SPC/IPC Mentors
Kim, Sue: VP of Corporate Marketing, ANAFLASH
Sue Kim is a seasoned marketing professional with over 25 years of experience in large enterprises and startups. She is based in Silicon Valley and has a proven track record in global marketing communications, corporate branding, digital marketing, public relations, and thought leadership programs. Her expertise spans startup marketing, public relations, strategic marketing planning, and international marketing strategies. In her current role as VP of Corporate Marketing at ANAFLASH, Sue enhances corporate visibility among key stakeholders and revitalizes branding elements to strengthen market presence. She has previously led high-impact marketing communications at Samsung Electronics, ams OSRAM Group, Marvell Semiconductor, Renesas, and The Hoffman Agency, spearheading successful marketing initiatives. As a marketing mentor for startups, Sue leverages her deep tech marketing expertise to guide emerging businesses toward sustainable growth, enhanced market presence, and increased investor interest.
(LinkedIn)
Kim, Jen: Startup Counsel, Principal, Better Together Law
Jen is a seasoned startup advisor, deal counsel, entrepreneur, and life coach with extensive experience in startup financing, cross-border M&A, and commercial transactions. With a robust career that includes roles at Kim & Chang in Seoul, Faegre Drinker in Chicago, and in-house at Reckitt Benckiser in Tokyo, Seoul, and Chicago offices, Jen brings a wealth of international legal experience and cultural knowledge to facilitate cross-border transactions as well as domestic deals with diverse parties. Jen received her undergraduate degree in business from Ewha Womans University and her law degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Kim, Kevin: Founder & CEO of BraveTurtles Inc.
Kevin majored in Digital Media at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. He has worked for 5 years in motion graphics, 2 years in CG (computer graphics) animation, and 5 years in film VFX (Visual Effects, special effects). While working in the VFX industry, he had the opportunity to work on Hugo, which won the 2012 VFX Oscar. In the same year, another project he worked on, The Game of Thrones, also received an Emmy for Outstanding Special Visual Effects. In 2016, with the goal of making his own game someday, Kevin joined a AAA game company, Respawn Entertainment, as a Sr. VFX Artist where he worked on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in 2019. After 6 years of preparation, he finally decided to start his own business. In January 2021, Kevin founded the Metaverse game startup, Brave Turtles, Inc. (LinkedIn)
Jung, JiHee: Founder, Mediaiplus
Medical Science Representative, Roche
Medical Science Liaison, Mundipharma International Limited
Medical Science Liaison, Bayer
After being in the pharmaceutical industry for a decade, I realized the importance of clinical trials. But the process of getting started in clinical trials takes too long and costs too much, which results in delayed treatments for patients.
MediC provides customized solutions to clinical trials for bio-ventures to develop candidate substances.
Numerous worldwide bio-ventures, especially with imperfect infrastructure preparing clinical trials with help of CRO usually takes 15 months on average and consumes $75K. We try to shorten the amount of time and costs by providing global clinical trial information. We are committed to mediate between a bio-venture and CRO to operate clinical trials efficiently by collecting data and keeping them up-to-date.
So, I created Mediaiplus. If you're as passionate as I am about working on clinical trials, please get in touch! (LinkedIn)
Park, Soomin: Franchise Leader, Amazon Game Studios
With 30 years of experience in the internet services and gaming industry, Soomin pioneered the Free to Play and Microtransaction models, delivering innovative solutions and value as an executive across gaming platforms, publishing, live services, investments, and strategic partnerships. Since the late 1990s, he has served as CEO or founding member of five startups, establishing himself as an entrepreneur in the tech and entertainment industries. He co-founded Nexon's U.S. subsidiary, served as its VP, became the COO of Krafton's U.S. subsidiary, and single-handedly launched Amazon's game publishing business. His efforts successfully introduced and expanded Asian entertainment into North America, leading to the inclusion of two of the top three games on Steam.
Lee, Richard: CEO, Upccell, Inc.
With 15 years of experience in startups, including idea validation, planning, fundraising, team building, and revenue generation, I have developed a diverse range of expertise. Additionally, I have consulting experience in various business fields, including advising Korean medium and enterprise-sized companies entering the U.S. market.
Kim, Jung-Eun, MS
M.S. in biological sciences at Seoul National University.
B.S. in biology education at Seoul National University.
Senior researcher in LG household & healthcare.
Product owner in Ultracaption Inc.(merged to Kakao)
Venture capitalist in Donghoon Investment, etc.
Director of Custumor Success in Quotalab Inc.
Son, Gina
Investment Associate, KDB Silicon Valley
'18 UC Berkeley (BA in Political Economy)
'21 University of Chicago MS (MPP, Certificate in Finance & Policy, Data Analytics, Markets & Regulation)
'21 - Current, KDB Sillicon Valley Co-founder & Investment Associate
Koh, Kyunghwan (David): CEO, DNA Corporation
Start-up Alchemist
Chairman of Honghapvalley Foundation (Startup Accelerator)
Founder of DNA Corporation (present) - Honoree CES@2023 Innovation award
CEO of Gormey ('15. 05) - Introduced Google I/O
CEO of Art and Technology Holdings ('09. 10)
Korean Presidential Commendation Award ('18)
(LinkedIn)
Kim, Se-Hwang, MusD: COO, ATTRAKT USA, Managing Partner at MVLASF
Se-Hwang Kim, Mus.D. is the first guitarist and artist from Korea to be inducted to the Rockwalk of Fame, Hollywood in 2014. He is a solo artist and member of N.EX.T since 1993 and made history in music by performing as the soloist with I Musici di Roma for the 60th-anniversary concert tour with the chamber orchestra renowned to popularize 'Vivaldi - Four Seasons'. He was the head of music mentorship at CJ Group, artist at SM Station of S.M. Entertainment, head professor at Hanyang University Conservatory, then worked for the S.Korea government as a member of the committee for K-Pop from 2016, and was awarded by the government in 2018, and have participated in record-breaking projects in mobile game, movie including projects in investment and business operation. He is a lecturer and performer at NASA-JPL and UCLA, a member of METal International in Beverly Hills, vice president at Artist First Alliance HQ USA, managing partner at MVLASF, and COO at ATTRAKT USA.. (LinkedIn)
Kim, Greg (Kwangrok): Partner & Co-Founder, Primer Sazze
Kwangrog is a co-founder and managing partner at Primer Sazze Partners. Since 2018, Primer Sazze Partners has been dedicated to investing in exceptional Korean founders, with the mission of supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs in South Korea and globally. Before this, Kwangrog co-founded Sazze Partners in 2014, focusing on transformative consumer tech companies. In 2005, he co-founded Sazze, Inc., a holding company for fast-growing e-commerce startups. (LinkedIn)
Kim, Bumsoo: Partner, Translink Investment
Bumsoo leads U.S. investments at Translink Investment, focusing on early-stage AI, B2B software, and digital healthcare startups. Previously, he founded and ran an online education startup as CEO for over six years. He also worked as an investment principal at KTB Ventures in Silicon Valley, investing in successful companies that went public or were acquired. Before KTB, he was a business development manager at Samsung Corporation. Bumsoo holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Yonsei University in Korea.
Park, Sunghyuk: Professor, KAIST
Sunghyuk Park is an assistant professor in the department of management engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He is also a serial entrepreneur who founded personalization service companies and successfully sold the companies through M&A in the IT industry. He recently established Impact AI, a new AI company for asset allocation optimization.
Ryu, Sihoon: President, KIC DC
Sihoon Ryu brings his 17 years of hands-on venture investment experience in the mobile, semiconductor, and automotive industries to his role at KIC DC as President. Prior to joining KIC DC, Sihoon worked as an investor at SKTelecom Ventures, Daedeok Venture Partners, and Hyundai Mobis Ventures.