Profile

This website combines elements of my academic CV and professional resume. For a formal resume or business inquiries, please email from your official organization account. Below is a broader profile that integrates my intellectual commitments and professional experiences.

Education

  • Early & Honors graduation (cum laude) from both high school and college

  • Studied political-legal theory, economics, and mathematics at a liberal arts college, with maximum merit scholarships & grants for international students and multiple Dean’s Lists

    • East Coast Straussian-inflected Epistocratic Republican; equity-centered, civic-meritocratic constitutionalism
      • Political-Legal Theory Honors Thesis: defended; magna cum laude
        Examines justice by analyzing modern democracy, suffrage, natural rights, civil rights, and legal positivism.
    • Heterogeneous-Agent New Keynesian (HANK); distributional macro / inequality incidence
      • Mathematics-Economics Senior Thesis: ECON 699 track; A-
        Quantifies inflation incidence across income strata with a proprietary HANK-DSGE model, simulating heterogeneous propagation channels.

Experience

Publication ✒️

Authored an introductory investing guidebook for Korean retail investors who started investing during the post-pandemic retail trading frenzy (2021)

Politics 🏦

  • Central Headquarters of the Presidential Campaign and Ruling Party
    Council member in two winning presidential campaigns for two different parties (2012, 2017), each of which subsequently became the ruling party, contributing to high school education and youth employment policy development

  • Presidential Advisory Council
    Appointed twice to a 50-member national presidential advisory council on youth policy, under the Park and Moon administrations (2013, 2017)

  • The National Assembly (parliamentary audit work) at the Standing Committees of
    ⑴ Environment & Labor
    ⑵ Education & Culture & Sports & Tourism
    ⑶ Construction & Transportation

A special aide to Chair of Presidential Committee (2012) and former Presidential Chief of Staff (2013)

Data Analysis 🖥️

  • Fintech
    1M+ financial product database overhaul and global macro analysis

Consulting 📈 && Finance 💰

  • Management Consulting
    Advisory on operations, strategy, and M&A

  • Private Equity
    Deal sourcing, closing, and pre-close due diligence for cleantech fund portfolio companies

  • Asset Management
    Closing of residential and commercial real estate deals, and strategic planning for the Korea office at the enterprise level

Private Education 🧑‍🏫

  • Cram Schools in Daechi-dong, Seoul
    Provided premium tutoring and admissions consulting services for Korean & US prep schools and colleges to hundreds of secondary school students

Mainly worked as a freelance tutor & consultant alongside other projects (2012–2024)
Co-founded and managed a boutique institution (full-time in 2015–2016, part-time in 2016-2017)

Construction 👷

  • Manual Labor
    Cleaning, civil engineering, and welding

Interests

  • Political·Legal Theory/Philosophy, Normative Philosophy, Theology, Religious Studies, Monetary Theory, Behavioral Economics, International Economics, Econometrics, Finance, Business, Data Science, Classical Piano, Taekwondo, Kendo, Boxing, Muay Thai, Iaido (北辰一刀流 Hokushin Ittoryu), Aikido (合気会 Aikikai)