Fifteen years at Samsung SDS America building enterprise partnerships - initiated and grew the HPC/EDA IaaS (bare metal cloud) business to $165M in under 3 years, then closed NVIDIA H100/H200 GPU deals. Coarus Advisory now counsels companies on AI infrastructure and cross-border growth between Korea and the Americas.
A small number of engagements, chosen for fit. If your problem sits at the intersection of AI infrastructure and cross-border business, we should talk.
GPU capacity is the scarcest resource in technology. I help buyers source H100/H200-class compute, evaluate neocloud and hyperscaler vendors, and negotiate commercial terms - from the perspective of someone who sold it at scale. Available as paid expert consultations, monthly retainers, or project-based advisory.
Few advisors operate natively in Seoul, Buenos Aires, and New Jersey. I help Korean technology companies enter the Americas - Latin America and the US - and American companies source Korean technology, through partnerships, channels, and market-entry strategy. Current focus includes Korean semiconductor equipment makers entering the US market.
Paid one-on-one consultations on GPU cloud markets, AI infrastructure procurement, and Korea-Americas business - booked directly or through leading expert networks. Most clients start here.
Fifteen years, one company - and the operating history behind the advice.
Initiated and grew the HPC/EDA IaaS (bare metal cloud) business into a record breaking $165M revenue business in less than 3 years.
• Originated and closed the first Samsung Cloud Platform GPU deal (NVIDIA H100, 32 GPUs on-demand, Texas AI lab), then structured H200 64-GPU 4-year reserved contracts across 6 AI R&D labs.
• Led an A100 64-GPU migration, orchestrating solutions engineering, product, and operations.
• Closed an 8-figure Exynos EDA/HPC IaaS deal after a 10-month technical sales cycle.
• Managed an $80M+ ARR enterprise portfolio with joint business plans, financial modeling, and ROI analysis.
• Activated the partner ecosystem: data-center operators (CyrusOne, Switch), VARs, OEMs (Dell, HPE, Cisco, NetApp), chip makers (Intel, AMD), and systems integrators.
• Samsung SDS America Team Employee of the Year, 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Why this advisory exists.
Born in Seoul. Raised in Buenos Aires. Educated at Berkeley and Rochester. At home in boardrooms in New Jersey, Seoul, and São Paulo.
I spent two decades inside the deals most advisors only read about - building enterprise partnerships across North America, Asia, and Latin America, most recently in the middle of the AI infrastructure buildout.
Today I advise a small number of companies and investors on the two things I know cold: AI infrastructure and cross-border business between Korea and the Americas.
A periodic read on the Korea-LATAM corridor: treaties, capital flows, and the AI infrastructure buildout. Free, sourced, no noise.
Mexico treaty breakthrough after seven years of talks, Peru's $39B infrastructure pitch to Korean investors, and KT Cloud's 50 MW AI data center in Incheon.
Tell me what you are trying to do. I reply personally, usually within a day.
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