David Eun — President of Samsung Next at Samsung

Mr. David Eun is the Founder of Samsung NEXT and has been its President since December 2011. Mr. Eun served as Executive Vice President at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. since December 2011 and served as its Head of Open Innovation Center. Mr. Eun served as the President of AOL Media and Studios at AOL, Inc. since March 1, 2010. He oversaw AOL's efforts to become a leading provider of premium content, spanning over 100 different websites and production studios in New York and Los Angeles. He formed a global Content Partnerships group at Google with oversight for media strategy, partnerships and strategic alliances spanning over 30 different Google products including Google Books, Maps and YouTube. He also has a deep knowledge of traditional media businesses from working at Time Warner and NBC. He served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships of Alphabet Inc. Mr. Eun served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Vice President of Content Partnerships at Google Inc. He oversaw Google's partnerships and alliances with leading providers of content and information. In this capacity, he directed the business development and operational execution of deals with Google's video, print and local content partners. He served as a Partner of Arts Alliance Ventures, Arts Alliance Advisors and Arts Alliance Ltd. Prior to joining Google, he served at Time Warner as Chief of Staff for the Media & Communications Group. Until 2006, he helped to oversaw AOL as Vice President, Operations for the Media & Communications Group at Time Warner Inc. and he provided operational oversight and develop new businesses, particularly in digital distribution and broadband content and services, for the Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, Time Warner Cable and Time, Inc. divisions. He started his career in media at NBC Enterprises as Executive Officer, where he led some of NBC's first cross-media initiatives involving television programming, the Internet and retail consumer products and interactive properties with major music labels, film studios and publishers. In addition, he was responsible for negotiations of all entertainment content and distribution deals for NBC.com. He served as Management Consultant at Bain & Company, Inc. He serves as Trustee of The Paley Center for Media. Mr. Eun serves as a Director of Flixer. He served as Director of LicenseMusic.com Inc. and CyberSites Inc. He was selected Digital Power Player of the Year by the Hollywood Reporter in 2010, serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and sits on the Board of the Television Academy of the Arts and Sciences Foundation. He received a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was a Teaching Fellow for the Harvard Negotiation Project and an A.B., magna cum laude in Government, from Harvard College.