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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, 2026–2027 — Principal Investigator, sole award : Operating factors of venture studios for public technology commercialization

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 — Fellow: Open public R&D ecosystems linking deep-tech startups with corporates and CVCs

Korea Angel Investment Association, Daejeon Startup Investment Ecosystem Study, 2025 — Principal Investigator

Daejeon Sejong Research Institute, Innovation Ecosystem for Daejeon’s Smart Agri-Industry Firms, 2025 — Non-Standing Research Fellow

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
2023: Grand Prize, Learning Lab Program, Korea Institute of S&T Human Resources Development (KIRD)
2022: Excellence Award, Learning Lab Program, KIRD — team leader; President’s Commendation, DISTEP — first Outstanding Employee designation
2021: Minister’s Award, Ministry of Science and ICT — KISTI NTIS Data Utilization Competition
2017: President’s Award, IITP; Academic Excellence Award, KAIST (2017–2018)

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 — joint campus curriculum, 174 certified hours, 8 courses over 7 semesters

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
KAIST Industry Trend Research Group — Research Fellow, 2018–: Co-author of four edited volumes on Korean industry strategy

Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA), Standardization Committee — Project Group Member, 2016–2019

Advisory — Bio I-Core Program, Ministry of Science and ICT (investment track), 2023–2026 · Climate Future Network, 2026–

Selected presentations

2025: 대한민국 딥테크 스타트업 투자 동향 — 혁신클러스터학회 추계학술대회 특별세션; 중장년 과학기술인력의 고용가능성과 혁신행동에 대한 자원보존이론적 접근 — 한국인적자원개발학회 추계 공동학술대회 (우수논문상); 기업벤처투자사(CVC) 중심의 딥테크 스타트업 투자 활성화 방안 — 혁신클러스터학회 춘계학술대회
2024: 과학기술 분야 재직자의 개인·심리적 특성이 직무 열의를 매개로 혁신 행동에 미치는 영향 — 한국혁신학회·KIRD 공동 추계학술대회 (발표논문상 최우수상)
2022: 기업의 시장성과 창출에 영향을 미치는 요인: 수도권·비수도권 기업 대상 퍼지셋 질적비교분석 — 한국기술혁신학회 추계학술대회
2019: 정부의 OSS 플랫폼 생태계 조성에 대한 고찰: 전자정부 표준프레임워크 사례 — 기술경영경제학회 하계학술대회 KAIST 특별세션

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) · Privacy Impact Assessment Professional (NIA, 2015) · ITIL Foundation (EXIN, 2015) · Librarian, Level 2 (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 2014)

TOEIC 935 (2016)