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Boston, Ma, Us

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AI-powered transportation-focused climate tech app; Winner: Micromobility Industries Riders’ Choice Awards 2023: Best Data & Planning Company; Pro-bono diligence support from the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility; Incubated at the Harvard Innovation Labs~Transportation accounts for nearly a third of our country’s carbon footprint. In the face of a rapidly warming world, Slé believes that a brighter future starts with the way we move. The app helps people make intentional choices to get from A to B by bringing transparency and connection to our mobility patterns—whether we’re driving a car, taking the train, or riding a bike.

San Francisco, California, Us

Business development lead for Landscape, a boutique brand strategy and design studio producing design-driven work related to positive social, cultural, and environmental change

Stanford, Ca

VC career accelerator combining coursework and work placement; focused on future of transportation, micromobility, and climate action investment; Selected for program masterclass committee; organized programming~Spike Ventures is a private venture fund for Stanford alumni and friends of the community to access high-quality, diversified venture portfolios in early to growth-stage companies, many with a Stanford alumni connection. Our investors own a portfolio of ~20-30 venture investments diversified by stage, sector, and geography. The fund co-invests alongside other established venture firms. Spike Ventures is part of the Alumni Ventures family of venture funds. Alumni Ventures is consistently recognized as one of the most active venture firms in the US, according to PitchBook. The firm employs over 50 full-time venture investors, has raised more than $800M, holds a rapidly growing portfolio of over 800 venture-backed companies, and counts 600,000+ community members and subscribers across all of its funds.

Sole owner-operator of DEI-forward, tech-focused squash club and training academy; grew from incorporation to international brand; over $1M run rate, hundreds of members, thousands of clients from five continents; Created corporate partnerships with Wellesley College, multiple private schools, private clubs domestically and abroad; Managed team of six employees in staffing, marketing and business development; Grew social media and marketing channels to thousands of follows and millions of views (YouTube Channel received over 6K subscribers and over 1M views) with zero dedicated marketing budget; Secured over $1M commitment in funding for expansion pre-Covid as part of $2.8M raise

上海, 上海, Cn

Led global rebranding effort for Chinese investment bank with VC and seed investment extension in US; Directed web design, photography and marketing campaigns

Worked with Principal, Director, and project architects in all stages of the design process; Prepared graphics, writing, and presentation documents for academic lectures, publicity material, and competitions; Coordinated construction administration and project logistics.~Kyu Sung Woo has built extensively in both Korea and the United States, including the Asian Cultural Complex in Gwangju, Korea; the 1988 Olympic Village in Seoul; the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas; the Whanki Museum in Seoul; and housing complexes at Harvard, Northeastern, Bennington and Amherst.Woo studied at Seoul National University before coming to the United States in 1967, where he received a Master of Architecture at Columbia University and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design at Harvard University in 1970.After graduation, he worked closely with Josep Lluis Sert at Sert, Jackson & Associates, and served as senior urban designer for the Mayor’s Office of Midtown Planning and Development in New York. He began his private practice in 1978, which later became Woo and Williams. In 1990, he formed Kyu Sung Woo Architects, Inc.His work has been published widely and has received national and international recognition. In 2008, he was awarded Korea's Ho-Am Prize in the Arts, becoming the first architect to receive the award. In 2020, he was presented with the Boston Society of Architects' Award of Honor, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to architecture and to the profession over the course of his career.Woo has taught at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Worked as part of a two­-person team towards the completion of a 10,000 sf academic space, participated in all phases of the project from schematic design through construction administration.

Worked with the firm's principal, Yoo Kerl, leading a project evaluating the economics of the architectural profession through a series of in-­office discussions on architectural production and design workflows.

Contributed in industrial and architectural design, architectural photography, and project marketing materials.

Beijing, Beijing, Cn

Researched LEED and other green building certification bodies in respect to design and construction in China, developed groundwork for firm­-wide environmental policy.

Ba, East Asian Studies

M. Arch. I., Architecture

Ma, East Asian Studies

Harvard-Yenching Institute Student Fellow

High School

Tuck Business Bridge Program