Curtis Sasaki

Technical, Marketing, and Business Advisor @ Senior Advisor to LG NOVA,Advisor to Pure Watercraft,Advisor to 2 Stealth Startups, former VP and Head of Product Management at Samsung Electronics

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Education

Gonzaga University

BBA, marketing, mechanical engineering 1974-09-01 - 1978-06-01

Work Experience

Current

Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center

2017-06-01 - 2021-10-01

Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center

Samsung Electronics

2011-09-01 - 2021-10-01

Samsung Electronics

Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC)

2015-01-01 - 2020-03-01

Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC)

BlackBerry

2009-03-01 - 2011-07-01

BlackBerry

Sun Microsystems

1996-08-01 - 2009-02-01

Sun Microsystems

General Magic

1992-08-01 - 1996-08-01

General Magic

1987-02-01 - 1992-08-01

NeXT Computer

1987-01-01 - 1992-01-01

NeXT Computer

Apple

1984-06-01 - 1987-01-01

Apple

Skills

Mobile Devices Mobile Applications Go-to-market Strategy Product Marketing Product Management Strategic Partnerships Cloud Computing Enterprise Software SaaS Channel Mobile Technology Start-ups Cross-functional Team Leadership Business Alliances Partner Management Analytics E-commerce User Experience Strategy Consumer Electronics

Summary

Samsung Electronics: - Initial member that grew new research and development team in San Jose. - Team developed mobile applications and services around education, music, video, context aware applications with machine learning for recommendations. Developed first big data platform that was used for cross device usage pattern recognition - Initiated and ran first two Samsung Developer Conferences. - Managed developer relations team in the US and US application storefront - Managed business development team to find new strategic partners in the content and media areas - Launched new IoT initiative, ARTIK, that combined new System-on-Modules, Operating systems, end-to-end security, cloud partnerships (with Amazon, PTC, and others). Developed and managed marketing team which developed new external websites, on-line marketplace for solutions, and held first partner/customer event. As head of Marketing and Communication- developed team to manage executive communications, work with outside agencies and across Samsung, managed key global executive events bringing top CEOs, startups, and investors. ---------------------------------------- Apple Computer - Managed Apple IIGS, IIe+, IIc+ product marketing - Product Manager for ImageWriter II - Prodct Marketing for LaserWriter NeXT Computer - Product marketing and management for NeXTCube, NeXTStation, NeXTStep Operating System, NeXT Laser Printer, NeXT Displays, Keyboards, and mice - Granted patent on Optical Disk (read/write/erasable magneto optical technology) - Senior Director of product marketing for hardware and software General Magic - Managed marketing team on handheld communicator hardware reference design and operating systema and applications - Worked closely with Sony, Motorola, AT&T, and NT&T

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