Where does Roman Cepeda work?

Roman Cepeda is Managing Director, COO at Link Ventures.

Where did Roman Cepeda go to school?

Roman Cepeda studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Mechanical Engineering); The Lauder Institute - University of Pennsylvania (Master's degree, International/Global Studies); The Wharton School (MBA, Multinational Management).

Roman Cepeda

Investor

Managing Director, COO at Link Ventures

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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429 people in our graph share verified history with Roman — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Tom DriscollunlockedRoman: together at Samsung Electronics (2021)

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×2Roman: together at The Lauder Institute - University of Pennsylvania

About

Managing Director and COO of Link-XPV who spent over 18 years at Samsung Electronics across East Asia and Latin America, most recently as VP and Chief Marketing Officer. He studied mechanical engineering at MIT and holds an MBA from Wharton.

Experience

Link VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2026 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Link VenturesCOO2023 — 2026Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Exponential Management, LLCChief Executive Officercurrent2021 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Samsung ElectronicsVice President Marketing2020 — 2021Greater São Paulo Area
Samsung ElectronicsSr Marketing Director2016 — 2020Latin America
Samsung ElectronicsMarketing Director2013 — 2015Greater São Paulo Area
Samsung ElectronicsMarketing Director, Latin America Visual Display Business2011 — 2013
Samsung ElectronicsDirector2007 — 2011
Samsung ElectronicsSr. Manager2003 — 2007
Booz Allen HamiltonAssociate2002
Ford Motor CompanyVehicle Engineer1997 — 2001
DatasageConsultant1997

Skills & more

Product Development31Business Strategy55Go-to-market Strategy17Contract Negotiation3Brand Communication2Marketing Strategy22Foreign Languages1Digital Marketing39Cross-functional Team Leadership25Sales11Competitive Analysis24Digital Media10

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Integrated MarketingMarketingProduct ManagementProduct MarketingSegmentationStrategic PartnershipsLatin AmericaTeam LeadershipStrategic PlanningLeadershipManagementStrategy

Languages French · Japanese · Korean · Portuguese · Spanish

From Roman's professional profile.

Colleagues at Link Ventures

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Investor at Link Ventures

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Bill McCarran

COO at Vestigo Ventures

Boaz Fachler

Managing Director at Link Ventures

Cindy Blanco

Chief Financial Officer at Link Ventures

Cynthia Blanco

CFO at Link Ventures

Dan Oliveri

Chief of Staff at Link Ventures

Dave Blundin

Managing Partner at Link Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Roman Cepeda?: Managing Director and COO of Link-XPV who spent over 18 years at Samsung Electronics across East Asia and Latin America, most recently as VP and Chief Marketing Officer. He studied mechanical engineering at MIT and holds an MBA from Wharton.
Where does Roman Cepeda work?: Roman Cepeda is Managing Director, COO at Link Ventures.
Where did Roman Cepeda go to school?: Roman Cepeda studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Mechanical Engineering); The Lauder Institute - University of Pennsylvania (Master's degree, International/Global Studies); The Wharton School (MBA, Multinational Management).

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

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Also attended The Lauder Institute - University of Pennsylvania63

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Also attended The Wharton School2,000

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Shared employers

Also worked at Link Ventures19

Margaux SullivanMarketing Director at Cybernetix Ventures Dave BlundinManaging Partner at Link Ventures Frazer AndersonInvestor at Link Ventures John D. BlundinManaging Director, Investor Relations Director at Link Ventures Boaz FachlerManaging Director at Link Ventures KarenOffice & Culture Director at Link Ventures

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Also worked at Samsung Electronics180

Tom DriscollPrincipal at Differential Ventures Sang Won LeeEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures David GoldschmidtManaging Director, Head of the Fund at Samsung Catalyst Fund Adry ElmiladyInvestment Principal at Samsung Catalyst Fund Ian ClowInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund Martin ScottSenior Technical Advisor at Samsung Catalyst Fund

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Also worked at Booz Allen Hamilton276

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Also worked at Ford Motor Company164

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