior to working in GSG

  Before joining Samsung, I spent 7 years in a number of different industries and roles. I began my career as a financial analyst at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co, and then followed my interests to Walt Disney Studios where I worked in internal strategy. After business school, I joined a management consulting firm, Booz & Company, focusing on media and technology.

  Areas of Interest

  New Market Entry – provides an interesting blend of creativity with high level strategic thinking. Retail Channel Strategy – a mix of strategic positioning and tactical execution, crucial for survival in B2C. Technology and media – extremely fast moving and easily relatable industry.

  Recent Project

  We evaluated Samsung’s “right to win” in future TV technologies, in collaboration with our Chairman’s Office. The work required us to understand interaction between Samsung's different businesses, to dig into vertical integration strategy, and to align on overall vision. Ensuring a cohesive strategy in the face of a dynamic market is critical, and made for an interesting challenge.

  Project Highlight

  We recommended that a Samsung affiliate develop a specific new component technology, which would be a pivot from the current business model, allowing for a leap in the value chain. Six months later I read a press release that we had done exactly that. It showed how unafraid Samsung is to change, and the desire to continue to innovate.

  Words of Wisdom

  Embrace differences in opinion, we all have a lot to learn from each other.

• Yin LiangHarvard Business School, Class of 2015 More

  Previous Experience Prior to working in GSG

  A chemical engineer by training, I had diverse experiences in the oil & gas industry, including upstream crude production and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) general contracting. My experience in the industry has also brought me to live and work at multiple global locations – Japan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United States. Post-MBA and before joining GSG, I worked in management consulting in New York City and Tokyo.

  Areas of Interest

  Function – Strategy, Sales and Marketing; Industry – Consumer Electronics

  Recent Project

  Worked with Samsung SDI to develop a strategy for B2B warranties for electric vehicle batteries.

  Project Highlight

  Working on a strategic plan to support the on-going tremendous growth trajectory of Samsung’s electric vehicle battery business, while mitigating potential financial risks as a result of steep business growth and market diversification

  Words of Wisdom

  Be open minded. Take risks. Enjoy the journey!

• Alex LimHarvard Business School, Class of 2016 More

  Previous Experience Prior to working in GSG

  I spent 4 years working for the National Basketball Association (NBA), focused on building marketing partnerships with leading global brands. After 3 years at NBA headquarters in New York, I spent a year in Beijing supporting our partnership sales strategy in China. During business school, I completed a summer internship with GSG.

  Areas of Interest

  Function – Strategy, Emerging Markets; Industry – Mobile Payments

  Recent Project

  Worked with Samsung’s TV business in the US and India to analyze core drivers of consumer willingness-to-pay.

  Project Highlight

  Meeting with a wide range of retail partners across Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand – in both urban and rural areas – to identify the trends shaping each country’s consumer electronics landscape.

  Words of Wisdom

  Flexibility goes a long way in most roles, but that is especially true when working outside of one’s home country.