
Full-stack open innovation leader with expansive experience in product management, engineering, business development, and venture investment. I have a mission to transform innovative imaginations into globally impactful realities. I currently lead the Open Innovation Team, with keen interest in investment and partnership with transformational space tech, aerospace, electrification, and clean tech startups. In the past, I was fortunate to have led the commercialization of some of the most influential products to market: MST(Magnetic Secure Transmission) on Samsung Pay, and digital health(blood pressure, Afib) on Galaxy Watch. My expertise is in product management and partnership at the intersection of devices and services to create products touching billions of consumers and businesses worldwide. I am particularly specialized in: emerging technology partnership in a highly technical environment, new venture incubation, deal negotiations(IP licensing, joint development, joint marketing), strategic investment, management of cross-functional global teams in matrixed organization, P&L, and C-level executive management. Outside of work, I’m an aspiring triathlon athlete, avid follower of futurists and historians, angel investing nerd, and most proudly…. co-creator of two children. EXPERTISE: ✩ Venture capital, strategic investment for early-stage and growth companies ✩ New business development - technology scouting, new ventures incubation & development ✩ Broad experience in all stages of company from startup founder to executive at Fortune Global 500 company ✩ Industry experience across consumer electronics, AR/VR, blockchain, fintech, health, and aerospace ✩ Management of global matrixed organizations, cross-functional teams, and complex projects ✩ International team management experience in North America, Europe, North Asia, and India ✩ Program management of highly technical, complex, and multinational projects SKILLS: Product Management | Product Marketing | Product Development | Technology Partnership | Technology Scouting | Technology Sourcing | Venture Capital | Emerging Technology Development | New Ventures Incubation | Startup Accelerator | Developer Relations | New Business Development | Team Leadership | Strategic Partnership | Consumer Electronics | Mobile | Payment | Regulatory Affairs | Health Sensors | Entrepreneurial Finance | Fluency in English, Korean
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President and Managing Director
HFP Ventures
• www.linkedin.com/company/hfp-ventures
Feb 2024 - Nov 2024
Seoul & New York
Board Member
Forge Nano, Inc.
• www.linkedin.com/company/forgenano
May 2023 - Nov 2024
Thornton, Colorado, United States
SVP & Team Lead, Corporate Venture Capital
Hanwha Corporation
• www.linkedin.com/company/hanwha-corporation
Jun 2022 - Feb 2024
Seoul & New York
Head of Open Innovation
Samsung Mobile
• www.linkedin.com/company/samsungmobile
Oct 2013 - May 2022
Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Co-Founder
TapToss, Inc.
• www.linkedin.com/company/taptoss-inc-
May 2012 - Jan 2015
Greater Boston Area
Director of Products
Punchey
• www.linkedin.com/company/punchey
Oct 2012 - Sep 2013
Greater Boston Area
Startup Advisor
CL Studio
Jul 2008 - May 2012