Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Senior at Boston University's Questrom School of Business, majoring in Accounting and Corporate Finance (Graduation Date: 2027 January). After completing my freshman year, I took a leave of absence to fulfill my military service in South Korea. I served in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps and worked as an liaison interpreter at Camp Mujuk, United States Marines Corps. Professionally, I have internship experience in VC and PE, supporting investment evaluations, market research, and financial valuations. Currently, I serve as President of the Boston Korea Investment Group (BKIG), an intercollegiate Korean finance student association across Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern, and Tufts. I lead programming and execution across investment education, valuation workshops, stock pitch competitions, and report writing.
• Elected President (2025-2026) of an intercollegiate Korean finance student association spanning Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and Tufts University. • Led 100+ members and managed club plans across Investment, Report, and Planning/PR teams including stock pitch competitions, investment games, valuation seminars, and company reports production. • Partnered with iANT Education to expand BKIG nationally, including a West Coast business strategy case competition and club website build to support recruitment and club brand visibility.
• Performed comprehensive financial statement analyses and valuation modeling on companies within the continuation fund to evaluate growth potential and exit opportunities. • Organized industry analyses in the education, informercial, and shipbuilding sectors to assess market dynamics on whether the target companies were suitable for early investment and IPO readiness. • Assisted in drafting investment memos on AI companies, highlighting investment strengths, company overviews, and valuation analyses to inform strategic decision-making within the investment team.
• Attended over 50 investor relations (IR) meetings and pitch sessions with startups and venture companies, crafting detailed meeting minutes and synthesizing personal insights to support investment. • Performed research on 2,910 mid-sized Korean businesses, gathering and analyzing critical data on industry CAGR, recent revenue trends, and market positioning to assess potential investment suitability. • Conducted analysis of industry forecasts and economic trends in sectors such as cosmetics, Urban Air Mobility (UAM), and transformers to identify high-growth companies.
• Coordinated military and civil operations like combined-joint exercises and military-aid-civil-authorities with the United States Marine Corps and Republic of Korea Marine Corps G-1 (Administrative Personnel Branch), G-3 (Operations Branch), and G-37 (Future Planning Branch). • Translated/narrated 100+ events, conferences, meetings, and office calls including change of command ceremony, bootcamp graduation ceremony, operation briefs, ROC drills, and USMC Birthday Ball. Liaison Activities Include Coordinating: - Military-related work with Camp Mujuk, USMC, and ROK 1st Marine Division. - Military Aid Civil Authorities in Pohang, South Korea. - Civil-related events with the Pohang City Council and Police/Fire Department. - Party events with a Nursery School in Pohang, South Korea - Coordination of the usage of training areas & logistics measures. Translating Events Include: - Camp Mujuk Change of Command. - Operation Briefs - Combined US-ROK Marine Corps Corporals' Course. - Republic of Korea Marine Corps Bootcamp Graduation. - KMEP (Korean Marine Exchange Program) '23. - United States Marine Corps Birthday Ball. - Various ROC drills, meetings, conferences, and office calls.
• Worked as an English, mathematics, and science tutor under Jaranda (South Korea's childcare education matching platform). • Taught various students (~40pax) from kindergartners to high schoolers. Study materials included simple phonics and alphabets to SAT/ACT, Calculus, and Subject Physics tests. - 416 hours of teaching - 45 hours of childcare