KiYoung Choi

Representative Director, Korea @ Anthropic

About

Experienced business leader with a proven track record in IT software and Cloud services. Skilled in strategy and business development, general management with functional expertise in sales, marketing, partner/channel, and consulting services over 30 years.

Country

South Korea

City

Seoul Incheon Metropolitan Area

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Business Alliances, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Go-to-market Strategy, Solution Selling, Partner Management, Product Marketing, Channel, Strategic Partnerships, Product Management, Channel Partners, Strategy, Business Development, Leadership, Sales, Program Management, Marketing, Sales Enablement, Professional Services

Experience

Representative Director, Korea

Anthropic

2026-6 - Present · 4 mos

Seoul, South Korea

Korea GM, RVP

Snowflake

2023-6 - 2026-5 · 3 yrs

Seoul, South Korea

Led Snowflake Korea GTM to support the adoption of AI + Data by enterprises

Country Director of Google Cloud Korea

Google

2020-4 - 2022-4 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Seoul, South Korea

Helped digital transformation of enterprises, leading Google Cloud Korea business.

MD / President of Adobe Korea

Adobe

2018-10 - 2020-4 · 1 yr 7 mos

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Led Adobe Korea sales and overall country level business governance. Providing the individualized products and services to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences, managed the balanced portfolio in revenue and expansion of user bases.

Regional Managing Director

Autodesk

2017-4 - 2018-9 · 1 yr 6 mos

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Drove transformation of Autodesk Korea business to provide the subscription based software and services. Across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, media & entertainment industries, helped customers to achieve their innovations.

Chief Operating Officer of Korea

Microsoft

2015-6 - 2017-4 · 1 yr 11 mos

Seoul, Korea

• Head of sales, marketing, and service functions to drive business growth in Korea. • Developed and executed strategies that aligned with Microsoft’s global objectives, enhancing operational efficiency. • Fostered partnerships that significantly improved customer success and satisfaction metrics.

Head of Services

Microsoft

2014-6 - 2015-6 · 1 yr 1 mo

Korea

Led the organization for Microsoft Services spanning sales, consulting delivery and technical support in Korea.

APAC Enterprise Sales Sr. Director & Deputy GM

Microsoft

2011-7 - 2014-5 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Singapore, APAC

Microsoft Asia Pacific regional enterprise sales executive managing Sales Excellence and Field Enablement, spanning from growth planning, segmentation strategy, relationship management, opportunity management, deal coaching, to operations around pipeline & forecast managment.

Sr director of Enterprise & Partner Group

Microsoft

2008-6 - 2011-6 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Seoul, Korea

Enterprise & Partner Group Sales Director managing over 110 people to lead sales for enterprise customers with software sales, consulting services, solution & channel partner teams.

Business, Marketing & Operation Director

Microsoft

2005-8 - 2008-6 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Managed marketing divisions from PR & Marcom, Product Marketing Groups, Operations and Planning teams. Led organizational transformation with Korea leadership team to develop new growth engines and solutions sales culture.

Office & Windows Business Group Lead/Director

Microsoft

2003-7 - 2005-8 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Marketing and Operation Group Director for Office Division & Windows OS Division Marketing

Solution Sales Leader, Business Dev Mgr

Microsoft

1999-7 - 2003-7 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Industry oriented solution selling for software platforms spanning Manufacturing, Telco and Retail services

Sr. Sales Consultant, Product Mktg Mgr

Oracle

1994-7 - 1999-6 · 5 yrs

Based on technology and market insights, managed business development, competitive positioning and end-to-end marketing campaign design and execution. Targeting enterprise customers, understanding the customer value chain and solution selling.