John Kalkman is vice president of marketing for Samsung Semiconductor’s Inc business in the Americas. As a senior member of the development team, John is responsible for setting the strategic direction for Samsung Semiconductor’s overall System LSI business which includes all logic business including application processor, image sensor and several other contributing silicon.

With key target markets such as smartphones, tablets and notebooks, this division is gaining attention throughout the industry for its award-winning Exynos application processors as well as market-leading CMOS image sensor products.