| Howard Kim
is the Chairman and CEO of Jay-Young Company
(JYC), a privately held diversified
investment and business development company
with high-level expertise to provide the
necessary capabilities to guide U.S.
technology companies to establish and expand
their international presence in the
Asia-Pacific market.
Mr. Kim has had an illustrious and
prosperous career having held various key
executive management positions for several
high-tech corporations where he was
responsible for successfully establishing
and growing their presence in the
Asia-Pacific market. Mr. Kim is an 20+ year
veteran in the communications industry and
has left an indelible mark on those
companies he's aided in marketing high-tech
startups to successfully penetrate into the
Asia-Pacific region, which in turn, gave him
the vision to apply his vast expertise with
the inception of Jay-Young Company.
Before founding JYC, Mr. Kim led Sycamore
Networks in developing its market presence
in the Asia-Pacific region, while serving as
its Managing Director of Asia-Pacific
Operation. Prior to that, Mr. Kim has served
as the Vice President and General Manager of
Asia-Pacific Operations for Hypercom Network
Systems, and as Regional Director of Sales
of Asia-Pacific Operations for Cascade
Communications (Lucent). He has also served
in various sales, marketing and technical
positions with some of the leading
communications and networking companies,
including, StrataCom (Cisco), Ungermann-Bass
(UB Networks), Compression Labs, California
Microwave, and GTE Corporation (Sprint
Communications).
Mr. Kim is a Limited Partner with
strategic and financial influence with Storm
Ventures, Telesoft Partners and Granite
Global Ventures. Mr. Kim is also involved in
Private Equity funds focusing on project
financing of several leisure and
entertainment projects throughout Asia
Pacific Region.
Mr. Kim holds a BS in Electrical
Engineering from Texas A&M University, and
an MBA from the University of Phoenix. |