I worked as product leader in a tech company in Amsterdam. But I didn’t start my professional career in this industry from the beginning. Since 2007, I changed roles(S/W engineer, product manager, product marketing manager), industry(mobile, eCommerce, logistics), and even the country(S.Korea, Netherlands) every 2-3 years. “That looks fun!” was the biggest motive for the changes in the past and I still believe in that.
My trajectory might not look like a good/inspiring career path, but I’ve achieved a number of life goals(a.k.a. bucket list) throughout the journey : ‘writing/publishing a book’, ‘living and working abroad’, ‘working in an international organization'(well, I am still not eligible to join U.N., but I co-founded a human-rights NGO), and ‘starting my own company’ which I am proud of.
I would like to use this page to list a number of things I’ve done and achieved since the graduation from the university. I would not only describe the outputs from the professional work but would also highlight some personal projects as well. For more ‘professional’ CV, please take a look into my LinkedIn profile.
Professional works
- Group Product Manager – Carrier Growth, sennder – Jan 2023~Dec 2025 (Amsterdam)
- Head of Product, Dillyhub – Apr 2021~Nov 2022 (Amsterdam)
- Product manager, Booking.com – Aug 2017~Mar 2021 (Amsterdam)
- Head of Payment (Principal Product Owner/Senior Manager), Coupang – 2017 (Seoul)
- Senior Product Owner in Fintech Business/Systems, Coupang – 2015-2016 (Seoul)
- Regional Product Manager in Latin America Marketing team, Samsung Mobile – 2013~2014 (Seoul, S.Korea)
- Product Manager in Product Strategy team, Samsung Mobile – 2010~2012 (Seoul, S.Korea)
- S/W engineer in S/W Platform team, Samsung Mobile – 2007~2010 (Seoul, S.Korea)
Personal works
Voluntary works
- Voluntary trainer and coach of youth football at a Dutch football club NFC (2023-present)
- Cofounder, board member, and secretary of European based NGO Asian Voices Europe(NGO) to fight against rising anti-Asian racism in Europe (2020-2022)
- Platform migration and re-design of the Korean Reformed Church in the Netherlands (2019)
- Toastmasters International – Area Director (2014) of Korea Toastmasters, president of the Toastmasters club in Samsung Electronics HQ(2012-2013)
Writings
- Book publication in Korea – ‘골든해빗’ (토네이도출판사) (2020)
- News curator & writer at Careerly(news curation service targeting young professionals) (2020-)
- Content publication(in text, 50 mins read) on Publy(Korean startup aiming to deliver useful content to young professionals) – ‘How to do effective and efficient project review after launch‘ (2019)
- Essay on 나이이즘(independent magazine in S.Korea) – ‘Living in the Netherlands‘ (2019)
Media appearance
- ‘Korean professionals in Northern Europe‘ by YTN, a Korean broadcasting company (2019)