LG Energy Solution (LGES; KRX: 373220) appoints Dr. Peter Kyungsuk Pyun as the newly created position of Chief Digital Officer (CDO). He will lead the company’s efforts to digitally transform its entire global facilities into data-centric operations.
Dr. Peter comes from Nvidia Corporation where he was one of the five principal data scientists. Holding over two decades of expertise in machine learning and extensive global experience, Dr. Peter is widely known as a skilled individual in the manufacturing field of global data science.
At Nvidia, Dr. Peter led multiple projects as a lead architect in the field of Autonomous Vehicle, Industrial AI and Cloud AI. His successful leadership of an industrial AI team on defect inspection for manufacturing products is now a part of an AI curriculum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“Dr. Pyun has gained global perspective and experience in operating and developing solutions for AI-based monitoring in smart manufacturing. We are thrilled to have him as Dr. Pyun is the right fit who is capable of accelerating efforts to turn LGES’s global battery manufacturing facilities into smart factories,” LG Energy Solution said in a statement.
“Based on his accumulated experience in world-renowned firms, we expect LGES to take a further step forward in battery manufacturing processes by utilizing AI and big-data technology,” added the company spokesperson.
LG Energy Solution had earlier announced plans to transform all its global manufacturing facilities into smart factories to better improve battery manufacturing process. By converting into smart factories, LGES believes it can make data-driven decisions, enable automatic calibration and reduce potential battery-related issues. The company is confident it can also improve its profitability by yielding higher value and cutting quality-related costs.
