About

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Engineering – Technology Management, Economics and Policy

Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

March 2007 – August 2013

Dissertation Title: Analysis on standardization policy in perspective of technology adoption – Korean cases of national ICT policy

• B.S. in Engineering – Computer Science and B.A. in Business Administration (cum laude)

Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea

February 2000 – February 2007

CAREERS

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, College of Business, Gachon University, March 2022 – present.

• Post-doc Scholar, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, January 2015 – November 2016.

• Research Fellow, Interaction Science Institute, Sungkyunkwan University, November 2014 – June 2015.

• Teaching Assistant of Prof. Junseok Hwang, Seoul National University, March 2009 – August 2010.

- Practical Application of Information Technology, Seminar on Technology Convergence, Information Technology Cost Analysis

Professional Employments

• Principal Researcher & Chief of Strategic Planning Team, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), November 2016 – February 2022.

- Strategic planning in industrial convergence, R&D management, institutional infrastructure, and entrepreneurship.

• Associate Research Fellow (adjunct), Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP), May 2019 – October 2019.

- Coordination and allocation of government programs and budget in growth engine R&D (ICT, SW, and convergence services)

• Manager, Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), August 2011 – October 2014

- Strategic planning in ICT industry, R&D management, entrepreneurship, and globalization strategies

• Service Developer, Clickhere (start-up), October 2002 – January 2005.

- Planning, developing, operating, and managing mobile applications and related servers, websites and databases

Internship Experiences

• Mgame China, January 2008

• Techract (start-up) in Tsinghua Science Park, China, January 2008

• StanfordVentureGroup (VC) in Santa Clara, CA, USA, August 2007

• Samsung Electronics, Information technology and mobile communication division, January 2006 – March 2006

• Samsung Networks (now Samsung SDS), July 2002 – August 2002

TEACHING

Undergraduate

• Operations and Supply Chain Management

• Management of Technology

• Management Science

• Service Management

• Statistics

• P-Practical Project (Capstone)

Graduate

• Production Planning and Control

• Advanced Forecasting Theory and Practice

• Technology Commercialization

• Firm Analysis

AWARDS and HONORS

• Humanities and social science research grant, Gachon University, May 2025

• Humanities and social science research grant, Gachon University, May 2024

• 2023 best paper award, Korea Society of Innovation, November 2023

• Humanities and social science research grant, Gachon University, May 2023

• New faculty research grant, Gachon University, May 2022

• President's commendation, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, December 2021

• 2019 best paper award, Korea Management Engineers Society, December 2019

• Minister's commendation in industrial technology promotion, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, December 2018

• Recipient of the third standard policy milestone research fellowship, Korean Standards Association, March 2015 – September 2015

• Full scholarship, Seoul National University, 2009 – 2010

• Superior academic performance scholarship, Seoul National University, 2007

• Gold medal winner, Korean IT student competition, advisor of Songok Middle School (Yongin-si, South Korea), SK Telecom, 2006

• Superior academic performance scholarship, Sogang University, 2006

• Advisor’s recommendation scholarship, Sogang University, 2002