Experience

Summer Associate

Ownership Capital Lab

Initiative focused on expanding access to capital for employee-owned (EO) businesses

A Duke Fuqua MBA summer engagement focused on capital-access structuring for employee-owned businesses, spanning CDFI lending research, guarantee design, and SBA financing mechanics.

• Conducted lender-landscape research across Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and analyzed personal-guarantee practices in small-business and cooperative lending.
• Contributed to the design of guarantee and philanthropic first-loss structures aimed at reducing personal-guarantee requirements for employee-owned businesses, including ESOPs, employee ownership trusts (EOTs), and worker cooperatives.
• Researched SBA 7(a) loan program mechanics relevant to financing employee-ownership transitions.

Pre-MBA Venture Capital Intern

Trigger Investment Partners

Pre-MBA venture capital internship focused on early-stage investment evaluation and institutional fund diligence.

• Evaluated 20+ early-stage investment opportunities and conducted due diligence for two government LP-backed funds.
• Served as an evaluator for early-stage investor presentations.

Senior Manager, Investment Division

Korea Asset Investment

Asset management affiliate of Bosung (~$7B AUM), which operates 60+ affiliates

Real estate financing mandate for the investment division, spanning origination, capital raising, and lender-network development in the Korean market.

• Led a 5-member team to execute 6 financings worth $290M across logistics, residential, and office sectors in 2 years — driving sourcing, fundraising, structuring, and expansion of the investor base.
• Built a new lender network across Korea's non-bank sector (40+ of 79 savings banks), enabling 4 of 6 executed deals and diversifying the investor base for real estate financings.
• Directed a $163.6M forward purchase of office assets in prime business districts, leveraging market research to guide asset selection and pricing; secured a 20% return prior to project completion.
• Sourced a $35.5M loan for an NYSE-listed e-commerce company's logistics center and secured investors, driving development in an overlooked area and boosting projected IRR by 25% through early repayment.

Associate, Investment Banking Division

IBK Securities

Securities subsidiary of Industrial Bank of Korea, a state-owned financial institution

Cross-border U.S. real estate financing and structured-finance execution for Korean institutional investors, alongside ongoing management of a securitization book.

• Executed 4 U.S. real estate financings ($306M across office, logistics, and multifamily), preparing information memoranda, building financial models, and coordinating investor communication.
• Structured cross-border real estate loans tailored to mid-sized domestic institutions by addressing their return requirements; mobilized $20M from domestic investors making their first overseas investment.
• Developed fixed-income products by combining sovereign CDS and structured bonds to diversify income beyond real estate; managed a $500M balance sheet and stabilized portfolio returns.
• Managed approximately $450M in annual securitization issuance and ongoing portfolio activities across ABCP, ABSTB, and synthetic CDO products.
• Originated $200M+ in domestic project-finance and land-acquisition financings for residential and mixed-use projects by sourcing opportunities and structuring deals.

Director, Overseas Business Development

WISEPOWER

Startup and sole Korean supplier of Yanxuan, an affiliate of NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES)

• Discovered and connected Korean suppliers to NetEase's e-commerce platform; attracted over 10,000 visitors at the Qingdao Expo and generated $380K in annual sales.

Associate, Banking Department

ICBC Korea

State-owned bank of China with $6.7T in assets

Cross-border mortgage lending desk within a Chinese state bank's Seoul banking operations.

• Arranged and administered Korea's first syndicated interim mortgage loan by a Chinese bank, onboarding 1,000 new clients and expanding the loan portfolio by $123M.

Intern

11 Street Malaysia

• Supported sales performance tracking and campaign analysis by managing sales data and preparing reports for new e-commerce promotions.

Sergeant

Republic of Korea Army

KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army), 2nd Infantry Division, Eighth U.S. Army

Military liaison and support role within KATUSA's Korea-based ROK-U.S. combined forces operations, spanning interpretation, exercise coordination, and troop onboarding.

• Dispatched as lead interpreter for ROK-U.S. joint war game exercises; served as liaison and facilitated real-time coordination and operational planning between allied forces.
• Managed onboarding and base assignments for over 10,000 U.S. troops stationed in Korea, providing local briefings to support smooth settlement and integration.