Joon Park

Stanford MBA | Harvard MPP | Chief of Staff @ TwelveLabs | Award Winning Journalist | Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford

Palo Alto, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Chief of Staff at TwelveLabs
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

  • Chief of Staff at TwelveLabs
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

  • Journalist at The Donga-A Ilbo
    Oct 2018 - Mar 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    • Investigative Journalism: Uncovered secret meetings between a Supreme Court Justice and a presidential candidate. Awarded Korea Journalism Grand Prize. • Data-Driven Storytelling: Published 998 articles, building relationships with 500+ news sources and analyzing 20+ types of datasets. Delivered 20+ articles with 1M+ digital views each. Distilled 10K+ pages of court records to accessible stories. • Sexual Violence Prevention Policy Reform: Exposed the misuse of gamma butyrolactone (GBL) as a "date rape drug" by interviewing three victims and coordinating with the police. Led to the first-ever classification of GBL as a government-monitored substance • Refugee Policy Reform: Unearthed fabricated interview reports by the government in refugee application. Prompted the ministry to re-interview 2,000 asylum seekers and videotape every interview. Awarded Journalist of the Year. • Statistical Analysis: Modeled 274 verdicts spanning 15 years to compute the political leanings of 46 Supreme Court Justices using AI/ML. Roles: Legal Affairs - Captial Market - Growth Strategy

  • Founder & Executive Director at Tong Gam (nonprofit)
    Apr 2016 - Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Growth Leadership: Founded a nonprofit supporting victims of sexual violence. Scaled team from 4 to 50 employees in 2 years. Awarded Promising Startup by the government. • Project Management: Orchestrated a College Choir Campaign engaging 1,000 students. Secured sponsorship from Mayor of Seoul and Minister of Gender Equity, and celebrities. Launched arts & poetry classes for child victims of abuse. • Cross-Functional Team Management: Managed 8 teams.