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During our first year, we are proud to have produced over 101 pieces of diverse content, spotlighted over 44 company employees, and engaged a wide-ranging global audience on a number of relevant topics from gaming to sustainability to the future of our cities.

To celebrate this achievement, we’re taking a look back at the moments, articles and announcements that have populated the newsroom these past 12 months.

Newsroom By the Numbers

• 365 Days
• 16 press releases
• 63 editorial articles
• 12 thought leadership / opinion pieces
• 19 short videos
• 44 employees spotlighted
• 191 countries reached

Top Moments from the Year

Several stories in particular have stood out — from forward-thinkers in Minsk to sustainability advancements in Korea to coping with the COVID-19 pandemic across our global offices. Here are the top five moments that defined our year:

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In Their Words: From Our Employees & Partners

During this time, we’ve seen incredible growth within our company from a business, corporate responsibility, and cultural perspective — and the newsroom has been an effective channel to communicate about these initiatives with employees, peers and partners alike. Here’s what some of our employees and partners had to say about the impact of the newsroom:

1. Natalia Ryzhenkova, Head of SKHMS Eastern Europe

Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to congratulate the Global Newsroom and all the talented people working on it with one year of uplifting, positive, and inspirational material.
Your loyalty to the best professional traditions, as well as a constructive and creative approach to work, help you not only to do your job with high quality but also to unite colleagues from different countries and continents. It is a great honor for us to work with you. We really appreciate your expertise and professionalism.

The materials you create make an extremely positive impact on the Belarusian team in particular. Our team members are looking forward to new interviews, videos, and news that professionally describe the latest events in our industry, and then gladly discuss these materials with colleagues and share them in their social networks and professional environment.

May your dedication, open-mindedness, and expertise always help you solve the most ambitious tasks and keep up with the times, while following the global trends in the media industry.
We wish the editorial board to continue their fruitful work on professional and open coverage of our company’s life and performance. Let your creative potential light up new SK hynix stars!

Happy anniversary!
SKHMS E Team

2. Daeyong Shim, Vice President, Head of Automotive Business at SK hynix Inc.

It is an honor to have the opportunity to celebrate the first anniversary of the Global Newsroom.

As the Global Newsroom has been doing for a year, I hope that it will continue to represent SK hynix’s proud technology to its various audiences, including shareholders, and to represent the company’s reputation that shows how it continues to grow.

And I thank you for introducing SK hynix’s in-depth insight and core growth vision for its next-generation business through my automotive semiconductor article in the Global Newsroom in July. I am grateful that it has received tremendous support and attention both at home and abroad.

I am deeply moved to work with you as you continue discovering good news and refining based on your excellent knowledge and foreign language expression, and please continue to write good content.

Thank you.
Happy anniversary!

3. Simon Huang, Technical Leader, Solution Lab, SK hynix America

Congratulations on SK hynix Global Newsroom’s first anniversary! Such a terrific initiative started by SK hynix one year ago. The Global Newsroom has not only enhanced SK hynix visibility around the world but also brought tremendous impacts to the industry with SK hynix’ latest technology and innovation. With frequent posts from the Global Newsroom highlighting SK hynix’ continuous efforts promoting diversity and social values, SK hynix sets a great example that has positively influenced the culture within the tech industry.

I am very glad to be able to contribute to this excellent initiative by sharing my journey at SK hynix. It really motivates me to see cheerful messages from my peers across industries. I believe these inspiring articles from the Global Newsroom will encourage more young professionals to be more confident and pursue their dreams.

Moving Forward

As we continue to tell the SK hynix story, we will continue to innovate both in our development of cutting-edge memory solutions and also in our discussion these innovations with the world.

Thank you for following along with us, and here’s to another year of progress.

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We reached out to key executives at our overseas subsidiaries to talk about their leadership styles and the ways in which they cultivate, motivate and drive their teams forward. These employees from across SK hynix’s global network will share how they lead and why good leadership is important to create a positive company culture.

Paul Palonsky, VP of Sales, SK hynix America Inc.

Why SK hynix? “The reason I have stayed at SK hynix all these years is that I am always – still to this day – able to find new challenges. On top of it all, I have the pleasure of working with such a great group of people who are equally dedicated to creating successful outcomes for the company and our customers.

What does success look like on your team? “As one of the world’s leading semiconductor companies, we have many partners with which we develop advanced technologies. We must contribute to win-win collaborations in order to enhance semiconductors along with technology trends that continue to define the industry.”

What are you proudest of? “I am very proud of the sales team we have built at SK hynix America, where we have a great group of professionals who are driven to succeed and to innovate our business. We have redefined the sales role from that of a salesperson solely responsible for generating revenue, to a more comprehensive account management role.”

What do you look for in an employee? “When I recruit salespeople myself, I try not to have a preconceived notion of a minimum skill set. Rather, I look for people who have the ability to solve problems and can find ways to succeed by overcoming obstacles and objections.”

What’s next? “We’re working to improve the ways in which we communicate with our customers and how we reflect the voice of the market in our business.

Natalia Ryzhenkova, Head of SKHMS Eastern Europe

Why SK hynix? “I love that I’m encouraged to try new things out, overcome challenges and grow professionally. I love talented and dedicated people I work with. And I take my position above all as a great responsibility.”

What are you proudest of? “For more than 5 years of working for the company we have managed to create not just working relationships, but friendly relationships, based on honesty, trust and mutual respect.”

What makes a productive team?Every person wants to be appreciated, acknowledged and rewarded. And we try to create a corporate culture where every member feels that his/her contribution is valued. We also pay much attention and care to our member’s health and implement the philosophy of wellbeing. All this encourages every team member to play his/her important role in the continued success of the company.

What does success look like on your team?“In order to have good results we need to be one team all over the world. Our teamwork and a spirit of achievement will help us accomplish our most important goals.”

Tim Schafer, Vice President of the Enterprise SSD Firmware Team at SK hynix memory solutions (SKHMS) America Inc.

Why Solid-State Drives (SSD)? “I could tell it would become one of those technologies that would totally disrupt the compute and storage industries.”

Why SK hynix? “One of the big reasons I joined SK hynix is that I am always interested in learning new things. My role here makes it my job to do just that – and to lead a team into a relatively new area for the company.”

What’s the role of your team? “In enterprise SSDs, the firmware team is a key part of the entire product life cycle: from working the SoC team on the definition and validation of the next-gen SSD controller, partnering with planning and marketing teams on design-win and design-in implementation with our customers, and all the way to sustaining our products and customers past the product end-of-life (EOL). Everyone in the business is counting on us and a collaborative approach is paramount.”

What does success look like on your team? “Most of the customers and innovation for Enterprise SSDs are here in the U.S and having a fantastic firmware team here in San Jose is critical to our business. Ultimately, we want to be viewed by our customers as great partners and they want to work with us on the leading edge of SSD innovation. And yes, we will have a lot of fun along the way!”

What’s next? “I’m very proud of what the team has accomplished and can’t wait to see the continued growth over the next several years! It’s great to see them learn, grow, and be wildly successful along the way on our journey together.”

Leadership Matters

We believe that good leadership is an important quality that our executives display. It not only helps to create an empowering corporate culture for our employees but carries over and reflects back positively on our relationships with customers and partners.

In order to match the dynamic industry we’re in, we need to ensure that our leaders are just as dynamic and flexible to create an environment for our employees to thrive. We will keep pushing ourselves to be at the forefront of not only the next-generation technology we deliver but the growth and development of our colleagues.

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