Sam A.

Sam Azad

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Studied at Rutgers University

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Works at Samsung Electronics

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Work Experience

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Strategy & Partnerships

Samsung Electronics

May 2025 - Present

Driving strategy and partnerships for Samsung’s Mobile and TV platform ecosystem, focusing on AI services, new platform capabilities, and distribution deals with emerging technology partners. Work spans product strategy, commercial deal structuring, and identifying new services to expand the OS and services business. Open to connecting with prospective partners in AI, growing consumer services.

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Growth & Development

Comcast

April 2024 - May 2025

• Defined company-wide AI strategy, aligned executives on key pilots; recognized as SME in AI Agents, infrastructure • Built ecosystem relationships, engaging 30+ VCs, startups, and experts to drive PoCs and identify investment opportunities • Influenced CTO’s strategic roadmap by proposing $B+ ‘AI’ business ideas in cybersecurity, health-at-home, and infrastructure • Conducted AI infrastructure deep dive, uncovered 3+ growth opportunities within cloud / data centers and accel. compute chips • Outlined AI development workflow with AI Engineers, uncovered RAG and ML Ops gaps, and facilitated vendor discussions • Supported 3+ AI PoCs and drove partnership discussions (e.g., OpenAI, Mistral, IBM, Meta, SandboxAQ, Sierra) • Analyzed Martech evolution and competitive analysis to inform future roadmap and strategic perspective on the market Strategic Planning, Business Strategy and +3 skills

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Senior Consultant

EY

June 2022 - April 2024

• Led cross-functional teams (15+ resources, $2.5M+ budget) to develop and launch blockchain based platforms for F500 clients • Developed 2-year product roadmap with 10+ new features, spurring $M+ in incremental sales, guided by 150+ user insights • Spearheaded collaboration effort with multiple external carbon credit supplier startups to expand EY’s product offering • Built business case for platform with market sizing and estimating development costs, leading to discussions with 3+ clients • Managed cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, and stakeholders to define and track product/platform KPIs • Gathered product requirements for platform to enable a pharmaceutical client to track and analyze individual plasma donations Product Management, Business Case Development and +2 skills

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Supply Chain Consultant

EY

September 2020 - May 2022

• Delivered strategic consulting across healthcare, technology, and media & entertainment; shaped firm’s go-to-market offerings Digital Strategy and Business Process

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Venture Capital Intern

Sia Partners

June 2019 - August 2019

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Intern

KPMG

February 2019 - May 2019

Education

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Rutgers University

BA, Information Technology & Informatics

2016 - 2020

Activities and societies: Delta Phi Fraternity, Leadership Learning Community Minor in Biological Sciences

Sam A.

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