MY STORY

I am a co-founder of Amasia, a thesis-driven venture capital firm with offices in the Bay Area and Singapore. At Amasia, we work with founders building companies in our current thesis area: fighting the climate crisis and enhancing sustainability, through behavior change.

I started my career as an entrepreneur, founding music internet and e-consulting businesses before joining Merck & Co as a Systems Specialist. I left Merck to start my third company, a Delaware incorporated rock band called The Ally. I had the chance to tour around the US and collaborate with top artists across the US and Korea, perhaps most notably receiving a platinum record for my contribution to an album with Grammy Award winner, Brandy.

I spent the next 10 years managing trading and investment strategies across multiple asset classes for Goldman Sachs, Korean National Investments and Mercuria Energy Group.
 

Over the years I have been affiliated with various organizations at the intersection of entrepreneurship and education. I am a Kauffman Fellow, a member of the Young Presidents Organization and sit on the advisory boards for The Institute for Carbon Management at UCLA and The Choson Exchange, a non-profit focused on training entrepreneurs in North Korea. 

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