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Inho (Andy) Baek
About

Each move took me into a role I had never done before; each time, I learned and put that learning to work

I started at Samsung Electronics in 2005 as a systems software engineer, bringing up new chipsets and taking them to market in Europe. I then learned about people and organizations as chair of the Labor-Management Council and at the HRD Center. At Samsung Research Ukraine I led the whole Mobile Business portfolio, drove the key projects myself, and reported to headquarters executives.

Back at headquarters I ran operations and the R&D portfolio for Samsung’s overseas research centers, reporting to executives every month. Since 2024 I have worked at Coupang, first as a Digital Transformation PM and now in the Security PMO.

Exhibit 1 · Career path
Engineering → people and organization → global R&D → Coupang: four stretches, one after another
EngineeringPeople & orgGlobal R&DCoupangStudySW MembershipSystems software engineer · chipset commercializationLabor-Management Council chairHRD program designR&D Director · Mobile Business lead · UkraineGlobal R&D PMO · portfolio · executive reportingDT PM → Security PMOEMBANow20052010201520202025
Dark bars mark main roles, gray bars mark short programs, and blue marks the present

Roles

2025.04 –
Coupang · Security PMOPrincipal PM
Compliance and data security projects — data security standards and operating procedures for company-wide assets
2024.08 – 2025.04
Coupang · Digital TransformationPrincipal PM
Service resilience projects — disaster recovery between data centers, a company-wide technical-debt program
2017 – 2024
Samsung Electronics · MX Technology StrategyPrincipal Engineer
Overseas R&D center operations and portfolio — center KPIs, advanced-project pipeline, monthly R&D reports and quarterly workshops for executives
2014 – 2016
Samsung Research UkraineR&D Director
Led the Mobile Business portfolio (~20 projects), drove key projects directly (incl. the world’s first MDFPP certification), reported to HQ executives, built a cross-cultural collaboration guide
2011 – 2013
Samsung Electronics · Samsung HRD CenterCouncil chair · program design
Represented employees in consultations with the company; designed and ran new-hire programs
2005 – 2010
Samsung ElectronicsSystems software engineer
Chipset bring-up and commercialization for Silabs, Qualcomm, MTK, and Broadcom platforms

Credentials & activities

EMBA · Indiana University × Sungkyunkwan University2025
PMP · Project Management Institute2024
Judge · PMI APAC Student Competition2026
Korea Associate Coach (KAC) · Korea Coach Association2025
In-house presentation instructor · Samsung2020–
Judge · Samsung Junior SW Cup2020–21
Exhibit 2 · How I write

Four questions separate signal from noise

01 · Effort

Were real people and time committed?

Look at inputs, not announcements.

02 · Capital

Is money moving that way?

Investment is more honest than talk.

03 · Corroboration

Do independent sources agree?

One voice is not a signal.

04 · Irreversibility

Is it hard to reverse?

The harder it is to undo, the closer it is to a signal.

Every piece states the conditions that would prove it wrong — if they break, I withdraw the claim.