Management Team

Executive Team (19th Term)

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Jenny Lee
Co-President

Financial Analyst @ Google

Interests: Traveling, hiking, painting, finding new things
Fun fact: Ask me anything about NYC restaurants!

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Sangho Eum
Co-President

Data Scientist

Interests: Learning new things, Startup
Fun fact: I’m an extreme social drinker since I cannot drink at all.

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Taeho (TK) Kim
Vice President

Founding UX Engineer @ Powder

Interests: Snowboard, Ski, Skateboard and UX
Fun fact: I was the president of UXA(User eXperience Association).

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Seonyoung Son
Treasurer

Web Developer @Supermicro

Interests: Cooking, Baking, Rice Cake, Gardening(veggie and fruits only)
Fun fact: I once planted seeds from a grocery-store apple, and the tree I grew actually produced apples.

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Joo Yeon Chae
Director

Sr. Hardware Design Engineer @ AMD

Interests: Trying/learning something new. I like to watch youtube videos or read wikipedia pages that describe random facts. For trying something new, this year I wanna do more water activities.
Fun fact: I can spin while playing Kkwaenggwari or Janggu. (I led pungmulpae in college.)

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Yonghee (Amy) Kim
Director

Senior Presentation Visual & Motion Designer @ Fedex

Interests: Traveling, architecture, startups, and the next big global trends
Fun fact: I spent 9 years in Toronto, 6 years in Manhattan, 4 years in SF SoMa, and 2 years in San Jose. Living and working across these cities trained me to adapt quickly and bring multiple perspectives to problem-solving.

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Ji Hoon Kim
Director

Solution Engineer @Supermicro

Interests: Board games, Cooking, Drinks, and Traveling
Fun fact: I don’t have a sweet tooth – I am the sweet tooth.

Administration Officers

Communication: Jinwon Choi
IT: Hyun Jung La, Taeho (TK) Kim

Subgroup Leaders

AI/ML group: Woosang Lim
Between Jobs: Sujin Kim
Bio AI:
Hyunyong Jin
Board Game Enthusiasts: Veronica JungYeon Kim

Design: Ashley Rho
KudosSquad(구, KodingSchool) group: Min-Sun Moon
Mobility group:
Kevin Kim
Music (Eskape)
: Young-Hoon Kim

Subgroup Leaders

Seoul Chapter: Seyoung Yang
Software Systems: Hyoun-Kyu Cho
Study Club++: Jaedong Shin
SV머니북클럽: Hansang Kim
Women Network & Growth (WiNG): Seonyoung Son, Hyun Jung La
Young Professional Network (YPN): Giung Lee
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Board of Directors

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Jinseop Sim

Co-founder, Mechanical Engineer @ Startup
Interests: Traveling, Camping, Paddle Boarding, Crafting, Cooking.
Fun fact: I am (almost) always down to try something new.

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David Lee
Product & Design
Interest : I am interested in everything that makes human life more fun.
Fun fact: I am a youth sports team coach and won several championships.
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Sujin Kim
Senior manager at Samsung Electronics America
Interest: listening to podcasts about entrepreneurship and mindfulness
Fun fact: I am a big fan of Brené Brown and her books!
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David T. Kim

Partner at Fernando & Partners, LLP
Interest: board games, books, movies, road cycling, video games
Fun fact: went on a Eurotrip by myself, driving a rental car over 1,250 miles, and accidentally backed the rental car into a Porsche 911 during the trip.

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Veronica JungYeon Kim

Software Engineer at Weights & Biases
Interest: Music – vocal, dance, flute, guitar, bass, keyboard, drums; Sports – climbing, soccer, Krav Maga, archery, water sports; Camping & Backpacking; Travelling; Languages
Fun fact: Lived at least 6 years in four different countries

Advisors

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Taejin Kim
CTO/VP at Lumens

T. J. (Tae Jin) Kim is currently working in the area of laser and fiber optics at Blue Sky Research. Prior to Blue Sky, he was in charge of new business and LED optics technology as a CTO/VP at Lumens. He also worked for LG Innotek as a research fellow. Additionally, he has worked for several companies in Silicon Valley after working at the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey. T.J has contributed to several breakthrough works including a Surface Plasmon Resonance active light control device, a sub-wavelength holographic quarter-wave plate, and a mini-square-aspherical lens device. He graduated from Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea, and completed his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Optical Science at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

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Young Gil Song
Serial Entrepreneur

Younggil is a serial entrepreneur. Currently, he is working as CEO of ZeroDesktop, a cloud desktop platform company, and Booga Ventures, an angel investment company. Before that, he founded and served as CEO of NComputingDoubleSight Displays, and eMachines. He started his career as a software engineer at TriGem Computer after graduating from Yonsei University with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and came to the US in 1997.

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Perry Ha
Founder/Managing Director of Draper Athena

Perry Ha is the founder and managing director of Draper Athena. He has been an active venture investor since 1997 and has invested and served on the board of many successful companies including: iPivot (acquired by Intel), Demandtec (IPO then acquired by IBM), Imparto Software (acquired by PKS), ProfitLogic (acquired by Oracle), and Zantaz (acquired by Autonomy). He also served as interim CEO in two different companies.   Prior to venture capital, he led the technology management practice at Gemini Consulting and advised Fortune 1000 clients to manage technology portfolios and develop new products. Prior to that, he managed an R&D Group at Amicon, a life sciences device company, which was successfully acquired by Milipore in 1994. He was granted two design patents during his tenure at Amicon.  He earned BS and MS degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He was the captain of his collegiate volleyball team and was selected to NCAA All-American third team. He is a life-long student and teacher of Tae Kwon Do, a Korean martial art of which he is a certified Master Instructor.

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KiHyun Joo
Founder/CEO of Exio communications

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