• M.A. Entrepreneurship, Sungkyunkwan University

• B.A. Classical Chinese Education/International Trade, Sungkyunkwan University

• CEO at Joinery

• CSO at Inabooth

• Senior Manager at Careercare

• Manager at Kbank
• Assistant Manager at Fantagio

• Company Commander at Ministry of National Defense

"We are building a sustainable business around creative IP.

As CEO, I am responsible for building the structure, partnerships, and execution

framework that allow this vision to scale and endure."

• M.A. Business, Willamette University (Fulbright Scholar) • B.A. Business and Chinese Culture, Sogang University

• CEO at BoxLadder • Venture Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures • Venture Partner at Simsan Ventures • Manager at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd • Hanwha Corporation

“We are dreaming of a vision to connect the world based on music and art.

As a CFO, I am responsible for developing businesses, finding partners, and attracting investment to make this vision come true.”

• B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering and Computer Science, KAIST

• Busan Science High School

• CTO at Celeste

• CEO at Hippo Labs

• CEO at Refactor Works

• Senior Software Engineer at Baekdu Technologies

• Frontend Web Developer (Part Lead) at KRAFTON Inc.

• Frontend Web & App Developer at CLASSUM

• Warner Chappell Music

• Worked as a Composer on songs for NCT, OH MY GIRL, and iKON

• 너란 바람 따라 (FLOWER) - iKON (Composed / Arranged)

• NO TIME - BOBBY (Composed / Arranged)

• RaiNinG (feat. JU-NE) - BOBBY (Composed / Arranged)

• 제자리 걸음 (STARRY NIGHT) - NCT DREAM (Composed / Arranged)

• DIRTY LAUNDRY - OH MY GIRL (Composed / Arranged)

• Hobby - Meeting people & Creating a community

“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

[Proverbs 16:9]”

• M.A, Film and Digital Media, Dongguk University - Major in Film &Video

Production

• China Academy of Art — Major in Visual Design

• Video Designer, NOA Co., Ltd.

• Designer, Salmon Entertainment
• Visual Designer, Haidilao Korea Co., Ltd.

• Illustrator, Post Production Co., Ltd.
• Video Designer, Vivo Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.

• Hobby - Enjoying musicals and theater performance

& Reading and drawing

“Viva la Vida"

• Data Marketing & Strategy, YG Entertainment (BLACKPINK, BABYMONSTER,

TREASURE and more)

• Data & Performance Marketing, ravex

• Data Marketing, Korea Entertainment Producers Association (KEPA)

• Event & Digital Marketing, BEXCO

• Concert & Cultural Marketing, Busan Cultural Center

• Singer-Songwriter “KYHO”

• Social Media Management (Founder of football community Facebook Page,

30K+ followers)

• Nationally Certified NCS Instructor (K-POP Industry, Republic of Korea)

• Educational Mentoring Volunteer, CP TEAM (Seoul City-affiliated Youth

Mentoring Group)

• Hobby – Running, Reading books

“Act & Achieve.”

PEOPLE

• M.B.A., University of Nebraska

• M.A. Public Relations, Yonsei University

• B.A. German Language and Literature, Yonsei University

• Former CBO & Executive Vice President at Hanmi Science

• Former Director of Global Communications at Google Headquarters

• Former Head of Communications at Google Korea

• Former Marketing Director at Lilly Korea
• Former PR Team Leader at Lilly Korea

• Former Marketing Team Member at Motorola Korea

• Author of Kindness Also Comes from Strength

• Author of I Thought Quitting My Job Would Ruin Everything

• Author of We Sell Differently

• Author of From Google Executive to Silicon Valley Part-Timer

• M.S. Computer Science, University of Southern California (USC)

• B.S. Computational Statistics, Dankook University

• Industry-Academic Cooperation Professor at the University of Suwon

• Former Executive Vice President, Strategy & Marketing Team, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics

• Former Head of Southwest Asia Business Management Group at Samsung Electronics

• Former Business Manager for East, Southeast & Southwest Asia at Samsung Electronics
• Former Director, Product Strategy Group at Samsung Electronics

• Former Lead Engineer, 5G Wired Access Lab at Samsung Electronics

• Former Lead Engineer, BcN Software Lab at Samsung Electronics

• Former Researcher at Lucent Technologies, USA

• Former Researcher at Information Sciences Institute (ISI), USA

• M.S. Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University

• B.A. Humanities, Seoul National University

• Mentor at WIN (Woman In iNnovation), supporting the development

of next-generation female leaders

• Sales Instructor at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Former Country Manager at Adobe Korea

• Former Vice President at Microsoft Korea
• Former Country Manager at Quest Korea

• Former President of South Asia and Korea at Dell

• Former Country Manager at Citrix Korea

• Ph.D. Business Administration, Sogang University

• M.A. Education, Sogang University

• B.B.A. Business Administration, Sogang University

• Non-Executive Director at the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)

• Chairperson of the Executive Committee at Busan Indie Connect Festival (BIC)

• Vice President of the Korea Public Relations Association

• Former Vice President, Head of Communications Group and Corporate Support Division at Kakao Games

• Former Spokesperson for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

• Former Head of External Relations at Wemade Entertainment

• Former Vice Chairperson of the Game Culture Foundation

• Former Member of the Public Relations Team at

Korea Petroleum Quality & Distribution Authority

• Former Member of the Marketing Team at CJ O Shopping

• Former Member of the Advertising and Promotions Team at SkyLife

• Former Member of the Marketing Team at Samsung C&T

• Former Advertising Account Executive at HS Ad

• Former Employee at P&G Korea

• J.D., Waseda Law School

• LL.B. Law, Keio University

• Passed the Japanese Bar Examination

• CEO at KOS International Co., Ltd.

• Former Vice President at Kakao Enterprise

• Former Legal Counsel at Krust Universe

• Former Strategy Planning Manager, Future Initiative Center at Kakao
• Former Legal Director at Ground X

• Former Attorney at City-Yuwa Partners, Japan

• B.A. Chinese Language and Literature, Korea University

• Vice President at Soundwave

• Former CEO at MyMusicTaste

• Former CEO at Ktown4u

• Former CEO at Cheil Worldwide PT Korea
• Former Executive at Cyworld Beijing

• Former Executive at MTV Asia, Singapore

• Former Executive at Ghost Station

• Former Juror at the New York Festivals Advertising Awards (five times)
• Former Juror at the London International Awards (LIA)

• Author of The Age of the Individual, Private Encounters (『개인의 시대, 사적인 만남』)

• Data Marketing & Strategy, YG Entertainment (BLACKPINK, BABYMONSTER, TREASURE and more)

• Data & Performance Marketing, ravex

• Data Marketing, Korea Entertainment Producers Association (KEPA)

• Event & Digital Marketing, BEXCO

• Concert & Cultural Marketing, Busan Cultural Center

• Singer-Songwriter “KYHO”

• Social Media Management (Founder of football community Facebook Page, 30K+ followers)

• Nationally Certified NCS Instructor (K-POP Industry, Republic of Korea)

• Educational Mentoring Volunteer, CP TEAM (Seoul City-affiliated Youth Mentoring Group)

• Hobby – Running, Reading books

“Act & Achieve.”

• M.B.A., University of Nebraska
• M.A. Public Relations, Yonsei University

• B.A. German Language and Literature, Yonsei University

• Former CBO & Executive Vice President at Hanmi Science
• Former Director of Global Communications at Google Headquarters
• Former Head of Communications at Google Korea
• Former Marketing Director at Lilly Korea
• Former PR Team Leader at Lilly Korea
• Former Marketing Team Member at Motorola Korea

• Author of Kindness Also Comes from Strength
• Author of I Thought Quitting My Job Would Ruin Everything
• Author of We Sell Differently
• Author of From Google Executive to Silicon Valley Part-Timer

• M.S. Computer Science, University of Southern California (USC)
• B.S. Computational Statistics, Dankook University

• Industry-Academic Cooperation Professor

at the University of Suwon
• Former Executive Vice President, Strategy & Marketing Team, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics
• Former Head of Southwest Asia Business Management Group at Samsung Electronics
• Former Business Manager for East,

Southeast & Southwest Asia at Samsung Electronics
• Former Director, Product Strategy Group

at Samsung Electronics
• Former Lead Engineer, 5G Wired Access Lab

at Samsung Electronics
• Former Lead Engineer, BcN Software Lab

at Samsung Electronics
• Former Researcher at Lucent Technologies, USA
• Former Researcher at Information Sciences Institute (ISI), USA

• Ph.D. Business Administration, Sogang University
• M.A. Education, Sogang University
• B.B.A. Business Administration, Sogang University

• Non-Executive Director at the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)
• Chairperson of the Executive Committee at Busan Indie Connect Festival (BIC)
• Vice President of the Korea Public Relations Association
• Former Vice President, Head of Communications Group and Corporate Support Division at Kakao Games
• Former Spokesperson for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
• Former Head of External Relations at Wemade Entertainment
• Former Vice Chairperson of the Game Culture Foundation
• Former Member of the Public Relations Team at Korea Petroleum Quality & Distribution Authority
• Former Member of the Marketing Team at CJ O Shopping
• Former Member of the Advertising and Promotions Team at SkyLife
• Former Member of the Marketing Team at Samsung C&T
• Former Advertising Account Executive at HS Ad
• Former Employee at P&G Korea

• B.A. Chinese Language and Literature, Korea University

• Vice President at Soundwave
• Former CEO at MyMusicTaste
• Former CEO at Ktown4u
• Former CEO at Cheil Worldwide PT Korea
• Former Executive at Cyworld Beijing
• Former Executive at MTV Asia, Singapore
• Former Executive at Ghost Station

• Former Juror at the New York Festivals Advertising Awards (five times)
• Former Juror at the London International Awards (LIA)
• Author of The Age of the Individual, Private Encounters (『개인의 시대, 사적인 만남』

• M.A. Business, Willamette University (Fulbright Scholar)
• B.A. Business and Chinese Culture, Sogang University

• CEO at BoxLadder
• Venture Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures
• Venture Partner at Simsan Ventures
• Manager at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd
• Hanhwa Corporation

“We are dreaming of a vision to connect the world based on music and art. As a CFO, I am responsible for developing businesses, finding partners, and attracting investment to make this vision come true.”