Steve Kang
Manager, Global Knowledge Center @Toyota Motor Corporation
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WORK HISTORY
Manager, Global Knowledge Center @Toyota Motor Corporation
Advance the Global Knowledge Center’s objective of supporting Toyota’s globalization efforts by developing strategies for worldwide knowledge sharing, collaboration, and governance.• Drive awareness and adoption of the cultural mindset that accelerating the knowledge sharing cycle leads to a competitive advantage. • Drive the strategic direction of Toyota’s global collaboration and knowledge sharing platform to connect the organizational tacit and explicit knowledge with those who seek it. Develop and execute global marketing plans to increase platform usage for worldwide knowledge transfer.• Lead the development of business requirements and implementation plans for the rollout of continuous improvements to the global knowledge platform. Constantly evaluate established and emerging collaborative technologies, such as Salesforce.com, SharePoint, Yammer, Jive, Box, Asana, WhoKnows, Kaleo, Slack, etc.• Present and facilitate discussions at executive level global conferences to promote business improvement and innovation through knowledge sharing.• Build strategic alliances with various Toyota organizations worldwide for mutual benefit, in support of the global corporate strategy.
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
MBA, Marketing; Finance
UCLA
BS, Civil Enginering
SKILLS
ABOUT STEVE KANG
Knowledge management and strategy professional championing the creation of competitive advantage through knowledge sharing within the global Toyota enterprise. Requested by Toyota’s global CIO to lead the implementation of our enterprise-wide knowledge sharing and collaboration network. Experienced at developing frameworks for knowledge sharing within a large global organization. Proficient at:• Getting consensus and collaboration across many business units in order to establish productive and mutually beneficial relationships throughout the organization. • Explaining complex concepts in layman\'s language to all levels of executives, management and staff.• Clearly understanding customers’ needs and concerns; then translating those needs into appropriate requirements for products and services. • Recognizing connections between seemingly unrelated concepts or situations in order to assess the “bigger picture.”• Analyzing issues and challenges by gathering broad and balanced input; then drawing sound conclusions and translating those conclusions into timely decisions and action items.
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