Career Pathways: Mentoring the Next Generation

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CAREER PATHWAYS: MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION

June 23, 2012

Encina Hall Stanford University

Morning Session

8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION AND LIGHT BREAKFAST

9:00 – 9:30 INTRODUCTION & WELCOMING REMARKS

Gi-Wook Shin, Director, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Introduced by Jay Ryu, DFJ Athena

9:30 – 10:30 STARTUPS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

David Chun, CEO and Founder, Equilar

Steve Kahng, Principal, Arboretum Capital Management and Founder and CEO, Power Computing

Bill Kim, CEO and Founder, Kizan International

Moderated by Michael Yang, CKA Chairman of the Board

10:30 – 10:50 NETWORKING BREAK

10:50 – 12:00 KOREAN COMPANIES

Dong-Su Kim, Senior Director, Samsung Ventures America

Paul Kim, Chairman, GCT Semiconductor and Managing Partner, Parakletos

C.S. Park, Board Member, Seagate

John Suh. Director, Hyundai Ventures

Moderated by John Park, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

12:00 – 1:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS & LUNCH

The Honorable Lucy Koh Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Introduced by Perry Ha, Managing Director and Founder, DFJ Athena

Afternoon Session

1:00 – 2:00 LAW (Oksenberg Room, 3rd Floor)

Marie Oh Huber, SVP, General Counsel, and Secretary, Agilent Technologies

The Honorable Lucy Koh, Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of CA

Richard M. Park, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of CA

Phillip Shinn, Partner, Fox Rothschild

Moderated by Hyun Park, SVP and General Counsel, PG&E

1:00 – 2:00 CAREERS IN PUBLIC INTEREST & POLITICS (Philippines Room, 3rd Floor)

Eddie Ahn, Policy Counsel, Brightline Defense Project

Jane Kim, Supervisor, San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Philip Yun, Executive Director, Ploughshares Fund

Moderated by Leezie Kim, Former Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Partner, Quarles & Brady

2:00 – 2:30 BREAK & NETWORKING

2:30 – 3:30 PANEL DISCUSSION ON KOREA

David Straub, Associate Director, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Philip Yun, Executive Director, Ploughshares Fund

Moderated by Gi-Wook Shin, Professor, Stanford University and Director, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Afternoon Session

3:30 – 3:50 BREAK & NETWORKING

3:50 – 4:50 VENTURE CAPITAL & PRIVATE EQUITY

Hoon Cho, Managing Director, GI Partners

Han Kim, General Partner and Co-Founder, Altos Ventures

Phil Yoon, Investment Director, Walden International

Moderated by Perry Ha, Managing Director, DFJ Athena

4:50 – 5:00 RAFFLES

5:00 – 5:15 THANKS & CONCLUSION Council of Korean Americans

Our Mission

The Council of Korean Americans (CKA) is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of Korean American leaders. Our mission is to assert a strong, clear voice on issues of critical importance to Korean Americans and to support their full participation in all aspects of American life.

Our Vision and Values

. We believe in the promise of America and in the talent and commitment of Korean Americans that makes this promise a reality.

. We believe in leadership, public service, mentorship, and collaboration.

. We believe in a future in which all Americans have the opportunity to serve their country, lead their communities, and work proactively to create a better world.

About Us

A group of Korean American leaders from a wide variety of fields came together in 2007 to address a common concern that despite the constructive efforts of many Korean American organizations, the voices of Korean Americans have yet to be fully heard in our country.

The Council of Korean Americans (CKA) represents a new endeavor to empower Korean Americans by bringing together accomplished and passionate individuals who are able to assert their voices effectively on a national level. We believe that Korean Americans now possess the critical mass, resources, and networks to become a major force for positive change in America. To that end, we seek to build a diverse, coast-to- coast membership, comprised of those who have not only demonstrated leadership and success in their fields, but also a commitment to working collaboratively for a larger purpose.

We at CKA recognize that all of us have benefited from the sacrifice and progress of many who came before us. We are dedicated to fulfilling the aspirations of our predecessors, giving back to our communities, and creating opportunities for future generations of Korean Americans.

For more information, please go to councilka.org or contact [email protected].

Welcome Message

Perry Ha Hyun Park CKA Founding Board Member CKA Board Member DFJ Athena PG&E Corporation

Welcome and thank you for attending CKA’s first mentorship conference. We are thrilled to have all of you here today. We are also very grateful to our amazing speakers. They eagerly agreed to come and share their insights, experiences, and advice with all of you. Please participate, engage and take full advantage of this opportunity. Ask questions, network and make the most of this experience because they are all here for you.

We want to thank The Honorable Lucy H. Koh for making the time from her very busy schedule to participate in this conference and to deliver the keynote address. We know how precious her time is. We are also thankful to Professor Gi-Wook Shin for making this wonderful venue available to us and Korean Consul General Lee for always encouraging and supporting us to serve the Korean American community.

Many people worked very hard to organize this conference, but we would not be here today without the incredible hard work of Jay Ryu. If you run into Jay today, please thank him for his efforts. We also want to recognize Michael Yang, CKA’s Chairman of the Board and Christina Yoon, CKA’s Executive Director for their leadership and contribution. And, of course, we are grateful to our generous sponsors, Equilar, Morgan Lewis and PG&E.

Thank you and have a great conference!

Best Regards,

Perry Ha Hyun Park

Keynote Speaker

The Honorable Lucy Koh Judge, U.S. District Court Northern District of California

President Obama appointed Judge Lucy Haeran Koh to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in June 2010. Judge Koh is the first Korean American federal district court judge in the U.S. and the first Asian Pacific American federal district court judge in the Northern District of California. Governor Schwarzenegger appointed Judge Koh to the California Superior Court for the County of Santa Clara in January 2008.

Prior to joining the bench, she was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, where her colleagues and she litigated the In re Seagate Technology case, in which the Federal Circuit overturned the 24 year old standard for willful patent infringement. She also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Major Frauds Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.

A jury instruction from one of her trials is a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Model Criminal Jury instruction. She received an award from then FBI Director Louis J. Freeh for prosecuting a $54 million securities fraud case. She previously served as a Special Assistant to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and as a Fellow on a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University. She is married and has two children. Speaker Bios

Eddie Ahn Policy Counsel, Brightline Defense Project

Eddie Ahn currently works as an attorney for Brightline Defense Project, a nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and empowering communities. Brightline's work includes advancing environmental justice, renewable energy, green jobs, and local hiring. Prior to law school, Eddie served as an AmeriCorps member, specializing in after-school programming for elementary school students. During his first first two years of law school, he continued to teach art and public speaking classes at Oakland Asian Students Educational Services. He has also worked in government and politics, including a legislation clinic in Sacramento and successful state and local political campaigns. Eddie has received his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and his B.A. from Brown University.

Hoon Cho Managing Director, GI Partners

Hoon Cho is a Managing Director at GI Partners, a private equity investment firm based in Menlo Park, CA. He currently leads GI’s investment efforts in the financial services and energy sectors while co-heading the firm’s healthcare activities. He is currently a Board Observer of First Republic Bank (NYSE: FRC) and served as a Director of The Linc Group, a leading global provider of integrated facilities management services, prior to its acquisition by ABM Industries (NYSE: ABM).

Prior to joining GI Partners, Hoon led the private equity investing activities for Vulcan Capital, the investment arm for Vulcan, Inc., the family office of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. At Vulcan Inc., Hoon served on the Boards of and played significant roles in the restructurings of several of Mr. Allen’s high profile assets including the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers of the NFL and NBA, respectively. In addition, he also advised Mr. Allen on his Microsoft stock holdings as well as overall asset allocation.

Hoon graduated with honors from Princeton University in 1991 after majoring in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and served as a Young Alumni Trustee on the University’s Board of Trustees. He also earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1996.

Hoon and his wife, Junehee, reside in Hillsborough, CA with their three young boys. Speaker Bios

David Chun CEO and Founder, Equilar

David has led Equilar since its inception to become one of the most respected and trusted names in the executive compensation industry and has been recognized as one of the "100 Most Influential Players in Corporate Governance" by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). David often speaks publicly on issues facing the executive compensation industry, including events hosted by The Conference Board, Directorship, The HR Policy Association, NACD, NASDAQ OMX, National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP), NYSE Euronext, RiskMetrics, Stanford's Directors' College, and WorldatWork.

Prior to founding Equilar, David was a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, a global investment bank that has since merged with Credit Suisse. Prior to DLJ, David was a management consultant with Bain & Company and also Kenan Systems, a telecom billing software developer that was subsequently acquired by Lucent Technologies.

David is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), a Charter Member of the Asian-American Multi-Technology Association (AAMA), a director of the Asian Pacific Fund Community Foundation, and a co-founder of the Korean American Society of Entrepreneurs (KASE). David earned his M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors of Science with Honors in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Perry Ha Managing Director, DFJ Athena

Perry Ha is the founder of DFJ Athena, a venture capital firm focused on investments in Korea and the US. He has been an active venture investor since 1997 when he founded Athena Technology Ventures, a Silicon Valley based venture capital fund with a focus on early-stage startups. He has invested in and/or served on the board of many successful companies including Ipivot (INTC), Demandtec (DMAN), Imparto Software (PKS), ProfitLogic (ORCL), and Zantaz (AUTNF). He also served as interim CEO in two different companies. He currently serves on the board of several companies in Korea and the US.

Prior to venture capital, he led the Technology Management Practice at Gemini Consulting, a global management consultancy, helping Fortune 1000 clients manage technology portfolios and develop new products. Prior to that, he managed an R&D Group at Amicon, a life sciences device company, which was successfully sold to Milipore in 1994. He was granted two design patents during his tenure at Amicon. Speaker Bios

Marie Oh Huber SVP, General Counsel, and Secretary, Agilent Technologies

Marie Oh Huber is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Agilent Technologies. She is responsible for supervising the company’s global legal function including intellectual property law, corporate governance and securities law, mergers and acquisition support, commercial law, litigation support, employment law and legal compliance matters. She also has responsibilities for corporate relations, which includes external and internal communications, government affairs, philanthropy, university relations and external research and the country leadership program.

Huber was previously Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Agilent, overseeing a team responsible for advising the board of directors and management team on issues including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities law, executive compensation and benefits, real estate, environmental and stock plan administration matters. Prior to joining Agilent, she spent 10 years with Hewlett-Packard as an M&A and securities lawyer and practiced at large law firms in New York and San Francisco.

Huber serves on the board of the American Leadership Forum -- Silicon Valley.

Huber received her B.A. from Yale in Economics, studied at the London School of Economics and earned her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law.

Steve Kahng Principal, Arboretum Capital Management Founder and CEO, Power Computing

Stephen Kahng founded Power Computing Corp. in 1994 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Power Computing was the most successful of several companies that received licenses for the Macintosh OS platform. In 1999, the company was acquired by Apple Computer.

He began his career at IBM as a computer designer for IBM 3080 main frame computers. In the early 1980s, he began several successful start-up companies in computer design and semiconductor sectors. His client list included Digital Equipment Corp, Compaq Computer Corp (both now part of HP), Samsung, LG Electronics, Daewoo Corporation and Olivetti Corporation. Prior to founding Power Computing Corporation, he was a senior Vice President and General Manager of Chips and Technologies, Inc.

Speaker Bios

Most recently, Mr. Kahng has been devoting most of his time to philanthropy and non-profit work. He is currently on the Board of the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. He is also an active Board member at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. He is a principal at Arboretum Capital Management and Kahng Foundation, a family foundation.

Bill Kim CEO and Founder, Kizan International

In 1972, Mr. Kim founded Kizan International in a tiny little office in South San Francisco. Today, the company has grown to one of the largest men’s dress slacks companies in the US. The company’s products are sold to more than 8,000 stores including Macy’s, JC Penny’s, Sear’s, Belk’s, and many other department stores and chain stores in the US and Canada. The company designs, manufactures, imports, wholesales and distributes its products using the most advanced supply chain management system.

In 1980, Mr. Kim was awarded from the President of South Korea for the bilateral trade promotion between the US and South Korea. In 1986, he was named “Businessman of the Year” from Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Kim is a strong advocate and supporter of philanthropic work and had joined the board of Give2Asia in 2003 and served as the Chairman of the organization from 2007 to 2010. He is passionate in supporting Korean art and culture, serving as a commissioner/ trustee of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco since 1999. He is the current Chairman of the Korean American Chamber of Commerce NPC.

Born in South Korea, came to America for his education in 1964, Mr. Kim was educated at El Camino College, UCLA, and Executive Program at Stanford University.

Dong-Soo Kim Senior Director, Samsung Ventures America

Dong-Su Kim, Ph.D. is a Senior Director at Samsung Ventures America. He covers semiconductors, displays, LEDs and “emerging” businesses, which includes bio and cleantech. He has over fifteen years of investment, strategy, planning, and technology experience.

Prior to joining Samsung Ventures, he was a Director of Asia Evolution, an investment bank in Korea covering mid-market financing, private placement, and M&As. Before joining Asia Evolution he was a Senior Manager at Technology Strategy Office in Samsung Electronics. As the CTO’s staff, he was responsible for strategic venture investments and Speaker Bios

technology alliance. He also worked in technology planning for Samsung’s Telecom R&D center, responsible for discovering new research topics. Prior to that, he was a Technical Leader at Samsung Fiber Optics Business in charge of development of fiber optic components and also managed a technical sales team.

Dong-Su is on the board of directors for Astute, DCG Systems, and D2S. He also served on the board of Pixtronix, IntegenX, and GCT Semiconductor. Dong-Su has a M.A. and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in Electrical Engineering, and a B.S. with honors from the California Institute of Technology in Applied Physics.

Han Kim General Partner and Co-Founder, Altos Ventures

Han Kim is a General Partner and co-founder of Altos Ventures, focusing on investments in the areas of software and business services. He also concentrates on companies with significant business in Asia, leveraging the firm's substantial contacts in the region, particularly in Korea. Han currently serves on the board of Bluehole Studios/En Masse, CalmSea, Lohika, OutSpark, Pandora.tv, Provade, Nable Communications, Spicus and TVU Networks, and works closely with Blogcocktail, Coupang, I-um, SeeControl and Vesta Corporation. He also led the firm’s prior investments in DemandTec (Nasdaq: DMAN), Instill (acquired by iTradeNetwork), Digital Market (acquired by Agile Software), Evant (acquired by Manhattan Associates), iOwn (acquired by Citigroup), and Provade (acquired by Pinnacle).

Before founding Altos Ventures in 1996, Han worked at Booz Allen & Hamilton solving strategic and operational issues for global media, retail and distribution companies. Previously, he was at Procter & Gamble. Han also served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Han served two years in Korea, commanding both U.S. and Korean soldiers. Han received an MBA from Stanford University and a BS in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Jane Kim Supervisor, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 6

Supervisor Jane Kim is member of the Board of Supervisors representing District Six in San Francisco. She was formerly the President of the San Francisco Board of Education and a civil rights attorney at Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area. As a Commissioner on the Board of Education, Jane Kim has advocated for expanded access for immigrant families, more equitable distribution of district resources, and greater accountability Speaker Bios

by the administration to the community whom they serve. Prior to serving on the Board of Education, Jane was a fellow at The Greenlining Institute, where she developed economic development policies and advocated for increased consumer protections for communities of color. In 2001, she left The Greenlining Institute for the Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco, where she worked as a Senior Community Organizer. For the next six years, Jane Kim worked to strengthen tenant protections and improve public safety for her community. Jane received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University, where she studied Political Science and Asian American Studies. She went on to receive her law degree from U.C. Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall.

Leezie Kim Former Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Partner, Quarles & Brady

Leezie Kim recently returned to private practice in Phoenix, Arizona as an attorney after two and a half years living in Washington DC as a White House appointee as Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to her time in Washington, DC, Leezie served as the General Counsel to Governor Janet Napolitano in Arizona, where Leezie grew up and practiced law for a dozen years. Leezie is remains active in state and federal politics and most recently served on the transition team to the newly elected Phoenix Mayor.

Leezie graduated from the University of Viriginia School of law in 1996, where she met her husband, Gary Restaino. He is the criminal chief of the US Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona.

Paul Kim Managing Partner, Parakletos Ventures

Dr. Paul Kim is the Founding and Managing Partner of Parakletos Ventures, which focuses on Asia centric investments. Dr. Kim is the Founding Investor and Chairman of GCT Semiconductor, a leading semiconductor company in the 4G wireless industry. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Anapass Inc, which successfully went public on the KOSDAQ exchange in Korea in 2010, and Brovis Networks.

Dr. Kim was the first venture capital investor in Silicon Image (NSDQ: SIMG. Other successful investments include PowerComputer, which was acquired by Apple, Techwell (NSDQ: TWLL), and EChina, which merged with WuMart (HKSE: 8227.HK) to become one of the largest discount retail stores in China.

Speaker Bios

Prior to founding Parakletos Ventures, Dr. Kim served as Executive Vice President of Korea Technology Investment Corporation, and founded the Kim Law Firm in the Silicon Valley, a firm practicing law for American and Asian based companies, where he served as general counsel for Samsung and LG. His success in the technology industry led him to be called the 'technology deal maker' between Korea and the Silicon Valley, in John Naisbitts best seller 'Megatrends Asia.' Dr. Kim is also an elder for Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul Korea and head elder of Jubilee Christian Center. He is on the board for the Living Stones Foundation, and has served on former President George W. Bush National High Tech Advisory Committee.

C.S. Park Board Member and Lead Director, Seagate

C.S. Park is the current lead director of the Board of Directors of Seagate Technology. Most recently, C.S. Park was Chairman and CEO of Maxtor Corporation until it was acquired by Seagate in 2006. He had been serving as Maxtor’s Chairman of the Board since 1998.

Previously, C.S. was Chairman and CEO of Hynix Semiconductor (“Hynix”) based in Korea. After leaving Hynix in 2002, he served as Managing Director and Investment Partner at H & Q Asia Pacific, a private equity investment firm, until 2004. In addition to serving on Seagate’s board, C.S. is currently a director of a few public boards including Computer Sciences Corporation, Brooks Automation, and Ballard Power Systems. He is also serving as Senior Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group.

C.S. is serving for non-profit boards including American Leadership Forum and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. He also serves for Advisory Board for Applied Ethics Center at Santa Clara University. He earned his Doctorate in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University, Florida, an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and a BA from Yonsei University, Seoul.

Hyun Park Senior Vice President and General Counsel, PG&E

Hyun Park, with over two decades in the legal sector, is senior vice president and general counsel for PG&E Corporation and its businesses, including its principal subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Park oversees the legal and corporate secretary functions.

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Prior to joining PG&E Corporation in 2006, he was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Allegheny Energy, Inc. Park previously served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Sithe Energies, Inc. He also was a partner with the law firm of Latham & Watkins, where he specialized in corporate transactions and finance.

Park is a graduate of Harvard Law School. In addition, he holds a graduate degree in economics from Oxford University and a bachelor's degree in economics from Columbia University. He is a member of the State Bar of California and serves on the boards of directors of the San Francisco Food Bank and the California Minority Counsel Program.

John Park Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

E. John Park is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice. Mr. Park's practice focuses on corporate and securities laws, including private placements (including both debt and equity offerings), public securities offerings, recapitalizations and mergers and acquisitions. He works with companies in varying industries on a wide range of matters including initial formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, the periodic reporting requirements of publicly held companies and general corporate counseling. He has represented both acquirers and targets in a variety of public-private and private-private business combination transactions, as well as issuers and venture capital firms in private securities offerings.

Mr. Park also advises clients on inbound, outbound, and cross-border business transactions in the United States and Asia, with a particular emphasis on strategic investments, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions for major international investors and European, American and multinational companies. He has structured, negotiated, drafted, and implemented a wide range of international and U.S. business transactions, drawing upon his dealings with business formation, intellectual property protection, technology licensing, and environmental, corporate governance, executive compensation, labor and employment, and international tax law.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Park was with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in Palo Alto.

Mr. Park received his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1997. He earned his M.P.P. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1993, and his B.A. from Williams College in 1991.

Mr. Park is admitted to practice in California.

Speaker Bios

Richard Park Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California

Richard Minsik Park is an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. As an AUSA, he represents the interests of the United States in the federal courts where he has served as lead counsel in cases involving mortgage fraud, civil rights statutes, constitutional torts, the Federal Tort Claims Act, Title VII, and a variety of other matters. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Richard worked as an associate for the international law firm, Sidley Austin LLP.

Richard graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 2004, where he was a member of the Public Interest Law and Policy Program. Before law school, he attended graduate school at Seoul National University under the auspices of a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. He graduated from Pomona College in 2000 with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and served as its student body president his senior year.

He is a past or present member of the Board of Directors for the Friends of Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park, the Executive Committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association Barristers, the Korean American Bar Association, and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. He has also served as a guest lecturer at Seoul National University and Handong International Law School on the topic of federal civil practice. Richard and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Los Angeles with their 2 year-old son.

Jay Ryu Associate, DFJ Athena

Jay Ryu is an Associate at DFJ Athena, a venture capital firm that invests in leading startups in the global technology sector. Concurrently, he leads business development at Precursor Energetics, a venture-backed company developing next generation energy and electronics materials.

Before joining DFJ Athena, Jay worked in international business development at Samsung Corporation in Korea. Jay also spent several years in Dubai, where he was a project manager overseeing the construction of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.

Jay earned a B.A. in architecture from U.C. Berkeley, where he played NCAA Division 1 water polo and won a National Championship on the Taekwondo team. He recently graduated from Stanford with an M.S. in clean technology and an M.B.A.

Speaker Bios

Gi-Wook Shin Professor, Stanford University Director, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Gi-Wook Shin is the director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; the Tong Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies; the founding director of the Korean Studies Program; a senior fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; and a professor of sociology, all at Stanford University. As a historical-comparative and political sociologist, his research has concentrated on areas of social movements, nationalism, development, and international relations.

Shin is not only the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, but he also continues to actively raise funds for Korean/Asian studies at Stanford. He gives frequent lectures and seminars on topics ranging from Korean nationalism and politics to Korea's foreign relations and the plight and history of Korean Americans. He writes op-eds in both Korean and American newspapers and serves on councils and advisory boards in the United States and South Korea.

Before coming to Stanford, Shin taught at the University of Iowa and the University of California, Los Angeles. After receiving his BA from Yonsei University in Korea, he was awarded his MA and PhD from the University of Washington.

Phillip Shinn Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Phillip F. Shinn is a commercial litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Fox Rothschild, LLP, a full service law firm of over 500 lawyers, with offices across the United States. Mr. Shinn has been in practice for 28 years, beginning as a Staff Attorney at the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. Over the last 27 years, Mr. Shinn has specialized in commercial, insurance, employment, product liability, and construction litigation matters. Mr. Shinn has extensive trial and arbitration experience in both domestic and international disputes. Since 1998, he has had a Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV, and has been selected by San Francisco Magazine as a Northern California “Super Lawyer.” In 2007, the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of the California State Legislature recognized Mr. Shinn with its award for Excellence in the Legal Profession.

Mr. Shinn graduated from UC Berkeley in 1980 and from Berkeley School of Law in 1983. He has served on the board of directors of the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, the Asian Law Caucus, and the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California. He was selected by the judges of the Northern District of California to serve as a Speaker Bios

Lawyer Representative for the Northern District of California to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. Mr. Shinn is currently Co-Vice President of the Overseas Board of the International Association of Korean Lawyers. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Shinn served as the President of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, which is the voice of the 40,000 Asian Pacific American lawyers, judges and law students in the United States. From 2003 to 2004 he was President of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, where he helped create and staff a pro bono legal clinic for Asian American clients.

David Straub Associate Director, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

David Straub was named associate director of the Korean Studies Program (KSP) at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) on July 1, 2008. Prior to that he was a 2007–08 Pantech Fellow at the Center. Straub is currently writing a book on recent U.S.-South Korean relations. He is also a member of the New Beginnings policy research group on U.S.-South Korean relations, which is co-sponsored by Shorenstein APARC and the New York-based Korea Society.

An educator and commentator on current Northeast Asian affairs, Straub retired in 2006 from his role as a U.S. Department of State senior foreign service officer after a 30-year career focused on Northeast Asian affairs. He worked over 12 years on Korean affairs, first arriving in Seoul in 1979.

Straub served as head of the political section at the U.S. embassy in Seoul from 1999 to 2002 during popular protests against the United States, and he played a key working-level role in the Six-Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear program as the State Department's Korea country desk director from 2002 to 2004. He also served eight years at the U.S. embassy in Japan. His final assignment was as the State Department's Japan country desk director from 2004 to 2006, when he was co-leader of the U.S. delegation to talks with Japan on the realignment of the U.S.-Japan alliance and of U.S. military bases in Japan.

After leaving the Department of State, Straub taught U.S.-Korean relations at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in the fall of 2006 and at the Graduate School of International Studies of Seoul National University in spring 2007. He has published a number of papers on U.S.-Korean relations. His foreign languages are Korean, Japanese, and German.

Speaker Bios

John Suh Director, Hyundai Ventures

John is the Head of the Hyundai Venture’s office in Menlo Park, CA. His responsibilities include strategic investments and building partnerships and alliances with US companies. John’s automotive experience started at General Motors in Detroit, MI and most recently at General Motors’ Silicon Valley Office. In addition, he has worked at Xerox PARC and several startups in optical telecommunications equipment, wireless sensor networks, and RFID. He has a PhD and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, where he focused on MEMS technology. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University in Flint, MI.

John has patents and pending patents in the fields of robotics, artificial nose technology, and context aware mobile search.

John is also Chair of the CEA Standards Committee on Wireless Power.

Michael Yang Chairman and Founder, Become.com

Michael is the Founder & Chairman of the Board of Become, Inc., a leading global online shopping search engine and marketing services company in Silicon Valley, California. He founded Become.com in 2004, raised over $37 million in venture capital and built it into a global company with operations in US, Asia, and Europe. Prior to this, Michael founded mySimon.com, a pioneering Internet price comparison shopping company in 1998, and served as its CEO; mySimon raised $30 million in venture capital and was successfully acquired by CNET for $700 million in 2000.

Prior to mySimon.com, Michael held positions at leading technology companies including Xerox and Samsung Electronics. Michael has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, MS degree in Computer Science from Columbia University and MBA degree from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He has served on the IT Advisory Council for President George W. Bush and advisory board of the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) at Stanford University. Michael also serves as Chairman of the Board of Silicon Valley Korea School. Michael holds a fourth degree black belt in Taekwondo and lives with his wife and three children in Los Altos Hills, CA.

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Phil Yoon Investment Director, Walden International

Phil focuses on the semiconductor sector and our Korean investment program. He was previously with Intel Capital where he focused on venture investments in semiconductor and clean technology. Earlier in his career, he was a technical sales lead at Cadence Design Systems, leading various customer engagement with major semiconductor companies in North America and Asia. He also worked for Neolinear (acquired by Cadence) where he was a key contributor to the development of the novel schematic-driven layout technology.

Phil holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University, and an M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He also received an M.B.A. with honors from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. Philip Yun Executive Director, Ploughshares Fund

With his broad working experience in academia, business, nonprofits and government, Philip Yun is known for his expertise in Asia-related political and security issues. Mr. Yun currently serves as Executive Director of Ploughshares Fund, overseeing the organization's operations, financial management, fundraising and grantmaking.

Previously, Mr. Yun served as the Vice President of Resource Development at the Asia Foundation, where he led the Foundation's individual and private fundraising. Prior to joining The Asia Foundation, Mr. Yun was a Pantech Scholar in Korean Studies at the Walter Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Yun was Vice President and Assistant to the Chairman of H&Q Asia Pacific, a U.S. private equity firm that invested in high growth areas in Asia. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Yun served in Washington, DC at the United States Department of State as a senior policy advisor to two Assistant Secretaries of State, a senior member of the U.S. delegation to the Four Party Korea peace talks, and a senior advisor to the U.S. Coordinator for North Korea Policy, a position held at that time by former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry.

Prior to government service, Mr. Yun was a practicing attorney in San Francisco and Seattle. He also worked in Seoul, Korea as a foreign legal consultant. Mr. Yun attended Brown University and the Columbia University School of Law. He graduated with an A.B. in mathematical economics (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and was a Fulbright Scholar to Korea. Mr. Yun has appeared on television and radio, nationally and locally. He is co-editor of a book entitled, “North Korea: 2005 and Beyond,” published in early 2006. Mr. Yun is also a Senior Fellow at the Truman National Security Project, a member of the Board of Directors of the Ploughshares Fund, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.