About
Vinod Joseph is a Senior Director and Investor at Samsung NEXT Ventures in Mountain View, California, focusing on deep-tech investments in AI and robotics across companies including Unconventional, Memory Machines, Graphon, Stellon, and Bot Company. He brings experience in mobile and consumer product development, commercial partnerships, and standards body participation including 3GPP and IETF, with prior roles at Samsung spanning Korea, India, and the Middle East. Joseph holds a B.Tech. from Bangalore Institute of Technology, a Master's degree from the University of Wollongong, and has pursued doctoral studies in Management of Technology at SKKU; he has authored over 20 IEEE publications and holds 8 U.S. patents.
Experience
- Samsung NextInvestorcurrent2025 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- Samsung Research AmericaSenior Director and Head - Open Innovationcurrent2021 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- Samsung Research AmericaSenior Director2014 — 2021Tech Strategy and Partnerships
- Samsung India R&DPrincipal Engineer and Chief of Staff - Samsung CTO2011 — 2014Greater Bengaluru Area
- Samsung ElectronicsPrincipal Engineer2008 — 2011Gyeonggi, South Korea
- SamsungChief Engineer2005 — 2008Greater Bengaluru Area
- Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteResearch Scientist2003 — 2005Jung District, Daejeon, South Korea
- Several Startups and companiesAlways doing nothing1999 — 2003Sydney Area, Seoul and Mumbai
Education
- University of San FranciscoCertificate Course, Deep Learning - Part I (2018) and Part II Advanced(Nov 2018 - Apr 2019)2018 — 2019
- Sungkyunkwan UniversityUnfinished business, Ph.D. in Management of Technology2008 — 2011
- University of WollongongMaster’s Degree, Wireless Communications1997 — 1999
- Bangalore Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree, Electrical1993 — 1997
- Christ University, BangalorePre-University College, Mathematics and Computer Science1991 — 1993
- National Public SchoolHigh School1982 — 1988
Skills & more
StrategyGrit4Qualitative Research4Problem Solving1Investments1Early Stage Companies2Mobile Devices95Product Management64Start-ups65Telecommunications41UMTS11Android4
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Business StrategyBusiness DevelopmentEmbedded SystemsLTELeadershipManagementMobile ApplicationsProduct DevelopmentProduct MarketingSoftware DevelopmentExecutive LeadershipOrganizational Leadership- Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Foundations — LinkedIn
From Vinod's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of San Francisco51
Ashley ValentineChief People Officer at GreycroftCarmen PalafoxFounder & General Partner at 2045 VenturesEugene MalobrodskyManaging Partner at One Way VenturesBarmak MeftahGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesCara Brennan AllamanoAdvisor, People Tech & HR at Verissimo VenturesLuis Gutiérrez RoyPartner at Inovia Capital
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Also attended Sungkyunkwan University11
Teo Qi ShanInvestor Relations Associate at Jungle VenturesHaerim YunVenture Operations at Samsung NextHugo TranzerAssociate at AdelieThomas ParkChief Investment Officer at InBC Investment Corp.Julian PrimerTech Fund at T.CapitalMathieu ScemamaPortfolio Manager, Altana Event Driven Credit Fund at Altana Wealth
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Also attended Christ University, Bangalore34
Anupama SrinivasInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesKarthika AnandSenior Marketing Manager at RTP GlobalSunitha ViswanathanPartner at Kae CapitalNaman SodhaniAssociate at She CapitalVivek VenkatraghvanInvestor at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALAtul SatpathySenior Associate, Credit at Trifecta Capital Advisors
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Shared employers
Also worked at Samsung Electronics68
Tom DriscollPrincipal at Differential VenturesSang Won LeeEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm VenturesDavid GoldschmidtManaging Director, Head of the Fund at Samsung Catalyst FundAdry ElmiladyInvestment Principal at Samsung Catalyst FundIan ClowInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundMartin ScottSenior Technical Advisor at Samsung Catalyst Fund
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Colleagues at Samsung Next
Albert Kim
Investor at Samsung Next
Amy Lee
Investor at Samsung Next
Andy Duong
Investment Director at Samsung Next
Antonio Key
Investor at Samsung Next
Brendon Kim
Managing Director at Samsung Next
Caroline Rehfuss
Investor at Samsung Next
Chris Kurdziel
Investor at Samsung Next
David Lee
Head of Samsung Next at Samsung Next