Education

Seoul National University  

PhD in Business Administration, Marketing and Entrepreneurship

∘ Research Focuses: Operations Strategy and Planning Analytics
∘ Research Group: SNU Center for Automotive Research
∘ Activities and Societies: Doctoral Class of 1992 SNU 

Experience

International Council for Small Business (ICSB)

Vice President of Humane Entrepreneurship

June 2018 - Present (2 years 2 months)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

International Council for Small Business (ICSB)

Wilford L. White Fellow

June 2019 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Automotive Manufacturing Specialist

Automotive Operations Specialist

Catholic University of Korea

Professor

March 1989 - Present (31 years 5 months)

Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea

Vice President of the University, 2014-2015

Dean of the University (대학발전추진단 단장), 2009-2013

Dean of the Business School, 2006-2008

Automotive Industry Management

George Washington University - School of Business

Distinguished Professor

October 2016 - Present (3 years 10 months)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Korea Management Institute Professor, Department of Management

①  Platform Strategy, ② Humane Entrepreneurship, and ③ K-Management  ④  Automotive Industry 

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)

Commissioner (Independent and third-party federal)

April 2019 – Present (1 yr 4 months)  

Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, Korea

The President of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Kim Jong-Kap, has established an Ethics Compliance Committee to strengthen ethics & compliance management.

The outside commissioner was a lawyer from the Supreme Court of Justice, Kim Ji-hyeong, professor of the Catholic University of Korea, Kim Ki-Chan, and Cho Hyun-Jung, chairman of BIT Co.

The first Ethics and Compliance Committee held a ceremony for the appointment, a special lecture by Professor Kim, and a discussion. April. 26, 2019

United Nations Global Compact

Board Member (South Korea)

July 2016 - Present (4 years 1 month) 

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Korea Testing Certification

Chairman

July 2019 - Present (1 year 1 month) 

Gunpo, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Korea Testing Certification (KTC) for Electronics and Computers Appointed as the Chairman on July 08, 2019
한국기계전기전자시험연구원

National Research Council of Korea

Planning and Evaluation Committee

May 2020 - Present (3 months)

South Korea

The National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences (NRC) - a body under the Prime Minister’s Office in charge of providing government support to national research. The NRC, which is under the Prime Minister's Office, oversees 26 state-run research institutes.

경제인문사회연구회 (經濟人文社會硏究會)

A Member of Panning and Evaluation Committee

Presidential Committee on New Southern Policy

Strategic Advisor (Advisory Board Member)

June 2019 - Present (1 year 2 months) 

Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea 

민간자문위원( A  member of a civilian advisory group) -  신남방정책특별위원

The Presidential Committee on New Southern Policy is a special committee under the Presidential Commission On Policy Planning focusing on developing the core concepts and strategies of the New Southern Policy, managing boundary of responsibilities of diverse departments, identifying joint projects to be pursued by the Departments, and reviewing and assessing the performance and progresses.

Korea Entrepreneurship foundation

Senior Research Fellow

March 2019 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea

A nonprofit organization established in accordance with the civil act by private initiative in order to encourage the development of youth entrepreneurship and creative start-ups in the Seoul metro area. 

Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT)

Chairman of the Future Development Committee

October 2018 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Dong-gu, Daegu, Korea

Professor Ki-Chan Kim was appointed as the chairman of the Future

Development Committee of the KODIT. Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) is a public financial institution established on June 1st, 1976 under the provisions of the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund Act.

The Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) held the Future Development Committee at Seoul Bank Hall on October 1, 2018, and discussed with various experts the future development plan of the KODIT.

At the meeting, Ki-Chan Kim, chairman of the Future Development Committee, said, "I hope that KODIT will play a leading role in the creation of a SMEs’ innovation ecosystem and become a productive institution that supports entrepreneurial creativity and innovation growth."

This is a commemorative photo of the Future Development Committee held at Myeongdong Bank Hall in Seoul(http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php? year=2018&no=612507).

B.E.S.T. Forum

President

May 2014 - Present (6 years 3 months)

Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea

Business Ethics and Sustainability Technology

National Economic Advisory Council

Chairman of Innovation Economy Division

December 2017 - March 2019 (1 year 4 months)

Jongro-gu, Seoul, Korea

The National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC), a consultative body for the president,

was established in November, 1999, under Article 93 in the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.

National Economic Advisory Council (國民經濟諮問會議) 국민경제자문회의 대한민국 헌법기관 - 대한민국 대통령 소속 위원회

KINTEX

Board Member

July 2016 - October 2018 (2 years 4 months)

Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX)

HNS Mall (Home & Shopping)

Board Member

July 2016 - June 2018 (2 years)

Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea

Home and Shopping, e-commerce marketplace

The George Washington University - School of Business

Visiting Professor

June 2015 - July 2016 (1 year 2 months)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Korea Management Institute Professor, Department of Management

International Council for Small Business (ICSB)

President

June 2015 - June 2016 (1 year 1 month) Washington D.C. Metro Area http://icsb2016.org

Asia Council for Small Business (ACSB) 

President

July 2013 - May 2015 (1 year 11 months)

Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea

Journal of Small Business Management

Associate Editor

August 2013 - August 2015 (2 years 1 month)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Academy of Commodity Science and Technology 

President

March 2014 - May 2015 (1 year 3 months)

Hyundai MOBIS

Board Member

March 2006 - February 2015 (9 years)

Seoul National University

Research Professor

May 2012 - May 2014 (2 years 1 month)

Seoul National University Center for Corporate Longevity, funded by SSK,

Social Science Korea, Korea Research Foundation

Samsung Electronics

Advisory Professor

March 2012 - March 2014 (2 years 1 month)

Journal of Sustainability Management

Editor In Chief

March 2010 - March 2014 (4 years 1 month)

Hyundai Motor Company

Advisory Professor

March 2011 - March 2013 (2 years 1 month)

Korea Federation of Small Business

Advisory Professor

March 2011 - March 2013 (2 years 1 month)

The Small and Medium Business Administration (Korean: 중소기업청; Hanja: 中小企業廳, SMBA) was one of a small and medium industry organizations in South Korea and is run under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

From July 2017, Ministry of SMEs and Startups succeeds the organisation.

National Economic Advisory Council

Strategic Advisor (Advisory Board Member)

March 2011 - February 2013 (2 years)

Jongro-gu, Seoul, Korea

The National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC), a consultative body for the president,

was established in November, 1999, under Article 93 in the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.

National Economic Advisory Council (國民經濟諮問會議) 국민경제자문회의

POSCO

Advisory Professor

April 2011 - April 2012 (1 year 1 month)

Posco Energy, Electricity Company

Korea Association of Small Business Studies

President

March 2011 - March 2012 (1 year 1 month)

New Growth Engine Planning Committee

Strategic Advisor (Advisory Board Member)

March 2011 - March 2012 (1 year 1 month) Korea

Appointed by the Prime Minister as the New Growth Engine Planning Committee member in 2011.

Member of the Council, Advisory Board Member

New Growth Engine Planning Committee, Prime Minister's Office of South Korea.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Affiliate

January 1997 - December 2011 (15 years)

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

MIT Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development

Research Affiliate for the International Motor Vehicle Program, IMVP Professor Kim serves as Director of the Institute of Industry Management and Associate Professor of Management at the Catholic University of Korea, joined IMVP to study aspects of automotive supply chains.

Publication:

"Value Chain Design and Three-Dimensional Concurrent Engineering." Fine, Charles H. In Business Eco-Systems: Relationships between large and Small Firms, edited by Ki-Chan Kim, Seoul, South Korea : Federation of Korean Industries, 2006.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Visiting Scholar

December 1999 - December 2001 (2 years 1 month)

Researcher at the MIT IMVP with Prof. Charles Fine, Sloan School of

Management

Research Topic: System Dynamics Simulation

International Journal of Aumotive Industry and Management

Editor In Chief

September 2008 - September 2010 (2 years 1 month)

Academic Society of Automotive Industry

President

March 2008 - March 2010 (2 years 1 month)

Asia Pacific Journal of Small Business Studies

Editor In Chief

March 2006 - March 2010 (4 years 1 month)

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Strategic Advisor (Advisory Board Member)

March 2006 - December 2007 (1 year 10 months)

Sejong, South Korea

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea 산업통상자원부 (産業通商資源部)

Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)

Strategic Advisor (Advisory Board Member)

March 2005 - February 2007 (2 years) Sejong, South Korea

Fair Trade Commission (South Korea)

공정거래위원회 (公正去來委員會)

Journal of Strategic Marketing (HeBEX)

Editor In Chief

March 2004 - March 2006 (2 years 1 month)

Seoul Incheon Metropolitan Area

Journal of Strategic Marketing (HeBEX), Seoul Incheon Metropolitan Area

Korea Independent Commission Against Corruption (KICAC)

Strategic Advisor (Advisory Board Member)

March 2004 - February 2006 (2 years) 

Seoul 

국가청렴위원회 (國家淸廉委員會) Korea Independent Commission Against

Corruption (KICAC)

국민권익위원회 (國民權益委員會) Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC)

Harvard University

Visiting Assistant Professor

June 1998 - August 1998 (3 months)

Japanese Automobile Industry Research, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Harvard University

Visiting Associate

September 1996 - August 1997 (1 year)

Greater Boston Area

Term: September 1, 1996 - August 31, 1997

Research Project Title: International Cooperation for the Transformation of Korea

University of Helsinki

Guest Professor

July 1995 - July 1997 (2 years 1 month)

University of Helsinki, MBA Program

University of Tokyo

Visiting Scholar

March 1993 - December 1994 (1 year 10 months)

Automobile, electronics and steel industries research

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Visiting Scholar

June 1994 - November 1994 (6 months)

Japanese Management study and analysis with Jeffrey H. Dyer (Professor Jeff Dyer at BYU) 

Samsung Electronics

Advisory Professor

March 1992 - March 1994 (2 years 1 month)

Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea