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Seoul, South Korea

- Developed solutions for interoperable healthcare. • Nation-wide Health Information and Medical Image Exchange System in Korea • BEST Image, a multi-center medical image research platform • Teresa, an Enterprise Imaging solution • EDP, a Content-Neutral Archive for diverse medical data

- Founder and President of a new startup company building up the company organization to start surgical robot and devices business.- Lead of the development of laparoscopic surgical robot.- Worked closely with mechanical and electronic engineers to design overall system architecture of the laparoscopic surgical robot, and many new surgical tools- Principal investigator of three Korean government grants: • Development of laparoscopic surgical robot • Development of handheld robotic smart instrument for advanced minimally invasive surgery • Development of multi-arm surgical robot for minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery- Developed “LapJack”, a smart purse string suture instrument for laparoscopic surgery- Over 240 pending patents and 70 issued patents

- Co-president of an existing startup company setting up the company organization to start diagnostic dental imaging system business.- Designed the overall system architecture and implemented software platform for 3D dental computed tomography system.

- Project: Standards and Connectivity for Ultrasound Scanner- Responsible for software team and especially took the role of analyzing and applying the appropriate healthcare standards such as DICOM and IHE for Ultrasound imaging modalities. Also consulted for the improvement of imaging workflow, image compression, report and evidence document management, waveform management and so on.- Encouraged the company to participate in IHE activities as a secretary of IHE Korea.- Upgraded the connectivity module of the Ultrasound scanner to successfully pass the IHE Korea Connectathon 2005.

Project Manager and Chief System Architect, INFINITT, January 2004 – June 2005 Project: Combined RIS/PACSProject Manager and Chief System Architect, INFINITT, January 2004 – June 2005 Project: 3D PACS Lead of the development of 3D PACS (Product name “G3”)Project Supervisor, INFINITT (and MEDIFACE), April 2001 – June 2005 Project: IHE Participation Role: Marketing and Technical Management for All IHE-related Activities• IHE North America Participation (2001-2005)• HL7/IHE Joint Connectathon Participation (2004)• IHE Japan Connectathon Participation (2003-2005)• IHE Taiwan Connectathon Participation (2003-2005)• IHE Europe Connectathon Participation (2004-2005)• IHE Korea Connectathon Participation (2004-2005)System Architect and Director of R&D, INFINITT (and Mediface), January 2001 – December 2004 Project: Large Scale Full PACS (Product name “STARPACS”) Role: System Design and Technical Lead Developed HIS/RIS/PACS Broker (Product name “WorkBroker”) Developed Image Acquisition Workstation (Product name “AcqMan”, “QCMan”) Launched teleradiology site, www.onpacs.com Also in October 2001, I won the Jang Young Shil Award that honors the highest industry professionals in Korea. (Refer to www.ir52.com)Senior Software Developer, Medison/Mediface, July 1997 – December 2000 Project: Full PACS Role: System Design and Technical Lead, DICOM Specialist In July 1997, my team was spun off and established a new company dedicated to PACS business. As a member of co-founders, I started to put all of my passion in this new company and PACS business. Developed Full PACS Server (Product name “Spectra” and "NetGate") Developed PC-based PACS Workstation (Product name “PiView”) Developed Medical Image/Video Capturing System (Product name “VideoLink”) Developed DICOM Gateway for Modality Worklist (Product name “WorkGate”) Developed DICOM Gateway for Legacy Laser Imager (Product name “PrintLink”)

Senior Software Developer, MEDISON, December 1994 – July 1997 Project: Mini PACS and Teleradiology Role: DICOM Specialist and Server Programmer Designed Ultrasound Image Filing System (Product name “SonoView”)Software Developer, MEDISON, February 1994 – December 1994 Project: Clinical Information System

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Medical Science

Ms, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bs, Electrical And Electronics Engineering