Korea Tourism Startup Association is a representative organization for tourism startups based in Korea. The association is officially registered under the Seoul Metropolitan Government. The association closely work with the Korea Tourism Organization and other local tourism organizations for partnerships with tourism startups. I am one of the founding members for this association and have worked as the Secretary General and a Board member since its establishment.

canD is a no-code ecosystem specializing in community gamification and monetization. At canD, businesses and communities can find a complete suite of no-code modules provided by canD ecosystem developers, which you can use to build your Web2/Web3 applications without developers, as easily as doing home decoration by assembling IKEA modules.I work to drive our growth in global market by identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, establishing partnerships, and developing strategic plans to strengthen our brand and further increase profitability. I also take a responsibility in managing global clients and help them to succeed in their business and services operations.

I work as the Program Manager for CANnovate, an innovative no-code acceleration program. This program targets non-tech founders and teams across Web2 and Web3 startups, identifying exceptional applicants to provide comprehensive support for developing their services using our solutions. My role encompasses the full spectrum of program development: from designing the curriculum, promoting the application process, and rigorously selecting participants, to managing contracts and guiding them through the entire service planning to product launch journey.

Parentree is an online marketplace which provides access to a community of parents to share experience and valuable information and advice to ensure all parents stay happy, confident and connected through every stage of parenthood.Every parent gets on-the-job training as they take on the new responsibility of being a parent. Therefore, access to useful information and valuable advice is essential for parents to cultivate their own parenting skills.Parentree understands the importance and brilliance of shared experience and knowledge, so we connect parents to peers and/or senior parents with similar interests through our online marketplace. We aim to build collective intelligence to help deliver what parents need when they need it.

Working as a board member for Seoul Tourism organization since its beginning. Representing tourism startups and young professionals in the travel and tourism industry of Seoul.

Managed 'K-Startup Grand Challenge 2020' program supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency(NIPA). Provided an acceleration program tailored to 11 foreign startups developing business in Korea. The program I planned and managed includes organizing networking events and practical seminars, supporting each company's IR & PR efforts, and keeping up with their business development KPIs. I was also in responsible of communicating and reporting to the government agency for the overall program regarding our performances and budgets.

Institute for Real Tourism provides education and consulting in travel and tourism.- Hosted education programs for students and young professionals in travel and tourism industry collaborating with local governments, tourism startups, travel-tech companies, etc.- Hosted forums and conferences regarding major issues of the industry having speakers and panels from various areas in the field- Consulting projects for tourism policy & marketing for local governments, local tourism organizations, travel and tourism startups, etc.

I am writing columns biweekly at W lifestyle magazine published by the Korea Times since July, 2014. My columns are mostly about my travel experiences and insights on tourism I gained throughout my journey.

After twenty-two months of working as a civil servant, I decided to quit and travel around the world for 260 days. Even though I was proud of my job title as a manager at the tourism business division, I realized that I did not know enough about the concept of tourism, either in practice or in academia. Thus I decided to be a tourist (or a traveler) myself to figure out how tourism works in other cities, especially those that are most popular travel destinations in the world. I visited 19 countries, including many of the world’s most popular tourist attractions, and interview 30 tourism organizations. I am confident I have experienced the invisible force of tourism throughout this journey by meeting people who are actually making tourism work in the real world.

Special Tourism Projects team, Tourism Business Division- Invigorate and improve the tourism environment regarding “Hallyu(Korean wave, Korean Pop-culture)”- Cultural tourism development and marketing for Seoul, especially in Gangnam area (where Korean pop-star Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ originates from)

Global Marketing team, International Cooperation Division- Conducted marketing and promotions utilizing Korean pop-culture and major cultural and sports events to strengthen the Seoul city brand- Worked to manage and develop the Seoul city marketing brand and strategy abroad

Travel Marketing Industry team- Assisted travel industry management and research of the Greater Los Angeles area- Assisted works on International Pow Wow 2011, Los Angeles

Worked at the office of Senior Secretary to the President for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Office of the President, Seoul, South Korea assisting the Senior Secretary regarding Culture, Sports and Tourism issues- Worked on policy projects included developing a strategy to increase transit tourism, to manage national eco-trails, to encourage “Fair Travel” and to increase the nation’s hospitality capacity by 30,000 rooms by 2012- Prepared and assisted with the President’s events including: the President’s invitation of national players from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and the 2010 South Africa World cup; Charity events; the President’s visit to various cultural sites; and several preparatory events for G20 Seoul Summit- Assisted daily media analysis and research for future policy projects

- Assisted market research and monthly report writing in English on Koreans’ interest in Egyptian Tourism- Participated in integrated marketing projects to attract Korean tourists to Egypt- Managed an independent booth and awarded as the most popular booth in Korea Travel Fair 2009