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Hwang Sung-woo is the President and CEO of Samsung SDS.

He is working to enhance Samsung SDS's competitiveness in new businesses such as cloud computing and digital logistics.

He was born on August 25, 1962.

He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Electronic Engineering, obtained a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering from Seoul National University's Graduate School, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in the United States.

He worked as a researcher at NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories in Japan before moving to Korea University as a professor in the School of Electrical Engineering, where he served as the director of the Creative Research Initiative for Time-Domain Nano Functional Devices.

He joined Samsung Electronics' Advanced Institute of Technology, working through Frontier Research Lab, Nanoelectronics Lab, and Device Lab. As Deputy Director of the Advanced Institute of Technology, he also served as the head of the Device & System Research Center and the Fine Dust Research Center.

He was promoted to President of the Advanced Institute of Technology in 2020 and appointed President and CEO of Samsung SDS in 2021.

He is one of the leading technology experts in the Samsung Group. It is rare for an external recruit from academia to rise to the position of President and CEO.

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