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Kenny Bae challenges his students to "leave as a better person" every day, transforming STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) education with innovative new ideas.
With a proven track record in launching STEAM programs in start-up and independent school settings, Kenny is deeply committed to connecting emerging technologies with purpose-driven learning. His work has helped schools achieve national distinction, including leading Wolcott School to earn the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Award in 2018 and, most recently, guiding Avery Coonley to the same prestigious honor in 2025 for its outstanding sustainability practices and student innovation.
Over the past two years alone at the Avery Coonley School, Kenny has supported students in earning five national awards for their innovative and sustainable projects, ranging from environmental design to sustainable solutions. Under his mentorship, student teams have presented at the FIRST Robotics World Championship and on the TEDx stage, where their ideas continue to inspire peers and professionals alike.
Kenny's gift lies in bridging the gap between bold ideas and actionable impact and connecting students, educators, and communities to opportunities that transform learning. He has been recognized by Project Green Schools (receiving their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022) and notable figures, including Jay Leno, who have publicly celebrated the work of Kenny and his students.
Kenny is a sought-after collaborator, connector, and changemaker. Kenny continues to set a new standard for what STEAM education can look like in the 21st century, empowering students not only to imagine the future but to actively build it.
"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." – Leonardo da Vinci 
"Connecting People through Impactful Interactive Entertainment"
Passionate, Adaptable Innovator with Leadership, Entrepreneurial, Development, and Management experience that's helped lead the creation of multiple cutting edge market waves including Mobile, Esport, F2P (free to play) and MMO (massively multiplayer online) Internet entertainment services.
Expert focus on architecting, implementing, operating and evolving massively scalable, persistent, dynamic and adaptable real-time server-authoritative game system platforms that are fun and satisfying to players while unlocking and facilitating strategic business value.
End results include performant, accessible server-authoritative content development, efficient, economical operation and scalability, timely, effective customer supportability, cash in/cash out payment processing, real-world KYC customer identity verification and integrated analytics providing real-time KPI feedback and strategic deep-dive business intelligence.
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Community Economics Platform - Forte, Head of Global Engineering
Real Money Tournament Platform - Capcom, VP Product Development
Super Senso - TURBO, Chief Technology Officer
Enspira Online - Entrepreneur
TOME - KIXEYE, Executive Producer
League of Legends - Riot, Director of Engineering
Lord of the Rings Online - Turbine, Director of Engineering
Dungeons & Dragons Online - Turbine, Director of Engineering
Family Time! Adventures - Entrepreneur
Star Wars Galaxies - Sony Online Entertainment, Sr. Engineer, Lead Designer
Tabula Rasa - NCSoft, Sr. Technical Designer
Ultima Online - EA/Origin, Lead Engineer, Producer
Tiny Toons Buster and the Beanstalk - Terraglyph, Sr. Engineer
Kidsongs Musical Mystery - Terraglyph, Sr. Engineer
IBM System/360 Mainframes - Unitech, COBOL Engineer
[(bpy)2RuII(pptd)](PF6)2 - Chemistry Researcher (published, first author, cited 24x) 
