CV
Positions
- Ajou University, Industry–Academia Cooperation Foundation — 2024–present
- Special-Appointment Professor
- Korea Science and Technology Holdings (KST) — 2023–2024
- Director, Senior Investment Manager
- Daejeon Institute of Science and Technology Promotion (DISTEP) — 2021–2023
- Senior Researcher
- National Security Research Institute (NSR) — 2019–2021
- Technology Licensing Officer
- Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) — 2016–2019
- Senior Researcher
- National Information Society Agency (NIA) — 2014–2016
- Researcher
Education
- PhD, Convergence Consulting — Daejeon University, 2023
- Valedictorian, 4.5/4.5. Dissertation: capability factors in firm market performance creation, comparing capital and non-capital regions.
- MS, Management of Technology — KAIST, 2019
- Salutatorian, 4.13/4.3. Thesis: government open-source software platform ecosystem formation.
- BA, Library and Information Science — Sungkyunkwan University, 2014
- Valedictorian, 4.41/4.5.
Grants
National Research Foundation of Korea, Early-Career Researcher Program (Humanities and Social Sciences), 2026–2028 — Principal Investigator, sole award
Korea Technology Innovation Society, Early-Career Researcher Program, 2026 — Principal Investigator, sole award
Asan Nanum Foundation, Asan University Climate Tech Entrepreneurship Program, 2025–2026 — Project Manager
Ministry of Science and ICT, Public Technology-Based Market-Connected Startup Exploration Program (Korean I-Corps), 2025 — Project Manager
KISTEP Fellowship Program, 2025 — Principal Investigator
KISDI Digital Economy and Society Research Program, 2025 — Principal Investigator
Awards
- 2025
- Best Paper Award, Korean Society of Entrepreneurship
- Outstanding Paper Award, Korean Academy of Human Resource Development
- 2024
- Best Paper Award, Korea Innovation Society
- President’s Award for Outstanding Research, Daejeon University
- 2021
- Minister’s Award, Ministry of Science and ICT — KISTI NTIS Data Utilization Competition
- 2017
- President’s Award, IITP
Teaching
- Ajou University — 2025–present
- Entrepreneurship (3 credits, instructor of record, 16 sessions)
- Deep-tech entrepreneurship, BK21 graduate curriculum — 2026 Fall
- Faculty advisor, Google–Ajou AI Convergence Capstone Design (5 teams)
- Faculty advisor, campus startup clubs and laboratory spin-offs
- Mentoring for student and faculty pre-founders (40+ sessions)
- Sejong Metropolitan Office of Education — 2019–2022
- Venture Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
Service
- International Schumpeter Society — Member, 2026–
- ISS 2026 Conference, Strasbourg
Korea Technology Innovation Society — Vice Chair, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Division, 2025–
- Reviewer — 30+ manuscripts
- 기술혁신학회지 · 산학기술학회지 · 혁신클러스터연구 · 산업혁신연구 · 한국브랜드디자인학회지 · 벤처창업연구
Advisory — Bio I-Core Program, Ministry of Science and ICT (investment track), 2023–2026 · Climate Future Network, 2026–
Certifications
Venture Capitalist (Korean Venture Capital Association, 2022) · Accredited Angel Investor (Korea Business Angels Association, 2022) · Research Planning Professional (2023) · Technology Commercialization Coordinator (2023) · Patent Management Consultant Level 1 (2022) · Business Model Consultant (2021) · Technology Startup Consultant (2021)
TOEIC 935 (2016)