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
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
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Colleagues at Samsung Next
Albert Kim
Investor at Samsung Next
Andy Duong
Investment Director at Samsung Next
Caroline Rehfuss
Investor at Samsung Next
David Lee
Head of Samsung Next at Samsung Next
Diane Choi
Investor at Samsung Next
Elaine Di lorio
Legal at Samsung Next
Gus Warren
Managing Director at Samsung Next
Haerim Yun
Venture Operations at Samsung Next
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vinod Joseph?
- 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.
- Where does Vinod Joseph work?
- Vinod Joseph is Investor at Samsung Next.
- Where did Vinod Joseph go to school?
- Vinod Joseph studied at University of San Francisco (Certificate Course, Deep Learning - Part I (2018) and Part II Advanced(Nov 2018 - Apr 2019)); Sungkyunkwan University (Unfinished business, Ph.D. in Management of Technology); University of Wollongong (Master’s Degree, Wireless Communications).
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Also attended Bangalore Institute of Technology1
Also attended Christ University, Bangalore42
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Shared employers
Also worked at Samsung Research America101
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Also worked at Samsung14
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