Cha In-hyok
CEO of CJ OliveNetworks
As CJ Group’s chief digital officer, Cha In-hyok is in charge of the digital transformation of all CJ Group affiliates. He is also CEO of CJ OliveNetworks, which develops, builds and operates the IT systems of the group’s affiliates, which are spread across four major business areas -- food and food services, biotechnology, logistics, and entertainment and media.
He earned a Ph.D. in electronic engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and went on to work in the US at Lucent Technologies, a global telecommunications equipment company, and Interdigital, a mobile technology research and development company. After returning to Korea, he worked as a team leader at Samsung SDS and as tech insight leader at SK Telecom. He also served as a member of the National Smart City Special Committee. In order to strengthen R&D in the AI, big data and cloud sectors in CJ Group, Cha is continuously looking for ways to hire talented people and cooperate with world-leading companies in Silicon Valley to strengthen their digital competitiveness.