Robin Bienfait was the chief enterprise innovation officer (CEIO) and senior advisor for Samsung,
responsible for building strong partnerships with large global customers to deliver enterprise class
services. Robin joined Samsung with over 30 years of experience in mobility, security, business
development, enterprise sales, wireless network operations and engineering.

As a global intrapreneur, Robin launched Samsung Business Services and advised on the B2B investment
strategy. Now as CEO for Emnovate, Robin is advising and providing software solutions to
emerging businesses. Prior to Samsung, Robin served as chief information officer(CIO) for
BlackBerry, where she led the enterprise business unit and software development team, end to end
product security, tier 3 technical customer service, global network services, corporate security and
corporate IT. For the majority of her career, Robin held senior leadership positions across AT&T
including Bell Labs, Global Network Services/GNOC, business continuity and disaster recovery,
and compliance. As an officer at AT&T, Robin’s last role was leading global network services and
chief compliance officer(CCO), environment, health and safety.

Robin holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Central Missouri State University and a
graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a master’s degree in management of
technology. A global influencer holding 18 patents, she is the recipient of several awards and was
named as one of the top 100 CIOs in STEM. Robin currently serves on boards as an independent
director, Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp, Empower, and GW Lifeco (publicly traded). Robin
holds a cyber security certification from NACD.