Summary
Hyok Choi is a veteran technology leader with 26 years of experience leading cloud infrastructure R&D at Samsung Mobile, currently serving as Corporate VP and Head of Group for Cloud Infra R&D. He architects and operates vertical cloud stacks at hyperscale—spanning global data centers, IaaS/PaaS, AI/ML platforms and device-facing services that support billions of Samsung devices. A hands-on system architect and engineering manager, he led Samsung Private Cloud, Bixby platform efforts and strategic M&A technical evaluations including Joyent and Cloudant. Early in his career he authored and maintained ARM noMMU/MPU support in the Linux kernel, a contribution of over 100K lines that seeded Samsung’s open source engagement. Based in Seoul with deep experience from embedded systems to cloud-native platforms, he blends product-driven R&D with operational leadership across global teams.
26 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Korean, English