Tim Baxter

Mr. Baxter spent thirteen years in senior executive roles during a rapid-growth period at Samsung Electronics Co., LTD, the world’s second-largest technology company. He was its first non-Korean-born C-suite executive and rose to become President and Chief Executive Officer, North America – responsible for 6,000 employees and $30 billion in revenue. He was lauded for capitalizing on emerging trends, scaling businesses, building teams, strengthening brand loyalty, deploying emerging technology platforms, and successfully managing unanticipated challenges. Before retiring, he developed the company’s long-term strategic plan for capitalizing on emerging technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence, cloud-based computing, and Internet of Things (IOT).

Prior to Samsung, Mr. Baxter spent ten years in various senior marketing and general manager roles at Sony Corporation, where he helped navigate the analog to digital shift in its crown jewel television business unit and successfully led all Hollywood studio negotiations in the Blu-Ray packaged media format war win. Earlier in his career, he served in senior sales and marketing roles at AT&T Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc., where he was instrumental in launching go-to-market plans, lifecycle management as well as building and globalizing its brand for a $1 billion business unit.

Mr. Baxter has served as an industry-wide leader, including as a member of the Executive Board of CTIA, a leading wireless communication industry trade association, and as a Director of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the leading consumer technology association. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Co, Operating Partner at Centre Partners Management LLC, a leading middle market private equity firm, Executive Chair of private-equity backed Tastemakers Holdings LLC, a leading developer and marketer of specialty gaming products, Lead Outside Director of First Orion Corp., a technology software company, Advisory Board member of Almo Distribution, the largest independent U.S. distributor of appliances, consumer electronics, professional audio/video equipment, furniture and housewares, and as an advisor to Raxium Inc., a start-up company developing next generation display technology. Mr. Baxter received his undergraduate degree in Marketing and Finance at Roger Williams University and currently serves as Chairman of its Board of Trustees.