IT Management

Edward I. Kim

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E-mail: ******@****.*** Mobile: 847-***-****

Certification / Education

Expiration 2019 Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute (PMI)

* License #1909801

1995/09 - 1998/06 Kellogg Graduate School of Management (Northwestern University) Evanston, IL

* MBA, major in Marketing, Strategy, and General Management.

1984/09 - 1988/12 University of Illinois (UIUC) Urbana-Champaign, IL

* BS in Electrical Engineering (digital circuit and microprocessor design).

Work Experience

2012/10 – Current JC Econet

(Boutique management consulting and technology service company)

Senior Director of Technology

* Devised and implemented IT & Datacenter support plan (App, Hosting, H/W, Network) related to a new online advertising service for a start-up company. Created and updated project plans using Microsoft Project.

* Led market survey and market entry strategy study on IT infrastructure services (Cloud Computing, Datacenter, IoT technology) for a subsidiary of a leading telecom company in Japan.

* Restructured wired network and implemented all Wi-Fi network architecture for internal employees.

* Evaluated HR training tools (overseas strategic sourcing, and business development & alliance deal).

* Led strategic sourcing (H/W & S/W) and technology assessment of underground positioning service (indoor GPS) using mobile devices for a consumer safety and security company.

* Conducted lectures (with mentoring) and authored class materials about topics related to business start-up leveraging Business Model Canvas to students in leading universities.

* Provided corporate training (in English and Korean) on Strategy, Digital Marketing, Strategic Sourcing, and Start-up for employees in Korean companies that have global operations.

* Developed tech support strategy and provided the back-end and daily IT supports to the off-site consultants.

Senior Director, Digital Marketing

* Developed renewal strategy and guided the modification of a marketing site for a web agency. (Business Case, Marketing Strategy, Site Strategy, Contents, Operations, Customer Retention, WordPress)

* Developed strategy for implementing Big Data solution and infra support service (data storage, network bandwidth optimization, service availability) for municipalities in Korea.

* Led development of SNS Marketing Analysis S/W (Facebook API centered) and coordinated the data management activities using Cloud service.

* Led sales and implementation of Adobe Test & Target to a fashion and clothing company.

* Improved the sign-up rate of a mobile service by 50% by managing online marketing campaign (SNS, Blogs, Web advertisement) for a leading telecom company.

* Assisted implementation of a multi-language website using Adobe CQ5 for a global tire company.

* Received over $1 million in government funding for new startups by formulating and drafting the new product introduction plan and marketing strategy.

* Developed online marketing strategy and assessed various IT projects including SEO, Cloud Computing, and Network Optimization (land & mobile based) for an education-training company.

2009/08 - 2012/07 Daesung Holdings (Korea.com)

(Entertainment and social network portal site targeting teens and young adults)

Director, Strategic Planning

* In charge of the overseas business division (P&L responsibility) for Korea.com.

* Launched and operated a new site called en.korea.com and energy.korea.com (led business planning, design, vendor sourcing, implementation, business development and strategic alliance).

* Project management on E-commerce, Online Advertising & Marketing, Web Analytics (with Google Analytics) and API integration with Social Network Services.

* Directed the infrastructure assessment and rollout plan on SAN Storage, Network, and Hosting Servers.

* Managed the site construction based on WordPress and in-house developed monitoring tools.

* Led SNS initiatives to reach 2.1 million fans for a Facebook page.

* Developed service strategy and managed the creation of mobile apps (iPhone and Android based).

* Supported the development and marketing of mobile game apps (Android based shooting game)

* Coordinated a business merger strategy with entertainment and online portal companies.

* Designed overseas M&A strategy; developed revenue diversification plan.

* Evaluated the acquisition plan to buy a VOIP service company (Korean operation of SKYPE).

2007/02 - 2008/11 Semo Technology

(Manufacturer and service provider of CCTV and DVR that streams lived & stored video to 3G handsets)

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

* Managed daily operation of MOBI-CAM Services. (Network & System Optimization)

* Led the development of Sales & Marketing Strategy and Operational Plan for DVR products.

* Managed the assembly, quality control, testing and delivery of 2,000 units of Stand Alone DVR and 1,500 units of PCB-type DVR to a marketing and logistics company.

* Developed and implemented the video data infrastructure. (NAS, Network bandwidth, data center)

* Led the strategic sourcing and contract negotiation with manufacturing and H/W vendors in Korea and China.

* Led the product development of Mobile enabled Stand Alone DVR (design spec. to QC).

* Developed tech support strategy and provided installation supports to on-site retail installers.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO), 2005/08~2006/01

* Led the commercialization of Mobile Video Monitoring Service (3G based) for a leading telecom company.

* Conducted marketing road show to promote new technology to potential business partners in Japan.

* Led the development and operation of back-end service infrastructure (Device Authentication, Inventory Control, Service Admin) by interfacing with a telecom’s billing system.

* Operated 7x24 Datacenter to support the mission critical application (Unix, Raid Storage, Network).

* Led the product development of video streaming app that pulled live and recorded video in DVR over the 3G mobile network. (Video Codec Optimization, Software Development)

2006/02 - 2007/01 Adobe Systems Korea Ltd.

Director, Head of Consulting

* Managed the consulting practice in the areas of Mobile Technology and X-internet. Responsible for P&L including Pre-sale, Sales, Delivery activities related to consulting service.

* Led the development of Idle, Menu, & Dialer using FlashLite which targeted European market for a leading global handset manufacturer. The client launched the handset commercially.

* Managed consultants and engineers (Korean and Europe) who provide technical support for global handset and device (PMP, MP3, set-up box) manufactures.

* Sold on-site consulting/engineering support to world-leading handset manufacturers.

* Raised total sales booking to $1.2 million in less than one year.

2000/03 - 2005/07 EMRO, Inc.

(Consulting and systems integration focusing on strategic sourcing and procurement system)

Senior Partner (Founding Member)

* Led the development and implementation of an e-Procurement system (backend integration to SAP) for a leading engineering and construction company.

* Formulated the Process Innovation (PI) strategy and supported the implementation of an e-Procurement system for an engineering and construction company.

* Led Supply Chain Management (SCM) competitiveness study for automobile parts manufacturing company.

* Led the design and implementation of an e-Procurement system for a commercial power & energy company.

* Spearheaded the development of the e-Catalog management and implementation of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) solution for B2B MRO e-Marketplace.

* Managed the S/W development for SRM solution including conceptual & technical design.

* Led the Information Strategic Planning (ISP) and Business Modeling (BM) study for a paper consortium.

* Conducted Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and strategy assessment for a major publishing company.

* Led the development and implementation of e-Catalog and e-Procurement system for a university hospital.

BizMRO

(B2B e-marketplace and strategic sourcing site for MRO and indirect materials serving Korean companies)

President & CEO, 2000~2002

* Incubated a start-up focusing on B2B e-Marketplace (transaction of MRO).

* Led business modeling, process design (sourcing and vendor management), IT implementation and daily operation of the company.

* Designed on-line transactional e-marketplace based on ARIBA, WebMethod, and Oracle ERP with SUN H/W based on T3 hard disk array.

* Led HR sourcing (JAVA Developers) and managed an Indian SI company to enhance ARIBA.

* Managed technical sourcing and purchasing of S/W and H/W products for the Korean market.

1998/08 - 2000/02 A. T. Kearney

Senior Associate

* Diagnosed and developed PI plans for procurement, logistics, and MRO inventory management to improve cash flow for the global automobile manufacturing company.

* Managed Strategic Procurement Project for a major pulp and paper company.

* Led the development of a long-term business strategy for a government-owned heavy industry company that is preparing for IPO in Korea.

* Spearheaded the industry and business analysis to support Big Deals in the areas of power generation and large diesel engine for a heavy industry company.

* Led the development of a mid & long-term strategic planning for a major heavy industry company.

* Developed ERP implementation (SAP) strategy for an oil and petrochemical processing company.

* Participated in the data-warehousing project for a leading bank.

* Assessed and recommended the risk control measures on the Y2K Compliance Project as PMO section leader for a telecommunications company in Australia.

1996/01 - 1998/07 CSC - Computer Sciences Corporation

Senior Consulting Engineer, 1998

* Transition to CSC as a part of CNA’s Information Systems outsourcing agreement with CSC.

* Developed the corporate data center management and outsourcing strategy.

* Developed and performed the 7x24 operational plans for HP-UX systems.

CNA Insurance

Senior Consulting Engineer, 1996~1997

* Developed and executed UNIX capacity planning and 7x24 performance monitoring strategy.

* Managed projects related to UNIX and Oracle database, and developed procedures and analyze UNIX system capacity problems using SAS.

* Provided technical expertise on Cisco router-based network management projects.

1991/04 - 1995/12 KRAFT Foods, Inc.

Senior Business Consultant, 1994~1995

* Spearheaded deployment of Internet connection (T3) for the corporation. Included feasibility study, vendor evaluation of ISP and firewall, and managing consultants.

* Expanded the NOC operations to monitor and manage local area hubs and departmental MS servers.

* Developed automated warning and report system to check WAN bandwidth availability and latency.

* Assessed and developed a plan to migrate from Token-Ring to Ethernet architecture.

* Authored corporate Internet security policy and user guidelines.

* Served as a lead corporate liaison in Plant Architecture Committee. Assisted and guided the manufacturing community in evaluating, selecting and implementing UNIX systems.

Business Consultant, 1991~1993

* Created the in-house network management center (NOC). The NOC ultimately brought back the operational tasks from an outsourcing company.

* Migrated network management environment from SUN NetManager to HP OpenView.

* In charge of the 7x24 operation of corporate WAN based on Cisco routers (200+ devices).

* Designed and deployed DNS; managed consultants to publish network architecture and server set-up guide.

* Supported Kraft USA’s application development environment based on HP-UX.

1989/01 - 1991/03 Westinghouse Savannah River Co.

(Operator of Savannah River Nuclear Weapons Site for US Department of Energy)

Electronics Design Engineer

* Developed real-time C programs under UNIX to test hardware.

* Designed digital circuits and analog circuit to measure ambient temperature.

* Designed an ASIC chip to reduce the on-board circuitry and to increase performance.

* Reviewed peer engineers’ designs for conformance with various government and the NRC standards.

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