Seoul [April 2, 2024] – Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, today announced the appointment of Steve Kim as the new sales director (사장) of South Korea.
With over 25 years of experience, Kim is an industry veteran with extensive background and deep knowledge on digital trends, Industry 4.0, and sustainability trends shaping the local market. Prior to joining Vertiv, Kim previously worked in several roles with IBM, Schneider Electric, Danfoss and most recently Cognex. He also served as a key executive in several industry associations in Korea.
“I am pleased and excited to join Vertiv to lead its sales organization,” Kim said. “Vertiv is certainly at the forefront of critical digital infrastructure innovations with its latest solutions ranging from liquid cooling to high-efficiency power systems. These solutions will certainly complement and address the growing demand for IT solutions across the country.”
Hitesh Prajapati, vice president of Southeast Asia sales at Vertiv says: “We are seeing strong demand of our critical digital infrastructure solutions across key industries in South Korea including early signs of evolution of the Data Center industry towards AI. This is an excellent time to have Steve on board as we continue to innovate and provide the best solutions in the industry while supporting our partners in enabling their customers in Korea.”
Kim holds an executive MBA degree from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and completed his doctorate program at Korea University’s Graduate School of Technology Management. He served as vice president of the Korea Sustainable Campus Association and provided lectures on various efforts and methodologies for a sustainable future to various companies and organizations. Kim is also an author of books “Lucky” and “Reflection,” which are both self-development books.
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Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers' vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
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